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The Oshkosh Republican said he will block the president's debt-increasing "One Big Beautiful Bill" if it doesn't cut federal ...
Thanks to the carried interest loophole, investment fund managers are taxed at a lower rate than other workers.
The proposal in the state Legislature comes as the White House has cut federal agencies and threatened funding to states.
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Click to share on Bluesky (Opens in new window) Bluesky Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Reddit Wisconsin Dems propose emergency session if Trump freezes funding to stateMay 15, 2025The ...
More than 30 states released their full list of cops. But not Wisconsin. The state Attorney General’s office denied a records request late last year from a group of news media outlets seeking the ...
A bill that U.S. House Republicans say would prevent noncitizens from voting, something that is already illegal and experts and research say almost never happens, passed with 216 GOP votes and four ...
Wandering officers — police and jailers who were fired or forced out from a previous job in law enforcement — have increased in Wisconsin by more than 50% since 2021, an investigation by The Badger ...
A sign on the UW-Eau Claire campus points voters where to cast their ballots in the 2020 Election. Photo by Jake Olson. Across the country, Final-Five Voting – a system that bans partisan primary ...
Projections estimate that the Social Security Administration will be unable to fully pay the benefits it owes Americans starting in 2035, unless Congress makes some changes. And some prominent voices, ...