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River Towns
March 30, 2018
We deserve a Wisconsin where every person has an opportunity to thrive, and where every citizen is treated equally under the law. Our courtrooms should not be beholden to special interest groups. When Justice Gableman refused to recuse himself from a case where the party in front of him spent $2.25Ãâà...
Wisconsin Rapids Tribune
March 30, 2018
USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin posed several questions to the candidates. In their own words, the candidates will tell you their priorities if elected and why you should cast your vote in their favor. Note: Candidate answers have been edited for length and clarity.
Isthmus
March 30, 2018
Owned by brothers Arturo Ruiz and Berna Cazares, Village Pizza specializes in Chicago-style deep-dish pies. The brothers have transformed the former Bob's Copy Shop space into a bright, casual eatery decorated with colorful paintings depicting scenes of Italy. A native of Mexico City, Ruiz has cooked inÃâà...
The Japan Times
March 29, 2018
JANESVILLE, WISCONSIN – Some Wisconsin students who took their demonstration against gun violence on the road have reached their destination — House Speaker Paul Ryan's home turf. About 50 students set out Sunday from Madison on their “50 Miles More” march. They reached their destination inÃâà...
WKRN News 2
March 29, 2018
Chronic toilet-clogger costs Wisconsin city thousands of dollars ... "I think it's terrible that people have to behave that way," said Kris Williams, a local of the city. "That bathroom should be open and ... "There's a lot more things in town that we could spend the taxpayers' dollars on." It is a strange way to passÃâà...
WisContext
March 28, 2018
Mexican immigrants and their descendants born in the United States comprise a growing and increasingly visible group of communities around Wisconsin. First arriving in Milwaukee and neighboring cities in the first decades of the 20th century, their numbers around the state during and after World War IIÃâà...
Progressive.org
March 28, 2018
50 Miles More marchers round mile 31 on their way from Wisconsin capital Madison to Speaker of the House Paul Ryan's hometown of Janesville, Wisconsin to ... That's a huge risk for everyday Americans in this country going to a movie theater or going to school and [for] people in the inner city and howÃâà...
Wisconsin Rapids Tribune
March 28, 2018
WISCONSIN RAPIDS - Wisconsin Rapids candidates for city council, city clerk and school board are gearing up for the April 3 election. On the Wisconsin Rapids City Council, incumbent Todd Ferkey will face challenger Lee Graf for the District 2 seat. This is the only contested race for a City Council seat.
KXAN.com
March 28, 2018
Chronic toilet-clogger costs a Wisconsin city thousands of dollars ... "I think it's terrible that people have to behave that way," said Kris Williams, a local of the city. "That bathroom should be open and ... "There's a lot more things in town that we could spend the taxpayers' dollars on." It is a strange way to passÃâà...
NBC Chicago
March 28, 2018
Eder, 18, said the participating students, who are all on spring break this week, came from Eau Claire, Milwaukee, Oregon and other places around Wisconsin. They and adult volunteers walked about 13 miles during the day and spent nights in schools along route in their 4-day journey. The group said onÃâà...
Big Country Homepage
March 28, 2018
"There's a lot more things in town that we could spend the taxpayers' dollars on." It is a strange way to pass the time, sure. One that many of these lakeside lifers are having a lot of trouble wiping away. "I'm stumped. I don't know what to say we can do with him," said Grube. "I'm hoping we can find him quick,Ãâà...
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
March 28, 2018
Among Wisconsin's 32 largest towns and municipalities, 22 experienced their lowest February unemployment rates on record, the agency reported. The rates ranged from 2.1% in Madison to 4.8% in Racine. For decades, Racine routinely has topped the state's list of high-unemployment urban regions.
TwinCities.com-Pioneer Press
March 27, 2018
“I think that's a real tribute to what's happening here,” said Mike Schatz, economic development administrator for the city of Eau Claire. “It shows we're a community that has ... “The interstate — I-94 — is St. Croix County's lifeline west to the Twin Cities and east to the Chippewa Valley. There's a lot of actionÃâà...
Human Rights Campaign (blog)
March 27, 2018
Today HRC and Fair Wisconsin, the statewide group working to advance equality for LGBTQ Wisconsinites, praised the Milwaukee Common Council for ... In addition to Milwaukee, a growing number of municipalities across the country, including cities in Pennsylvania, Ohio and Florida, have enactedÃâà...
U.S. News & World Report
March 26, 2018
In this March 15, 2018 photo, U.S. Army veteran Glen Hauser appears on the porch of his tiny house at the James A. Peterson Veteran Village in Racine, Wis. Besides being a completely alcohol and drug-free property, one of the main goals is to help veterans at the facility find a job and teach them toÃâà...
New York Times
March 12, 2018
Mr. Kamps, an alumnus of the Public Theater's Emerging Writers Group, and Mr. Quinn are Wisconsin natives, and this world-premiere production at Town Stages, in TriBeCa, reflects a concern for their home state as much as it does an affectionate sense of humor about it. (Full disclosure: I grew up there,Ãâà...
Kansas City Star
March 12, 2018
A Wisconsin candidate for governor has posted an online campaign video that includes a brief passage showing her breastfeeding her 4-month-old daughter. Former state Rep. Kelda Helen Roys appears in the video touting her efforts in the Legislature to pass legislation to ban the chemical bisphenol AÃâà...
Madison.com
March 12, 2018
Freund: The city's sidewalk policy. While it is important to include sidewalks in many street projects on major thoroughfares and new neighborhoods, we need to re-examine this policy in older neighborhoods and on lesser-traveled roads like dead ends, cul-de-sacs and streets where we have insufficientÃâà...
WGBA-TV
March 12, 2018
The Wisconsin State Patrol, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, Marinette County Sheriff's Office, Oconto Falls Ambulance, Lena Fire Department, Brazeau Fire Department and the Oconto County Highway Department all assisted the Oconto County Sheriff's Department, according to a pressÃâà...
City Pages
March 12, 2018
In Wisconsin, a family must earn $16,000 or less to be Medicaid-eligible. After paying heat, rent and the Aldi bill, the math becomes problematic for establishing an ongoing relationship with the neighborhood dealer. Moreover, the elderly and the paraplegic don't make for high-probability drug targets.
Kansas City Star
March 12, 2018
Wisconsin State Journal, March 11. Stop playing games with public records. Two state lawmakers are being cute in responding to requests for government emails under Wisconsin's open records law. They're refusing to deliver the public documents electronically, as the requesters have sought. Doing soÃâà...
Wisconsin Public Radio News
March 12, 2018
One northern Wisconsin community has been able to cut down mercury emissions as much as 25 percent by pumping water at certain times during the day. The City of Bayfield is competing with cities like Ann Arbor, Michigan and Detroit to lower mercury and other emissions as part of the Water UtilityÃâà...
TwinCities.com-Pioneer Press
March 11, 2018
The most-populous city, Fargo, was tabbed as North Dakota's drunkest metro area. Green Bay was named Wisconsin's drunkest city. Statewide 24.5 percent of adults reported binge drinking or heavy drinking; 36.9 percent of driving deaths were alcohol related. In Minnesota, meanwhile, 21.1 percent ofÃâà...
fox6now.com
February 20, 2018
To identify the safest cities, officials at the National Council for Home Safety and Security reviewed the most recent FBI Uniform Crime Report statistics, along with their own population data and internal research. Cities that failed to submit a crime report — and cities with populations under 10,000 — wereÃâà...
Channel3000.com
December 31, 1999
MADISON, Wis. - Madison is tied with Las Vegas for the most dog parks per capita, according to the Trust for Public Land's March 2018 rankings with 10 city-wide. People living on Madison's east side hope to raise that number by one after a discussion Thursday night. The City of Madison Parks Division isÃâà...
Channel3000.com
December 31, 1999
GIFT CITY, India (CNNMoney) - India is building a new city to give global investors an easy way into its booming economy. Gradually mushrooming on an otherwise barren 886-acre parcel of land in Gujarat -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi's home state -- is a small collection of buildings that India hopes willÃâà...
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