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‘UpFront’: Duffy touts GOP tax overhaul plan

Republican U.S. Rep. Sean Duffy says Republicans will provide a “substantial tax cut for middle-income Americans” in a plan that passes by the end of the year. The 7th District congressman, who appeared Sunday on “UpFront with Mike Gousha,” said

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Dairy association, DNR reach settlement in lawsuit

The Dairy Business Association and Department of Natural Resources have settled a lawsuit that claimed the agency is overstepping its regulatory authority. The lawsuit, which DBA first filed in Brown County Circuit Court at the end of July, alleged the

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‘UpFront’: Duffy touts GOP tax overhaul plan

Republican U.S. Rep. Sean Duffy says Republicans will provide a “substantial tax cut for middle-income Americans” in a plan that passes by the end of the year. The 7th District congressman, who appeared Sunday on “UpFront with Mike Gousha,” said the GOP tax plan will make America more competitive by

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Walker seeks to shift CAFO oversight from DNR to DATCP

Gov. Scott Walker says he’s committed to working with lawmakers and the EPA to give the Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection regulatory authority over concentrated animal feeding operations. Walker made the pledge as part of the Rural Agenda he unveiled Thursday at the Governor’s Northern Economic & Community

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Dairy association, DNR reach settlement in lawsuit

The Dairy Business Association and Department of Natural Resources have settled a lawsuit that claimed the agency is overstepping its regulatory authority. The lawsuit, which DBA first filed in Brown County Circuit Court at the end of July, alleged the DNR is enforcing new standards without having first gone through

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WEDC could vote on Foxconn deal early next month

WEDC Secretary and CEO Mark Hogan says the earliest that the agency’s board could vote on the $3 billion incentive package for Foxconn would likely be at its next scheduled meeting Nov. 8. Hogan spoke to reporters after a WEDC board meeting Tuesday, downplaying any concerns that the state and Foxconn

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State finishes fiscal year with $579 million surplus

The state finished 2016-17 with a surplus of $579 million, a better ending balance than what the Legislative Fiscal Bureau had previously projected. The last LFB estimate of a $467 million ending balance, though, did not include a final look at expenditures over the fiscal year. The Department of Administration

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