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It’s time to stop talking about it and take action before more Black lives are lost to menthol tobacco.

Citizens of Wisconsin received a big bonus under their collective Christmas tree. The state surplus grew by $2 billion during 2023 to $6.7 billion. That enlarged surplus will enable our political leaders to invest in a good number of strategic initiatives in 2024.

Index uses existing measures of economy, social capital and other factors to predict opportunity; we trail Minnesota but beat Illinois.

Why are the names of police accused of wrongful shootings kept secret?

Federalist Society leader helped elect Wisconsin justices who killed John Doe probe.

All the remaining GOP presidential contenders rooted for Trump when he was the party nominee and when he gained the real power to wreak havoc with our laws, norms and institutions.

Health workers employed by Planned Parenthood clinics across Wisconsin are moving to unionize, according to labor organizers. The Wisconsin Federation of Nurses and Health Professionals this week announced the plan, calling it a “critical step” toward strengthening Planned Parenthood and
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Lawmakers argued a proposal to add vocational training to the Department of Corrections’ Earned Release Program would save money, increase equal opportunities and help the workforce shortage.
From WisPolitics … — Wisconsin’s state and local tax burden in fiscal year 2022-23 rose slightly to 10% from the previous fiscal year’s historic low of 9.96%, according to a Wisconsin Policy Forum report. Overall, state and local tax collections

A Dane County judge has set a March hearing to dismiss an effort to block Donald Trump from Wisconsin’s presidential ballot after the little-known candidate who filed the lawsuit failed to serve the defendants with it.

It’s time to stop talking about it and take action before more Black lives are lost to menthol tobacco.

Citizens of Wisconsin received a big bonus under their collective Christmas tree. The state surplus grew by $2 billion during 2023 to $6.7 billion. That enlarged surplus will enable our political leaders to invest in a good number of strategic initiatives in 2024.

Index uses existing measures of economy, social capital and other factors to predict opportunity; we trail Minnesota but beat Illinois.

Why are the names of police accused of wrongful shootings kept secret?

Federalist Society leader helped elect Wisconsin justices who killed John Doe probe.

All the remaining GOP presidential contenders rooted for Trump when he was the party nominee and when he gained the real power to wreak havoc with our laws, norms and institutions.

Health workers employed by Planned Parenthood clinics across Wisconsin are moving to unionize, according to labor organizers. The Wisconsin Federation of Nurses and Health Professionals this week announced the plan, calling it a “critical step” toward strengthening Planned Parenthood and organized labor in the face of “political attacks” on both.
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Lawmakers argued a proposal to add vocational training to the Department of Corrections’ Earned Release Program would save money, increase equal opportunities and help the workforce shortage.
From WisPolitics … — Wisconsin’s state and local tax burden in fiscal year 2022-23 rose slightly to 10% from the previous fiscal year’s historic low of 9.96%, according to a Wisconsin Policy Forum report. Overall, state and local tax collections rose 2.5% to $36.2 billion from $35.4 billion in 2021-22.

A Dane County judge has set a March hearing to dismiss an effort to block Donald Trump from Wisconsin’s presidential ballot after the little-known candidate who filed the lawsuit failed to serve the defendants with it.