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The state’s current growth trajectory is sizable enough that even if Barca’s %5.4 billion estimate turns out to be too high, revenues will still be high enough to pay for substantial tax rate relief.
Democrats must reacquaint themselves with the bully pulpit and condemn Republican actions that harm human lives, while noting that their extremism functions as both a diversion preventing discussion of real issues, and a threat to our democracy.
Would governor use his power to pardon anyone convicted under 1849 abortion ban?
Voters who try to use it will find it allows budget cuts in few categories of spending.
Listening sessions are underway for a new farm bill. What needs to be there and what doesn’t?
The Wisconsin UW system has a number of bones and funerary objects that must be repatriated to the proper tribes.
Wisconsin Democratic U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin helped lead a bipartisan effort in Congress to pass the CHIPS and Science Act.
Organic Valley has been committed to green energy for most of its history.
Making inroads in Milwaukee could help carry the State of Wisconsin, which might be the key to a Republican President winning in 2024.
The worry is that if Congress doesn’t get its act together soon to address climate change, many of the parks will become inhospitable to visitors.
Today, less than 20% of the state income tax is shared locally, and that amount has been reduced in real dollars for more than two decades. It’s time for reform.
A voter can spoil their ballot for reasons that include making a mistake, changing their mind or because their candidate dropped out of the race.
A recent ruling by the Wisconsin Supreme Court made securing open government a more expensive — and daunting — proposition for citizens, media and any one else seeking public records.
Thanks to Biden’s leadership, Democrats in both the Senate and the House have pledged to pass this historic health care bill before the August recess.
There’s been far too little attention to economic conditions, far too much time in virtue signaling.
As the U.S. economy shrinks into recession, we’re reminded of Barnes’ anti-capitalism rant at the United Nations Climate Conference in Madrid in late 2019.
Fond du Lac district attorney is fatally flawed in every aspect of his candidacy.
Gunmakers have taken in more than $1 billion by selling semi-automatic AR-15-style weapons during the past decade alone, a House committee report said, adding that much of the marketing is aimed at convincing young men that the rifles are a way to prove their masculinity.
It took nearly two years, but the Wisconsin Elections Commission is finally cracking down on voter fraud … against a concerned citizen who exposed massive vulnerabilities within the state’s MyVote system.
Using cost strategies to limit citizen access to records is bad governance.
The state’s current growth trajectory is sizable enough that even if Barca’s %5.4 billion estimate turns out to be too high, revenues will still be high enough to pay for substantial tax rate relief.
Democrats must reacquaint themselves with the bully pulpit and condemn Republican actions that harm human lives, while noting that their extremism functions as both a diversion preventing discussion of real issues, and a threat to our democracy.
Would governor use his power to pardon anyone convicted under 1849 abortion ban?
Voters who try to use it will find it allows budget cuts in few categories of spending.
Listening sessions are underway for a new farm bill. What needs to be there and what doesn’t?
The Wisconsin UW system has a number of bones and funerary objects that must be repatriated to the proper tribes.
Wisconsin Democratic U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin helped lead a bipartisan effort in Congress to pass the CHIPS and Science Act.
Organic Valley has been committed to green energy for most of its history.
Making inroads in Milwaukee could help carry the State of Wisconsin, which might be the key to a Republican President winning in 2024.
The worry is that if Congress doesn’t get its act together soon to address climate change, many of the parks will become inhospitable to visitors.
Today, less than 20% of the state income tax is shared locally, and that amount has been reduced in real dollars for more than two decades. It’s time for reform.
A voter can spoil their ballot for reasons that include making a mistake, changing their mind or because their candidate dropped out of the race.
A recent ruling by the Wisconsin Supreme Court made securing open government a more expensive — and daunting — proposition for citizens, media and any one else seeking public records.
Thanks to Biden’s leadership, Democrats in both the Senate and the House have pledged to pass this historic health care bill before the August recess.
There’s been far too little attention to economic conditions, far too much time in virtue signaling.
As the U.S. economy shrinks into recession, we’re reminded of Barnes’ anti-capitalism rant at the United Nations Climate Conference in Madrid in late 2019.
Fond du Lac district attorney is fatally flawed in every aspect of his candidacy.
Gunmakers have taken in more than $1 billion by selling semi-automatic AR-15-style weapons during the past decade alone, a House committee report said, adding that much of the marketing is aimed at convincing young men that the rifles are a way to prove their masculinity.
It took nearly two years, but the Wisconsin Elections Commission is finally cracking down on voter fraud … against a concerned citizen who exposed massive vulnerabilities within the state’s MyVote system.
Using cost strategies to limit citizen access to records is bad governance.
