Majority of trade aid in Wisconsin goes to small number of farms
Over half of all first-round 2019 trade aid payments went to the top 11.1% of recipients. And 25% of first-round payments went to only 3% of all recipients.
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Over half of all first-round 2019 trade aid payments went to the top 11.1% of recipients. And 25% of first-round payments went to only 3% of all recipients.
Republican legislative leaders and Democratic Gov. Tony Evers have now spent nearly $2.1 million for private attorneys to represent them in lawsuits that emerged from the lame-duck session, according to a WisPolitics.com review.
A recent Marquette University Law School Poll is stirring attention and comment in national circles regarding slipping support for impeachment in Wisconsin.
Wisconsin Tourism Secretary Sarah Meaney rejected the charge she is politicizing the department, telling WisPolitics.com in mid-November she is driven by data, not politics.
State regulators are looking at new ways to combat groundwater contamination in Wisconsin, focusing on nitrates as well as lesser-known PFAS.
Wisconsin federal lawmakers this year received nearly half a million dollars from industries they help regulate, according to a WisPolitics.com review of campaign finance reports.
Vice President Mike Pence is calling on Congress to pass President Trump’s U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement, saying it’s “a win for Wisconsin and a win for America.”
Early polling indicates fewer Wisconsin voters than voters nationwide jumping on the impeachment bandwagon.
Efforts to restructure Wisconsin’s juvenile justice program took another hit after members of a panel roundly criticized their own panel’s recommendations.
Records from the chief clerk’s offices show Wisconsin lawmakers spent $76,905 from taxpayer-funded accounts to cover travel between Jan. 1 and Aug. 30.