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Justice Shirley Abrahamson let the sunshine in

As Justice Shirley Abrahamson ends her tenure on the Wisconsin Supreme Court, she leaves a rich legacy of legal scholarship, importantly including her support for government transparency.

What happened in 1895?

A friend sent me a calendar from 1895 awhile back. When I noticed the dates were identical to 2019, it got me thinking about what happened 124 years ago.

State budget proposals backtrack on state reserves

Republican lawmakers dialed back both the spending and tax increases in Democratic Gov. Tony Evers’ budget, but left one key aspect largely unchanged: a drawdown of hundreds of millions of dollars in reserves in the state’s main fund.

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