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Dear editor, Wisconsin workers and families cannot sustain themselves on $7.25 per hour, which has remained unchanged since 2009. Even surrounding states, such as Illinois and Minnesota, have raised their minimum wages. At $7.25 per hour, a Wisconsinworkerbrings home $15,080 per year, which is below 100% of the federal poverty level. Even worse is the tipped minimum wage of $2.33 per hour for some...

Dear editor, Clark County has 10 municipal libraries that are funded by, and serve, the citizens of those respective communities. Those libraries also serve the rural residents of Clark County. The recently passed county budget will reimburse the libraries 85% of the cost to serve Clark County’s rural residents and 0% of the cost to serve Marathon County patrons. A motion was made to amend the b...