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The repeal of the stepped-up basis by imposing capital gains taxes at death would force many family-owned farms and ranches to liquidate assets to cover the tax burden and would be the final blow to many family farms.
Honest education can’t leave out race and racism.
Opposition ignores benefits for state taxpayers, budget and low-wage workers.
As Congress continues work on the Jack Reynolds Memorial Medigap Expansion Act, I hope that our elected officials in Washington like Rep. Scott Fitzegerald, Sen. Ron Johnson, Sen. Tammy Baldwin and others help to pass this bill and make life on dialysis a bit easier for some of the dialysis patients throughout the U.S. who are struggling just to get by.
As part of a new nationwide campaign, Obesity Care Now, we are calling on Congress to pass the Treat & Reduce Obesity Act.
Taking a longitudinal look at housing issues tells me that clearly we are moving in the wrong direction. Housing as a wealth producer has continued to be significantly less accessible for Blacks and the harms are long-term and produce ongoing challenges.
The city of Kewaunee’s government battles have escalated, with the mayor going after the personal emails of a new city council member.
Julia Taylor grew the budget and staff and grants. But what exactly was accomplished?
Just after U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson was caught telling a Wisconsin Republican Women’s luncheon that climate change is “bull—-,” a barrage of research was released warning of new dangers to the earth’s environment.
As billionaires jockey with each other into the stars, urgent issues intensify here on Earth, like climate change, affordable health care and the survival of working families.
The Child Tax Credit is a game changer. For the duration of this year, parents can breathe a little easier. There will be money for school clothes, dental appointments, shoes and maybe a music class.
To ensure the best and brightest futures for our kids, adequate resources matter greatly.
At a time when the notion of America as the land of opportunity for all is often dismissed as fiction, a poor kid from Greece wrote his own fairytale ending.
So tilted by the last decade are the political scales that Democrats will have to work extra hard not to fall down in 2022 or even not to fall below what they achieved in the past, despite what looks like an advantage in numbers and actual success by the Democratic platform.
Top political report finds race now closer as Johnson wins “Four Pinocchios” rating for misinformation on COVID-19.
The work of the people shouldn’t be delayed.
How is it that a small, weaponless, group of African American women protesting for equity in voting rights could be arrested with more haste than hundreds of armed insurrectionists determined to overthrow government leadership?
A Milwaukee Common Council committee has moved a step closer to putting federal taxpayers on the hook for a Universal Basic Income pilot program.
The state’s highest court confirmed that the DNR does have the authority to protect the state’s natural resources.
The repeal of the stepped-up basis by imposing capital gains taxes at death would force many family-owned farms and ranches to liquidate assets to cover the tax burden and would be the final blow to many family farms.
Honest education can’t leave out race and racism.
Opposition ignores benefits for state taxpayers, budget and low-wage workers.
As Congress continues work on the Jack Reynolds Memorial Medigap Expansion Act, I hope that our elected officials in Washington like Rep. Scott Fitzegerald, Sen. Ron Johnson, Sen. Tammy Baldwin and others help to pass this bill and make life on dialysis a bit easier for some of the dialysis patients throughout the U.S. who are struggling just to get by.
As part of a new nationwide campaign, Obesity Care Now, we are calling on Congress to pass the Treat & Reduce Obesity Act.
Taking a longitudinal look at housing issues tells me that clearly we are moving in the wrong direction. Housing as a wealth producer has continued to be significantly less accessible for Blacks and the harms are long-term and produce ongoing challenges.
The city of Kewaunee’s government battles have escalated, with the mayor going after the personal emails of a new city council member.
Julia Taylor grew the budget and staff and grants. But what exactly was accomplished?
Just after U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson was caught telling a Wisconsin Republican Women’s luncheon that climate change is “bull—-,” a barrage of research was released warning of new dangers to the earth’s environment.
As billionaires jockey with each other into the stars, urgent issues intensify here on Earth, like climate change, affordable health care and the survival of working families.
The Child Tax Credit is a game changer. For the duration of this year, parents can breathe a little easier. There will be money for school clothes, dental appointments, shoes and maybe a music class.
To ensure the best and brightest futures for our kids, adequate resources matter greatly.
At a time when the notion of America as the land of opportunity for all is often dismissed as fiction, a poor kid from Greece wrote his own fairytale ending.
So tilted by the last decade are the political scales that Democrats will have to work extra hard not to fall down in 2022 or even not to fall below what they achieved in the past, despite what looks like an advantage in numbers and actual success by the Democratic platform.
Top political report finds race now closer as Johnson wins “Four Pinocchios” rating for misinformation on COVID-19.
The work of the people shouldn’t be delayed.
How is it that a small, weaponless, group of African American women protesting for equity in voting rights could be arrested with more haste than hundreds of armed insurrectionists determined to overthrow government leadership?
A Milwaukee Common Council committee has moved a step closer to putting federal taxpayers on the hook for a Universal Basic Income pilot program.
The state’s highest court confirmed that the DNR does have the authority to protect the state’s natural resources.
