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State GOP Leader All but Blackmails Evers Over Federal Stimulus Aid, State Budget Requests
Governor’s budget leader says one-time stimulus aid should be targeted to areas of greatest need, not used to plug budget cuts.
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Evers and Timberlake Find a Way to Bypass Vos’ Willingness to Lose Millions in Food Aid for Families
Assembly Speaker demanded governor accept a package of poison pills he’d already vetoed
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Clean Water at Stake as WI Supreme Court Hears Appeals to Take GOP Restrictions Off the DNR
Clean Wisconsin asks the court to remove legislative micromanagement citing megafarm pollution and high-capacity wells draining lakes.
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Infrastructure Is Good Politics—Just Ask Milwaukee’s Sewer Socialists of 1904
Voters have a history of rewarding public officials who pay attention to long-neglected public needs.
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Here’s Why Republicans Are Introducing Bills All Over the US for Things Nobody in Wisconsin Is Asking For
Legislators work on cookie-cutter proposals sent out by right wing groups because gerrymandering means they don’t need to get bill ideas from their constituents.
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A Little Public Outreach Goes a Long Way as Ho-Chunk Boosts WI Vaccination Progress
Tribe is again focused on its membership, but the public outreach helped Wisconsin reach 1 million people fully vaccinated.
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More Scrutiny, More Security—Head of WI Elections Addresses Unfounded Fraud Claims
Meagan Wolfe tells legislative Republicans the absentee balloting they now dislike is becoming more secure than in-person voting.
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A Million Reasons to Feel Better About Wisconsin Progress Against COVID-19
Immunizations complete for more than 1 million people. State on track to meet May 1 deadline for widespread vaccine eligibility. Legal challenge to face mask safeguard about to be decided.
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Evers Signs Cocktails-to-Go Bill
The law allows bars and restaurants to sell alcoholic drinks to-go.
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Biden’s COVID-19 Relief Puts Money Into the Pockets of Wisconsinites Who Need It
This approach, which includes a “revolutionary” expansion of the child tax credit, is likely to boost the economy more effectively than Trump’s coronavirus response signed one year ago, economists say.
