Senator Chris Larson joins us to discuss the current financial reporting crisis at Milwaukee Public Schools and the direct link to nearly two decades of under-funding from the state and the lack of serious investment in democracy’s most important priority, educating all of Wisconsin’s children. We discuss how the opponents of public education are cynically using the situation to gut…
Friday, June 14th Join Citizen Action Today! Join us and fight back against Big Insurance, UnitedHealthcare. Virtual Meeting, next Monday, June 17th, 8pm UnitedHealth Group, the parent corporation for insurer UnitedHealthcare, raked in over 22 BILLION dollars in profits last year, and already made another 8 BILLION in the first quarter of this year. How’d they do this? By denying…
We continue our look at the deeper systemic issues afflicting Wisconsin government and politics. We discuss the financial reporting problems with Milwaukee Public Schools (MPS). Why did the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction (DPI) not inform the elected school board of the reporting issues? The ACLU WI says Wisconsin prisons and Department of Corrections (DOC) are breaking the law and…
Friday, June 7th Citizen Action is hiring! NEW Driftless (La Crosse Area) Coop Organizer; Driftless (La Crosse Area) Deep Canvass Field Organizer; Green Bay Deep Canvass Field Organizer Join Citizen Action Today! Eau Claire and Citizen Action Wisconsin Celebrate Wisconsin Bike Week! This week, Northwestern Wisconsin Organizing Co-op members in Eau Claire celebrated Wisconsin Bike Week, hosted by Bike Chippewa…
We welcome David Liners, executive director of WISDOM, to discuss news that the Waupun prison warden and eight other staff were charged this week with crimes from multiple inmate deaths. Our discussion focuses on how this isn’t just a story about a bad warden and staff, this is a bad system that needs to be overhauled. We look at the…
Friday, May 31st Citizen Action is hiring! NEW Driftless (La Crosse Area) Coop Organizer; Driftless (La Crosse Area) Deep Canvass Field Organizer; Green Bay Deep Canvass Field Organizer Sign petition in support of our new Hospital Accountability Campaign! Read latest news article on our state campaign. Read more on state legislative proposals we support. Take action now and share with…
Robert joins us from New Mexico where he was at a People’s Action leadership retreat and a well deserved vacation to hike and bike in New Mexico. Yet another Walker-appointee refuses to leave office when their term expires, this time a Green Bay area bank CEO on the UW Board of Regents. What does this say about the GOP attitude…
Happy Memorial Day Weekend. Thanks to all our members who served. Citizen Action is hiring! NEW Driftless (La Crosse Area) Coop Organizer; Driftless (La Crosse Area) Deep Canvass Field Organizer; Green Bay Deep Canvass Field Organizer Campaign for Hospital Accountability gets front page coverage! A Citizen Action led news conference in Eau Claire last Friday to announce new legislation by…
We review the launch of a new statewide campaign for Hospital and Health system accountability. Big hospital chains have used their lobbying and political clout to excuse themselves from public oversight, with disastrous results for patients and communities. In their ceaseless quest for revenue, thy have made health care unaffordable, and created an unstable system which is leading to closures…
We take a dive into the deepening crisis in the Wisconsin hospital system. Neither political party is talking about the fundamental cause, the insatiable appetite by the hospital industry for windfall profits? Will state leaders step up to the challenge? So far, the indications are not positive, as the Governor and the Legislature are in gridlock, and the Department of…
