A surprise spring lesson

I’m putting the blame squarely on Mother Nature’s shoulders, but it’s happening again this year, despite my best efforts to prevent it. 

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More states adopt paid leave; mandate is key question for policymakers

A proposal in Gov. Tony Evers’ budget would require Wisconsin employers of 50 or more to provide their workers with paid family and medical leave. This comes as more states are adopting such requirements — though so far, the change is not happening as quickly in the Midwest.

John Foust, advertising, ad-libs

What are they selling?

John Foust has conducted training programs for thousands of newspaper advertising professionals. Many ad departments are using his training videos to save time and get quick results from in-house training.

Derick Kelly joins Courier Press as sports news reporter

Derick Kelly, a longtime sports enthusiast and author has joined the (Prairie du Chien) Courier Press as a sports news reporter, the newspaper announced last month.

Kelly, who graduated from Prairie du Chien High School, earned a degree in history from UW-Milwaukee in 2010. While in college, he attended the Society of American Baseball Research annual summer conference and started a booster club for UW-Milwaukee alumnus to involve fans in athletics programs. In 2016, he self-published the book "From the Maroons to the Hawks," in which he chronicled Prairie du Chien atheltics from 1897 to 2016.

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Assessing two tax proposals and the possibility of compromise

While starkly different in most details, competing plans to overhaul Wisconsin’s income tax code offered by Gov. Tony Evers and State Senate Majority Leader Devin LeMahieu share one common thread: they would sharply change how the state taxes its highest earners.

MU law pollster Franklin says this state Supreme Court race will be copied

In the wake of liberal Janet Protasiewicz’s double-digit percentage win over conservative Daniel Kelly comes a variety of predictions: Wisconsin will turn blue in a big way; Republicans won’t win statewide until they solve the abortion issue; and high-stakes judicial elections will be changed forever.

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