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08 February 2023

Don’t take budget tools away from local, county governments

Politicians like to talk. They like to talk about what they have done — claiming credit for things they have shared in accomplishing or explaini...

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Don’t take budget tools away from local, county governments

Politicians like to talk. They like to talk about what they have done — claiming credit for things they have shared in accomplishing or explaini...

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Posted on February 8, 2023

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Feb
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01 February 2023

Success comes from hard work, tenacity

Star News Editorials “Be tenacious – be gritty, and remember - gritty people believe everything will be alright in the end, and if it’...

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Success comes from hard work, tenacity

Star News Editorials “Be tenacious – be gritty, and remember - gritty people believe everything will be alright in the end, and if it’...

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Posted on February 1, 2023

State budget needs to focus on support of schools, local governments

The best tax relief measure members of the Wisconsin legislature can do as they begin to work on the biennial budget is to provide additional aid to ...

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State budget needs to focus on support of schools, local governments

The best tax relief measure members of the Wisconsin legislature can do as they begin to work on the biennial budget is to provide additional aid to ...

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Posted on February 1, 2023

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25 January 2023

State needs to pass safe harbor bill to protect sex trafficking victims

Children cannot consent. That simple concept is at the root of a new bipartisan push to create a “safe harbor” to put into state law that any ...

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State needs to pass safe harbor bill to protect sex trafficking victims

Children cannot consent. That simple concept is at the root of a new bipartisan push to create a “safe harbor” to put into state law that any ...

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Posted on January 25, 2023

County needs to be focused when trimming costs

Taylor County is facing a budget crisis. There is nothing new about this. It costs money to provide government services and there are always goin...

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County needs to be focused when trimming costs

Taylor County is facing a budget crisis. There is nothing new about this. It costs money to provide government services and there are always goin...

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Posted on January 25, 2023

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18 January 2023

Put county administrator talks front and center

Star News Editorials Who’s the boss? That is the million dollar question for Taylor County as elected and appointed leaders seek to fin...

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Put county administrator talks front and center

Star News Editorials Who’s the boss? That is the million dollar question for Taylor County as elected and appointed leaders seek to fin...

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Posted on January 18, 2023

Advisory referendum is a waste of time and money

What is old, it appears, is new again. On April 25, 1996, Gov. Tommy Thompson signed into law “Wisconsin Works” or W2 as it became known. It w...

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Advisory referendum is a waste of time and money

What is old, it appears, is new again. On April 25, 1996, Gov. Tommy Thompson signed into law “Wisconsin Works” or W2 as it became known. It w...

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Posted on January 18, 2023

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2023

11 January 2023

Expand nomination window for local elections

Star News Editorials The state of Wisconsin needs to give residents a larger window of time to decide to run for city council, municipal boa...

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Expand nomination window for local elections

Star News Editorials The state of Wisconsin needs to give residents a larger window of time to decide to run for city council, municipal boa...

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Posted on January 11, 2023

Time for state to drop Bowers case

Rather that continuing to waste government resources in an attempt to show that snitches get stitches, the Wisconsin Department of Justice should dro...

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Time for state to drop Bowers case

Rather that continuing to waste government resources in an attempt to show that snitches get stitches, the Wisconsin Department of Justice should dro...

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Posted on January 11, 2023

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04 January 2023

Looking ahead to issues and opportunities of the coming year

Star News Editorials Looking ahead to issues and opportunities of the coming year As we learned in elementary school, a year is 365 days lo...

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Looking ahead to issues and opportunities of the coming year

Star News Editorials Looking ahead to issues and opportunities of the coming year As we learned in elementary school, a year is 365 days lo...

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Posted on January 4, 2023

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Don’t take budget tools away from local, county governments

Don’t take budget tools away from local, county governments

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Success comes from hard work, tenacity

Success comes from hard work, tenacity

State budget needs to focus on support of schools, local governments

State budget needs to focus on support of schools, local governments

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State needs to pass safe harbor bill to protect sex trafficking victims

State needs to pass safe harbor bill to protect sex trafficking victims

County needs to be focused when trimming costs

County needs to be focused when trimming costs

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Put county administrator talks front and center

Put county administrator talks front and center

Advisory referendum is a waste of time and money

Advisory referendum is a waste of time and money

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Expand nomination window for local elections

Expand nomination window for local elections

Time for state to drop Bowers case

Time for state to drop Bowers case

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Looking ahead to issues and opportunities of the coming year

Looking ahead to issues and opportunities of the coming year

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