Stephen J. Fortunato

Aug 14, 2024 | barnraisingmedia.com | Bennet Goldstein |Roger Kerson |Kristi Eaton |Stephen J. Fortunato

Ben and Jenny Binversie, represented by the legal arm of the state’s largest business and manufacturing lobby, Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce, are asking a circuit court judge to strike down the regulation in the Polk County town of Eureka. A ruling in their favor could set a precedent for all Wisconsin municipalities seeking to regulate agriculture, a $105 billion state industry.

Jul 31, 2024 | barnraisingmedia.com | Stephen J. Fortunato |Roger Kerson |Kristi Eaton |Bennet Goldstein

This is a stunning power grab. In effect, the Supreme Court has crowned itself the final arbiter of the world’s largest economy. Not since its 1803 decision in Marbury v. Madison, where the court ruled it could declare acts of Congress void, has the court so substantially realigned political and administrative power in the United States. Over time, this claim of final judicial review established in Marbury v. Madison has worked fairly well.

Jul 31, 2024 | newsbreak.com | Stephen J. Fortunato

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Jul 24, 2024 | barnraisingmedia.com | Justin Perkins |Joel Bleifuss |Steve Early |Stephen J. Fortunato

This is the ninth installment of Barn Raiser’s 2024 election coverage series “Charting a Path of Rural Progress,” which features interviews with rural policy experts and organizers who are members of the more than 30 organizations that gathered  in Omaha, Nebraska, in 2023 to forge a rural policy platform on which candidates can run—and to which voters can hold their elected leaders accountable.

Jun 30, 2024 | barnraisingmedia.com | Nina Elkadi |Stephen J. Fortunato |Brian Kaylor |Roger Kerson

Now, Edgerton is organizing in Decorah again, but this time to preserve water quality in the Driftless area of the Midwest. On June 15, Edgerton helped greet the crowd of 100 people who attended the kickoff event for the Driftless Water Defenders, a new 501(c)(3) nonprofit that plans to organize and educate citizens, and to litigate around water quality issues in Iowa’s Driftless area. “I think clean water is on the cusp of a new kind of civil rights movement here.