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WNPJ members keep letters to the editor flowing

Submitted by staff on Wed, 02/24/2010 - 10:03am

Members of WNPJ and its member groups continue to express their opinions in letters to the editor. Here's a sampling of the latest batch. (If you have one published, let us know so we can include it.)

Chuck Baynton in Journal Sentinel blog: Renewable energy, not nukes, is a real solution

Sister Vergine Lawinger of Racine Dominicans, Journal Sentinel: Stop funding the war.

WMTV Madison: Bill would allow Governor to sue over deployment of Wisconsin Guard

Submitted by staff on Thu, 03/11/2010 - 10:57am
"Safeguard" The Guard

A proposal would allow the Governor to sue over deployment of national guard.

WMTV - Madson  Video here...

WKOW-TV Madison: Governor could review national guard call-ups

Submitted by staff on Thu, 03/11/2010 - 11:19am

WKOW - Madison
March 9, 2010
Video here...

A legislative committee considered a bill that would allow the governor to try to block the Wisconsin National Guard's federal call-ups.

Wisconsin Radio Network: Governor could challenge National Guard deployments

Submitted by staff on Thu, 03/11/2010 - 11:13am

By Andrew Beckett
Wisconsin Radio Network
March 10, 2010

Proposed legislation at the state Capitol that would allow the governor to challenge deployment orders for the Wisconsin National Guard is drawing some concerns from lawmakers.

Vermont Times Argus: Rep. says: Bring Vt. Guard home

Submitted by staff on Thu, 03/11/2010 - 11:32am

By Daniel Barlow
Vermont Press Bureau
March 9, 2010

 

MONTPELIER – Rep. Michael Fisher has spent the last four years talking about what he sees as the illegal use of the Vermont National Guard in overseas conflicts, with little luck in moving a bill that could challenge the practice.

 

He's now hoping lawmakers in Wisconsin might be more understanding.

 

Thousands of citizens back gun sale background checks

Submitted by staff on Wed, 02/17/2010 - 9:43am

The Wisconsin Anti-Violence Effort (WAVE) a WNPJ member group working to end firearms violence, is delivering 6,000 postcards, signed by citizens in every state legislative district, to members of the legislature.WAVE collected the postcards from all across Wisconsin to demonstrate the depth and breadth of grassroots support for legislation requiring background checks on all gun sales. Sign online.

Students rally for DREAM Act, immigration reform

Submitted by staff on Thu, 01/21/2010 - 1:47pm

Daily Cardinal: The Madison Student Coalition, a union of local high school and college students and immigrant rights advocates, rallied Tuesday as part of a national week of action to encourage federal immigration reform.
The march began at Memorial Library and finished on the Capitol’s steps, where activists held a press conference to voice their support for two bills: the Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors Act, introduced in 2001, and the Comprehensive Immigration Reform for America’s Security and Prosperity Act, introduced in December.  Both bills would provide a path to higher education and citizenship for immigrant youth brought to the United States at a young age.

Prescott students speak out on race-based mascots issue

Submitted by admin on Thu, 02/25/2010 - 9:04am

Students from Prescott, Wisconsin, made their opinions known and voices heard before the Wisconsin State Assembly Education Committee. After studying the issue of using American Indian imagery as mascots, students in Mr. Ryan’s class testify in support of Assembly Bill 35, a proposal to limit the use of race-based names and images from public school sports teams.

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Safeguard Wisconsin's Guard

Submitted by staff on Thu, 03/11/2010 - 11:00am

By Jim Draeger And Ben Manski
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
March 8, 2010

For the first time in recent history, citizens of Wisconsin have the opportunity to help answer the question, "Who decides about war?" As part of a national movement of nearly two dozen states, the Veterans and Military Affairs Committee of the state Assembly plans to hold a public hearing Tuesday on Assembly Bill 203, the Safeguard the Guard Act.

Merrimac wants Army to clean up contamination

Submitted by staff on Thu, 02/04/2010 - 1:47pm

An update from Citizens for Safe Water Around Badger, a WNPJ member group:  Merrimac board members unanimously passed a resolution Feb. 3 calling on the U.S. Army to clean up groundwater contamination that is affecting private drinking water wells and is discharging into the wetlands and surface water of LakeWisconsin at Weigand’s Bay.  

The action follows the release of a new Army study showing that concentrations of the carcinogenic explosive DNT exceed state groundwater standards and that low levels of solvents may have also migrated outside Badger Army Ammunition Plant. 
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