I find it shameful that Governor Walker has chosen to drug test our struggling Wisconsin families as a condition of eligibility for vital, life-saving social services. The insinuation that those battling poverty are somehow more susceptible to substance abuse is as absurd as it is offensive. Drug addition and subsistence abuse knows no economic or social distinctions. This discriminatory policy is devoid of any scientific credibility and has proven in the past to be fiscally irresponsible and a colossal waste of our time. Read more »
By Joseph Pisani NEW YORK — Police handcuffed nine protesters in Boston and dozens of others in cities across the country who blocked traffic Thursday in their latest attempt to escalate efforts to get fast-food companies to pay employees at least $15 an hour. The protests, which were planned by labor organizers for about 150 cities nationwide throughout… Read more »
By FOX News Latino Staff Police handcuffed dozens of protesters who blocked traffic in dozens of cities across the country on Thursday in their latest attempt to escalate efforts to get McDonald's, Burger King and other fast-food companies to pay employees at least $15 an hour. The protests, which were planned by labor organizers for about 150 cities nationwide… Read more »
By Daniel Strauss Rep. Gwen Moore (D-WI) was arrested by West Milwaukee police on Thursday as she joined a minimum wage protest in her district. Twenty-five people have been arrested so far by police during the "Fight for 15" protests in West Milwaukee, according to the local CBS affiliate. The group advocates for raising the minimum wage and has staged… Read more »
By Jason Silverstein U.S. Rep. Gwen Moore was detained by police at a protest Thursday led by fast food workers pressing for an increase in the minimum wage. The nonprofit group Wisconsin Jobs Now tweeted a photo of Moore being handcuffed by what appears to be a plainclothes police officer. Moore's personal Twitter account soon followed with a tweet, written by… Read more »
By Laura Barron-Lopez Rep. Gwen Moore (D-Wis.) said she expects to have a meaningful conversation with fellow Wisconsin lawmaker Rep. Paul Ryan (R) on the issue of poverty during his meeting with the Congressional Black Caucus this week. "He has seemed to be interested in having a conversation about ending poverty, and we certainly agree on that," Moore… Read more »
By Lucy McCalmont Rep. Elijah Cummings, along with other members of the Congressional Black Caucus, sent a letter Monday to President Barack Obama, urging the administration to pursue changes to local law enforcement structure to “prevent more Fergusons,” including a federal czar to oversee local law enforcement. “The administration must quickly establish… Read more »
By Mike Lillis A long list of civil rights leaders and black Democrats on Monday urged President Obama to make policy changes aimed at improving relations between local law enforcement and racial minorities. In a letter to the president, the lawmakers and activists said this month's shooting death of an unarmed black teenager by a white policeman in Ferguson,… Read more »
By Gilman Halsted Week's Gun-Related Deaths Brings Total To 61 So Far This Year With five more people falling victim to gun-related deaths in Wisconsin this week, federal legislators and community leaders are gathering for a weekend forum in Milwaukee to seek solutions for the violence. The five people who died from gunshot wounds did so in Milwaukee,… Read more »
By Steve Dzubay WASHINGTON D.C. -- House Budget Chairman Paul Ryan of Janesville says he wants to reform federal programs for the poor without a net reduction in spending, but at least one Wisconsin Democrat doesn't buy it. Milwaukee Representative Gwen Moore said the block grants Ryan's talking about are a "proxy for the chopping block."… Read more »
