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Just 12% of all ballots in 2004, could hit 33% in 2020.
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Just 12% of all ballots in 2004, could hit 33% in 2020.

After committing more than a billion dollars to widen to six lanes the interstate between Madison and the Illinois line — a distance of more than 45 miles — the state now wants to save about $14 million by keeping the northbound lanes at the interchange at two lanes.

The Kavanaugh nomination proceedings have sent women and survivors of sexual violence a harmful message — that if you’ve been harassed or assaulted, your pain doesn’t matter if it gets in the way of a man’s goals.

Charter schools excel and the racial and economic achievement gap remains.

Wigderson and Scaffidi discuss the nomination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the U.S. Supreme Court and whether Gov. Scott Walker is really behind in the guv’s race.

Problems may go back a decade and mayor deserves much blame, some alderman say.

Kimberly-Clark, which previously said it wanted lawmakers to act on an incentive package by Sept. 30, now says it will wait to see the results of an extraordinary session next month before making any decisions on closing a plant in
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Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — Americans for Prosperity-Wisconsin is out with a new TV ad calling Tony Evers “a risk we can’t afford to take,” language that mirrors Gov. Scott Walker’s latest line

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Deer farms will continue to be subject to additional fencing requirements under a new emergency rule aimed at curbing chronic wasting disease after lawmakers declined to undo the provision. But members of the Joint Committee for Review of Administrative Rules

Polls from all sources over the past months have underscored the dread, and even alarm that voters are feeling about tariffs. The tariffs that the Trump White House have placed on a number of products ranging across many countries have not only made headlines, but for some companies created shaky bottom lines.

Because the GOP has cast its lot so thoroughly with Trump, he has succeeded in a remarkably short period in moving the window of acceptability in our politics, especially on the right. As a result, the rules of the game have changed in ways that are still hard to grasp, as conservatives accept behaviors and ideological shifts that would have been unacceptable a few years ago.

Just 12% of all ballots in 2004, could hit 33% in 2020.

After committing more than a billion dollars to widen to six lanes the interstate between Madison and the Illinois line — a distance of more than 45 miles — the state now wants to save about $14 million by keeping the northbound lanes at the interchange at two lanes.

The Kavanaugh nomination proceedings have sent women and survivors of sexual violence a harmful message — that if you’ve been harassed or assaulted, your pain doesn’t matter if it gets in the way of a man’s goals.

Charter schools excel and the racial and economic achievement gap remains.

Wigderson and Scaffidi discuss the nomination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the U.S. Supreme Court and whether Gov. Scott Walker is really behind in the guv’s race.

Problems may go back a decade and mayor deserves much blame, some alderman say.

Kimberly-Clark, which previously said it wanted lawmakers to act on an incentive package by Sept. 30, now says it will wait to see the results of an extraordinary session next month before making any decisions on closing a plant in the Fox Valley. But it remained unclear if Senate Republicans
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers **************************************** Oct. 12: WisPolitics.com explores the state of research investment in Wisconsin Join WisPolitics.com for lunch at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Innovation Accelerator in Wauwatosa on Friday Oct. 12 for a discussion of the state of research investment in Wisconsin. This event is part of the

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — Americans for Prosperity-Wisconsin is out with a new TV ad calling Tony Evers “a risk we can’t afford to take,” language that mirrors Gov. Scott Walker’s latest line of attack on his Dem rival. AFP said it is

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Deer farms will continue to be subject to additional fencing requirements under a new emergency rule aimed at curbing chronic wasting disease after lawmakers declined to undo the provision. But members of the Joint Committee for Review of Administrative Rules opted to nix another set of requirements under the Department

Polls from all sources over the past months have underscored the dread, and even alarm that voters are feeling about tariffs. The tariffs that the Trump White House have placed on a number of products ranging across many countries have not only made headlines, but for some companies created shaky bottom lines.

Because the GOP has cast its lot so thoroughly with Trump, he has succeeded in a remarkably short period in moving the window of acceptability in our politics, especially on the right. As a result, the rules of the game have changed in ways that are still hard to grasp, as conservatives accept behaviors and ideological shifts that would have been unacceptable a few years ago.