Wisconsin is celebrating the 100th anniversary of the state's ratification of the 19th Amendment, which gave women the right to vote.
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Wisconsin is celebrating the 100th anniversary of the state's ratification of the 19th Amendment, which gave women the right to vote.
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School districts around the state are trying to buck the trend of higher taxes and lower individual income by asking for building referendums around the state Tuesday.
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By Joe Lanane The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Real Estate Foundation will not pay the first $5 million for 89 acres of Milwaukee County property until receiving a two-year extension for the second payment. Representatives from the foundation insist the delay ...
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By Tom Fetters
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Dear freshman U.S. senator-/U.S. representative-/state officeholder-elect: Whether you coasted to victory or eked out a win by just a few votes, you have a mandate: Fix this mess.
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By Joe Lanane Voter confidence won out Tuesday when a 60 percent majority approved the Madison Area Technical College’s request to complete $134 million worth of construction work on five campuses. The college asked voters in all or parts of ...
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By Paul Wiseman AP Economics Writer Washington — The Republicans’ sweeping gains in Tuesday’s elections hardly guarantee they can enact their own prescriptions for the ailing economy. Despite their capture of the House and near-takeover of the Senate, Republicans will ...
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By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MILWAUKEE (AP) — The Republican wave that swept the nation in Tuesday’s midterm election was particularly deep in Wisconsin, bringing into office conservatives who want to make dramatic changes in the state’s style of government. ...
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By ?RYAN J. FOLEY Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Republican businessman Reid Ribble ousted Democratic U.S. Rep. Steve Kagen on Tuesday as the GOP tried to capture a majority of Wisconsin’s seats in the U.S. House of Representatives for ...
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MILWAUKEE (AP) — U.S. Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner has won re-election to another two-year term in Congress. The conservative Republican represents the 5th Congressional District, which covers much of the Milwaukee suburbs. Sensenbrenner defeated Democrat Todd Kolosso, a 39-year-old owner of ...
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MILWAUKEE (AP) — Wisconsin voters have sent U.S. Rep. Tom Petri back to Washington for the fourth straight decade. The moderate Republican easily won re-election representing the 6th Congressional District in eastern Wisconsin. He has been in the House since ...
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