By Katherine Schneider, for the Chippewa Valley Post Just before Thanksgiving, Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Ajit Pai announced a plan to roll back the FCC’s 2015 Open Internet Order. This would do away with net neutrality rules that are critical to the functioning of libraries, people with disabilities and democracy itself! At its core, […]
Water pollution problems emerge as issues in state election campaigns
By Andrew Hahn Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism Wisconsin voters’ concerns about pollution in lakes and streams, contamination of drinking water supplies and depleted aquifers are transforming water into a key campaign issue in this fall’s elections, including the race between Republican U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson and former Democratic Sen. Russ Feingold. “I can’t remember […]