We welcome Corrine Hendrickson, with Main Street Alliance, to talk about the upcoming Wisconsin Early Childhood Action Needed (WECAN) Lobby Day on January 20, 2026 at the state Capitol where childcare, education and healthcare funding will be center stage in day of action. We encourage our listeners to attend. Next, we are joined by Amy Barrilleaux, Communications Director at Clean…
Friday, December 5th Laurel Wales, New Managing Director, joins Citizen Action Wisconsin team. This week a very experienced and skilled organizer with local and national experience joined Citizen Action’s senior staff team. Laurel Wales is the new Managing Director at Citizen Action Wisconsin, where she will play a leading role in building Citizen Action’s issue campaigns, electoral program, organizing, and…
We discuss the latest shocking affront to basic human decency by the Trump Regime, starving food insecure American families by cutting off SNAP to states that have not shared the private personal data of recipients with the regime’s security forces. Governor Evers and Attorney General Kaul are right to tell Trump to pound sand. Will the federal courts or Congress…
Happy Thanksgiving Weekend! We are thankful for all our listeners. Milwaukee Area Labor Council President Pam Fendt join us to discuss a successful organizing campaign by union workers at the City of Milwaukee to win a Common Council vote to override the Mayor’s budget vetoes, including his effort to scale back pay increases for city employees who live in Milwaukee….
Saturday, November 22nd Join Citizen Action of Wisconsin Today! Support NEW Utility Rate Cap Bill. Contact your State Legislators and urge them to co-sponsor. Big utilities rig the system against all of us to jack up prices and make the climate crisis worse. Several states have laws capping the percentage of income people have to pay for utilities. Wisconsin has…
We discuss the pathbreaking Utility Rate Cap bill which is currently circulating for co-sponsors in the state legislature. We praise the current co-sponsors and encourage our listeners to reach out to their state legislators today. We expose the continuing perversion of democracy and human decency that finds Speaker Robin Vos unilaterally blocking the latest effort to pass a PostPartum Care…
Join Citizen Action of Wisconsin Today! Citizen Action Climate and Utility Justice Lobby Day is a huge success! Thanks to all the citizen lobbyists from around Wisconsin who attend our Climate and Utility Justice Lobby Day this Tuesday, November 11th at the State Capitol. Nearly 150 citizen lobbyists participated in lobby meetings with their state legislators. We were advocating support…
This week America met the “Benedict 8” – who pursued a craven, cynical, and ultimately unstrategic betrayal of the American public. We dive into how the “Benedict 8” and the leadership that enabled them exposes what’s wrong with Democratic leadership and how it fails to deliver on its goals. Does this low point provide a moment to break with failed…
Join Citizen Action of Wisconsin Today! Citizen Action members talking to voters in our communities. Citizen Action Event in Milwaukee Talks Public Transportation Citizen Action hosted the “Milwaukee County Community Conversation on Budget, Climate, Transportation, and Equity” on October 30th. Over 60 attendees joined to engage directly with County leaders about transit, climate, health, equity, and parks. Participants asked questions,…
With Matt under the weather, Robert goes solo with the help of podcast producer Mollee Albinger asking the questions. We dig into the aftermath of the Democratic sweep in the off year elections this week. What does it mean for the ending of the government shutdown and the fight to save liberal democracy? Meanwhile, still unwilling to negotiate with Democrats…
