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Presidential Elections and Historic Bridge Preservation: A Review of the 2008 Proposal
The votes have been counted. The decision has been made. We have our man for the job as President of the United States for the next four years- Barack Obama. While it is appropriate to congr...
Posted on 11/7/12 at 6:25 PM
Daily Republic editor named to South Dakota task force on open records
MITCHELL, S.D. - Seth Tupper, the editor of The Daily Republic in Mitchell, S.D., recently was appointed to a state task force that will study open record and open meeting laws in the state, accordi...
Posted on 8/24/12 at 10:58 AM
Approachably Abrasive
Have you been to a protest lately? Tea Party? Occupy? Vietnam? We've all heard how protests are handled in China. Throughout my time there, I had heard from the locals and expats bits and pieces ab...
Posted on 4/28/12 at 9:20 AM
Property Taxes: Whose Money Is in the Bucket?
I've had a few questions about several stories I've written about property taxes, and I would like to share with you my bucket analogy, which simplifies some of the complex things that determine a per...
Posted on 4/5/12 at 2:52 PM
2011 Interview Summary
(first published on wivoices.org) Hundreds of thousands of protestors have descended on the Capitol in Madison, WI in the last year. Tens of thousands of volunteers have mobilized petition drives, me...
Posted on 1/17/12 at 4:07 PM
Blacks had higher voting percentage than whites in 2012; Study shows hospital prices for common procedures vary vastly; more state news
Wisconsin NewsThe Census Bureau found that 79% of black Wisconsin adults went to the polls in last fall’s presidential election, compared to 75% of non-Hispanic whites. There was a 10% margin of error in the Wisconsin survey due to the state’s relatively small numbers of black voters. According to numbers released by federal health officials, it pays to shop around before having common medical procedures.
May 09, 2013
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Bill limiting junk-food purchases with food stamps passes Assembly; Heroin use spikes in mid-Wisconsin; more state news
The state Assembly has voted to make Wisconsin the first state to force food stamp recipients to spend most of their benefits on healthy food. Marathon County sheriff’s official Gary Schneck said heroin use in the Wausau area has jumped rapidly in the last three years, and it started when drug-makers added time-release coatings to painkillers like OxyContin to cut down on their abuse.
May 08, 2013
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Knudson announces listening sessions, encourages constituent input and discussion
May 03, 2013
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Prep work starts for Stillwater Bridge – really; Farm planting start is slowest in 30 years; more state news
Wisconsin NewsDock walls are being built to accommodate the construction equipment that will help install the foundations for the new bridge over the St. Croix River. The long winter has Wisconsin farmers off to their slowest spring planting start on record.
April 30, 2013
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US Supreme Court decision affects local case
A recent United States Supreme Court decision prompted evidence to be suppressed and charges to be dropped against a suspected burglar in February.By Gretta Stark , April 12, 2013
Baldwin school will host state budget hearing
The Wisconsin Legislature’s Joint Committee on Finance will hold a public hearing to receive input on the state budget Thursday, April 18, at the Baldwin-Woodville High School Auditorium in BaldwinMarch 22, 2013
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Wisconsinites welcome spring through chattering teeth; More state homes ‘underwater’; Survey says over half of residents favor assault weapon ban; more briefs
Wisconsin NewsToday is the first day of spring. But Wisconsinites are still chattering their teeth and shivering in their coats as wind chills plunged into the minus-teens overnight. About one of every six homes with active mortgages in Wisconsin is underwater – and that number is rising.
March 20, 2013
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Barrels with explosive devices tossed back into Lake Superior; New tax reciprocity agreement close; Mining bill clears Assembly; more briefs
Wisconsin NewsOfficials say there were no high levels of toxic or hazardous chemicals in 25 barrels of old military waste pulled from Lake Superior, but 22 barrels had thousands of tiny explosive devices and were thrown back into the lake. After four years of negotiations, Minnesota and Wisconsin tax officials say they are within $6 million of a new reciprocal tax agreement.
March 08, 2013
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Funerals held for truckers who died in river; Toddler killed by pit bulls; more briefs
Wisconsin NewsFuneral services were quickly arranged for two Minneapolis men who died when their semi-truck plunged into a river from a snowy I-94 in near Menomonie. A 14-month-old boy died after he was attacked by two pit bulls near Walworth in far southeast Wisconsin.
March 07, 2013
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Climatologist sees end of drought; Assembly passes job-training bill; Alleged Guido thief comes clean on website; more briefs
Wisconsin NewsIf forecasts hold true, a climatologist says we probably will have dug ourselves out of the drought that has plagued the state since last summer. Wisconsin lawmakers have taken their first steps toward training workers for increasingly complex jobs that are going unfilled. A woman who claimed to steal one of the costumes of the Milwaukee Brewers’ famous racing sausages has given all the greasy details to a news service.
March 01, 2013
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Mining bill passes state Senate; Democrat accuses GOP of helping some businesses, slighting others; more state briefs
Wisconsin NewsWisconsin senators voted 17 to 16 last night to adopt a bill that would clear the way for a proposed iron ore mine in far northern Wisconsin. State Republicans keep saying that job creation is No. 1, but at least one Democrat accuses the GOP of picking winners and losers in that pursuit.
February 28, 2013
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Settlement reached in Dylan McHenry NLRB complaint
A settlement has been reached in Hammond man Dylan McHenry’s National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) case against Teamsters Local Union 974.By Gretta Stark , February 22, 2013
Most of snow is done – many state schools close; GOP bill would slash mining company fees; Two snowmobilers die; more briefs
Wisconsin NewsSnow has closed schools in the Green Bay and Fox Valley regions. Green Bay schools are shut down – along with those in Appleton, Oshkosh, Fond du Lac and Manitowoc plus many smaller districts. Democrats are livid after learning that Gogebic Taconite would get out of paying $171 million a year in fees for environmental protection programs under the GOP’s mining incentive bill.
February 22, 2013
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Walker offers new budget, pledges to cut taxes; Chancellor praises budget; State school head says plan hurts struggling schools; more briefs
Gov. Scott Walker highlighted his desire to cut taxes when he spoke to lawmakers last night about his proposed two-year state budget. The biennial package would increase UW funding by $180 million, and interim Madison Chancellor David Ward calls it the best budget in years for the university.
February 21, 2013
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Gov. Walker in Hudson to announce law enforcement initiatives
February 12, 2013
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