Pat Duffy: Glitch in federal tax law harms independent grain operators

Because of a mistake in the tax bill Congress passed last year, we have watched trucks that usually stop at our grain elevators drive a little further up the road to sell to someone else. The reason for this uncertainty is an unintended glitch in the tax bill that gives farmers an enormous incentive to sell to cooperatives, not independent businesses like mine.

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TUE News Summary: Walker presses lawmakers to pass school safety plan; Congress wrapping up work on large spending bill

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers **************************************** April 12: WisPolitics.com Election Year Preview The WisPolitics.com election year preview-brought to you by the Wisconsin Counties Association-assembles some of Wisconsin’s foremost political experts to lay out the challenges and advantages for Gov. Scott Walker,

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TUE PM Update: GOP legislative leaders make progress on child tax credit, youth corrections overhaul, school safety bills

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — GOP legislative leaders today made progress on saving legislation to replace Wisconsin’s troubled youth prison, create a $100-per-child tax credit and implement school safety measures, reviving proposals that stalled amid Republican bickering. The Senate today approved the child credit, including a scaled-back

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Petri says recent Dem wins show need to work across party lines

A retired Republican congressman is calling Democrat Conor Lamb’s victory in Pennsylvania an example of why incumbents should be stressing their bipartisanship this election year. Former U.S. Rep Tom Petri of Wisconsin’s 6th CD figures the special election results in Pennsylvania, plus the election in December of Democrat Doug Jones

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Pat Duffy: Glitch in federal tax law harms independent grain operators

Because of a mistake in the tax bill Congress passed last year, we have watched trucks that usually stop at our grain elevators drive a little further up the road to sell to someone else. The reason for this uncertainty is an unintended glitch in the tax bill that gives farmers an enormous incentive to sell to cooperatives, not independent businesses like mine.

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TUE News Summary: Walker presses lawmakers to pass school safety plan; Congress wrapping up work on large spending bill

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers **************************************** April 12: WisPolitics.com Election Year Preview The WisPolitics.com election year preview-brought to you by the Wisconsin Counties Association-assembles some of Wisconsin’s foremost political experts to lay out the challenges and advantages for Gov. Scott Walker, Sen. Tammy Baldwin and all of the candidates from acr…

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