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03/11/2026

03/11/2026

A local online group, “No Data Center Beloit”, has been formed to inform the community about a proposed 430-acre data center development in the town of Beloit…

03/11/2026

Residents are bristling at the town of Beloit, which they say knew much more about a possible data center development than they're willing to admit to the public. Beloit resident Jenny Hoople put together a new Facebook

03/03/2026

Indications of a possible data center coming to Beloit. https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1GcywGDR4d/

02/25/2024

March 2nd – Mass Poor People’s and Low-Wage Workers’ Statehouse Assemblies https://vimeo.com/906790864/fab17ecfe1?share=copy Join a State House Assembly Near You Alabama Arizona California Delaware Florida Georgia Illinois Indiana Ka

04/26/2023

You are invited to this informative program Saturday morning, April 29 9-1 to learn more about homeownership planning and programs in our community. Please join!

08/10/2022

Please read and consider making a public comment.

*ALERT* A childcare resolution is on tomorrow's Rock County Board agenda. The Rock County Board is voting to REALLOCATE funds from one Small Business program the Board *already* passed last year to a new Childcare Business Program. We are NOT allocating new funds. What you're hearing elsewhere is a lie. This is the first step in the process. Once this step is passed, we'll work with the EXPERTS at the Wisconsin Early Childhood Association and other community organizations to determine how to best use the funds. We need your help. Please submit a public comment to support the first step in passing the Childcare Business Program. If you can come to the meeting and make a comment, that would be appreciated as well.

Submit your comment by NOON tomorrow, August 11th - https://www.co.rock.wi.us/government/county-board-of-supervisors/public-comment-request

05/06/2022

Beloit Farmer's Market opens tomorrow at 8 AM. Visit JOB's booth to buy specialty breads, biscotti and Greyston Bakery (Yonkers, NY) famous brownies -- including vegan options. Stop by - we'd love to see you!

04/28/2022

Important information about Medicare Advantage plans from NYT.

Investigators urged increased oversight of the program, saying that insurers deny tens of thousands of authorization requests annually.

04/26/2022

Excellent article from August 2020 about the relationship between the racial wealth gap and discriminatory housing practices.

Today's lag in Black homeownership is a direct reflection of years of unfair policies and discrimination. In fact, the nearly 30-percentage-point gap between White and Black homeownership today is actually larger than it was before the Fair Housing Act was passed.

04/19/2022

NEWS FROM EXPO AND WISDOM:

On Friday, April 15, Governor Evers signed Senate Bill 546, which was a great accomplishment for EXPO, and for the many WISDOM people who supported them in this effort. The "Vendor Bill" impacts people in prison and their families. A bit of background:

People in prison can only purchase things (like clothing, radios, fans, etc) from "approved vendors." Likewise, people seeking to buy something for their incarcerated loved ones, have to do so through those same vendors. For many years, there have been three vendors to choose from. Last year, the Department of Corrections decided to reduce it to one single vendor - to create a monopoly.

EXPO was quick to get involved and dogged in their advocacy for a bill requiring multiple vendors. In particular, Jerome Dillard and Ramiah Whiteside spent many hours meeting with legislators, offering testimony at hearings, and organizing many of us to make calls or send emails to show support for the effort.

It paid off! A broad, bipartisan coalition in the legislature got the vendor bill passed, and it was signed into law. Here is the description by the Legislative Reference Bureau of the bill that is now a law in Wisconsin:

This bill requires the Department of Corrections to contract with no fewer than three vendors to provide hobby, religious, and other personal property items for sale to inmates in state correctional institutions. Under the bill, DOC must allow an inmate, or a third party on behalf of an inmate, to purchase the items and must give inmates equal access to all vendors that DOC contracts with for this purpose. The bill also specifies that DOC must ensure that at least one of the vendors offers a storefront in the city of Milwaukee where a third party may place an order for items to be delivered to an inmate.

Congratulations to all involved!
You helped make life a little more bearable and a little more fair for people in prison and for the people who love them.


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