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Madison projects $20M budget surplus weeks after voters allow …
2024年12月11日 · This summer, when Madison city leaders approved putting a $22 million property tax hike on the ballot, the city’s finances were on track to produce a roughly $15 million surplus at the end of the calendar year.. Now, weeks after voters approved the tax hike, the city’s end-of-the-year surplus is projected to be even bigger than leaders had hoped.
Heather Cox Richardson says past makes her optimistic for future
2024年9月22日 · Her collection of email newsletter essays, “Letters from an American,” have gained a remarkable national following.These daily notes follow acts of Congress, the state of partisan politics, international news such as Israel’s ongoing war in Gaza, and historical losses such as the death of former Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor on Dec. 1.
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The Badgers head coach helped to recruit Notre Dame coach Marcus Freeman to Ohio State, then hired him at Cincinnati. They even vacationed together.
Opinion | Majority of voters refused to cast a ballot for Trump
2024年11月19日 · She also running significantly better than recent major-party nominees such as Trump in 2020 (46.8%), Trump in 2016 (48.2%), Mitt Romney in 2012 (47.2%), John McCain in 2008 (45.7%), George W. Bush in 2000 (47.9%), Bob Dole in 1996 (40.7%), George H.W. Bush in 1992 (37.4%), Michael Dukakis in 1988 (45.6%), Walter Mondale (40.6%), Carter in 1980 (41%), or Gerald Ford in 1976 (48%).
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Cannabis is virtually unregulated in Wisconsin. Will that change?
2024年12月11日 · Legal cannabis products “created an access point for folks to seek something that might help them until we figure out cannabis legalization,” said state Rep. Darrin Madison, D-Milwaukee, who has worked on legislation that would legalize medical marijuana. “Due to the fact that it's lacking those regulatory standards, it also created a …
Push for tighter gun laws likely to meet Republican resistance
2024年12月23日 · Police in California used this type of law to temporarily confiscate weapons from a 20-year-old man who had been in contact with Natalie Rupnow, the 15-year-old girl police say carried out the Madison shooting. Authorities said the man planned to carry out his own attack. Despite dozens of school shootings every year, Baldwin said it has been hard to get enough bipartisan support to pass ...
Republicans to maintain Wisconsin Assembly majority despite new …
2024年11月6日 · Republicans will maintain a majority in both chambers of the Wisconsin Legislature, though Democrats saw a rare bright spot from Tuesday's election results when they clawed back significant ground in the state Senate.
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The Cap Times' interactive patio guide is built on a wide-ranging, Dane County-wide map of restaurants, bars, breweries, cafes and more. Thanks to 250 detailed images by photographer Ruthie Hauge, you can peruse the options — for shade, for …