PBS Wisconsin interviewed each Gubanatorial candidate with the same questions. All Links included
byu/NovelBrave inwisconsin
Sara Rodriguez
Francesca Hong
Mandela Barnes
Kelda Roys
David Crowley
Joel Brennan
Missy Hughes
Category: Politics
Politics Page Item, use tags to filter to local, state, national, or landing page
-
SNAP/FoodShare benefits battle is in the courts, some assistance made it to some people in some states
Gov. Tony Evers says people who receive benefits through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) should be getting them overnight.
Late Nov 7 Trump administration appealed the Judge ruling from Nov 6, and the Supreme Court on Friday blocked the order to fully fund SNAP food aid payments amid the government shutdown even though residents in some states already have received the funds. https://apnews.com/article/snap-food-government-shutdown-trump-a807e9f0c0a7213e203c074553dc1f9b?utm_source=copy&utm_medium=share Nov 7 Gov. Tony Evers pushes out benefits to FoodShare members overnight. https://www.wkow.com/news/gov-evers-announces-full-snap-benefits-should-resume-overnight/article_11cd46db-e2fe-483f-a7df-330d521cafa4.html Nov 6 - Judge orders Trump administration to deliver full SNAP benefigs to states by Friday https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcna242446 -
Early 1:30pm Start, Iowa County Democratic Party November 8th 2025 Meeting. Sarah Rodriguez 2:30pm
Lt. Gov. Sara Rodriguez candidate for Governor November 8 2025 
Group Picture November 8, 2025 Lt. Gov. Sara Rodriguez Candidate for Governor One-time early 1:30pm meeting start to allow business to complete before a governor candidate speaks.
Sarah Rodriguez’s campaign reached out to have her visit our monthly meeting Saturday November 8, 2025. Sarah will arrive around 2:30 and stay for 30-45 minutes. Usually she talks for 10 minutes or so and then enganges in discussion with the audience, which I think is just fine. Looking forward to the discussion.
This may be a future solution to work with candidates wanting to speak. We do have some significant business to get through, including elections, coming events and the question of keeping the office. But I imagine that can all be accomplished in an hour. Doing the business stuff first means that we can focus on Rodriguez with no pressure to have a hard stop.
Note: Elections will be held at the December 13, 2025 2pm meeting at the country party office, 43 High St, Mineral Point.
-
Mark Pocan Noon November 1, 2025
Mark Pocan today at noon in the office in Mineral Point, 43 High St.
AND while I’m at it, I will tease another interesting visitor next weekend at our regular county party meeting: Lt Gov. Sara Rodriguez will be visiting us on Saturday. Details to follow!
-
Gov. Evers Signs Executive Order Declaring State of Emergency
10/31/2025 – Gov. Evers Signs Executive Order Declaring State of Emergency, Period of Economic Disruption Due to the Ongoing Federal Government Shutdown and Lapse in FoodShare Benefits
-
Iowa County Democratic Party October Meeting 2025
Saturday, October 11th @ 2:00 p.m. Democratic County Party monthly meeting, 43 High St. in Mineral Point. Among other topics up for discussion at this meeting, I hope to have one or more of our County Board members present a summary of the budget crisis facing Iowa County in the wake of drastic federal cuts.
-
No Kings Rally October 18th, 10am in Dodgeville
Saturday, October 18th @ 10:00 a.m No Kings Rally in Dodgeville (and Platteville, Madison, New Glarus, etc.) to protest Trump’s autocracy. You can sign up for the rally on Mobilize here, if you choose, although registration is not necessary. As was true with previous events, the rally will be held in front of the Iowa county courthouse, 222 N. Iowa St.
-
State Senate Candidate Forum in Platteville Monday October 20th, 5:30pm
Monday, October 20 @ 5:30 p.m. State Senate Candidate Forum in Platteville, sponsored by the UW-Platteville College Democrats. The location of the forum is the Nohr Gallery on the UW-Platteville Campus, 30 S. Hickory St. If you have not yet had a chance to attend one of these forums, they have been excellent. They admirably display the talents of the people who are hoping to represent the Democratic party next year in a crucial race to end more than 15 years of uncontested Republican control of the Legislature. So please do make time to come!
-
Neighbors Support Each Other
Neighbors support each other. Neighbors are the building blocks of communities.