Rewind: Your Week in Review for Sept. 4

On this week’s episode, WisconsinEye’s Steve Walters and WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross discuss visits from President Trump and Joe Biden to Kenosha following unrest there, Republicans declining to take action during Gov. Tony Evers’ special session on police policies, an increase in state tax collections and more.

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COVID-19, farm crisis among issues in Adams County as November election nears

Adams County, a historic Democratic stronghold with a 15 percent poverty rate (against the state’s overall 10 percent poverty rate), backed President Trump by a margin of 21 percent. Out of the county’s 10,130 votes in 2016, 5,966 went to Trump and only 3,745 went to Hillary Clinton. Until then, Democrats have carried the county with wide margins in every presidential election from 1984 on — coming after Adams had backed Ronald Reagan twice in a row.

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Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public Leadership event with Michael Chertoff

The Tommy G. Thompson Center is pleased to bring Michael Chertoff, former federal Homeland Security Secretary and author of Exploding Data: Reclaiming Our Cyber Security in the Digital Age to Wisconsin virtually. Michael Chertoff is a renowned security expert whose extensive experience includes serving as the second Secretary of the U.S. Department

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Rewind: Your Week in Review for Sept. 4

On this week’s episode, WisconsinEye’s Steve Walters and WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross discuss visits from President Trump and Joe Biden to Kenosha following unrest there, Republicans declining to take action during Gov. Tony Evers’ special session on police policies, an increase in state tax collections and more.

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COVID-19, farm crisis among issues in Adams County as November election nears

Adams County, a historic Democratic stronghold with a 15 percent poverty rate (against the state’s overall 10 percent poverty rate), backed President Trump by a margin of 21 percent. Out of the county’s 10,130 votes in 2016, 5,966 went to Trump and only 3,745 went to Hillary Clinton. Until then, Democrats have carried the county with wide margins in every presidential election from 1984 on — coming after Adams had backed Ronald Reagan twice in a row.

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Madison hotel finishes $15M reno during global pandemic

The Sheraton Madison Hotel on John Nolen Drive is well-positioned next to the Alliant Energy Center and is easily accessible to the beltline, bike trail and downtown Madison. When acquired in 2017 by the DeFoor Brothers, its location stimulated a vision of success and plans for a $15 million renovation

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FRI News Summary: Biden urges optimism, unity during Kenosha visit; Republicans slam stop as political stunt

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers **************************************** Sept. 16: Top Assembly leaders preview races to watch in November Join WisPolitics.com for a virtual lunchtime discussion with Assembly Speaker Robin Vos and Assembly Minority Leader Gordon Hintz on the top races to watch in November. The program is set to run Wednesday, Sept.

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