Wisconsin Republicans seek to curtail governor’s veto power

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Don Leake and WIMAP: A border concern

In Clarke v WEC the current Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled against at least fifty years of tradition and decreed that a plain text meaning of “contiguous” be applied to Assembly districts. Will it take the same constitutionalist approach concerning district borders and demand that they be aligned with ward lines?

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Frederick Butzen: Train lover sees KRM as a white elephant

Unless there’s more to this proposal, it’s clear that KRM would be a white elephant, providing poorer service than is available now from Amtrak and Coach USA, siphoning passengers from them while not attracting new passengers, all at the cost potentially of many millions of dollars.

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Wisconsin Republicans seek to curtail governor’s veto power

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Don Leake and WIMAP: A border concern

In Clarke v WEC the current Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled against at least fifty years of tradition and decreed that a plain text meaning of “contiguous” be applied to Assembly districts. Will it take the same constitutionalist approach concerning district borders and demand that they be aligned with ward lines?

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Frederick Butzen: Train lover sees KRM as a white elephant

Unless there’s more to this proposal, it’s clear that KRM would be a white elephant, providing poorer service than is available now from Amtrak and Coach USA, siphoning passengers from them while not attracting new passengers, all at the cost potentially of many millions of dollars.

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Baldwin warns of foreign investors buying U.S. farmland

U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin is warning that foreign investors buying U.S. farmland pose a threat to local economies, food supplies and national security as she backs a bill to expand oversight of such purchases.  The Madison Dem and a bipartisan group of federal lawmakers yesterday announced the introduction of the

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