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Reporting from The Center Square
(The Center Square) – Several Wisconsin departments are suing the U.S. Department of Labor claiming it owes the state $10 million in terminated grants related to a system upgrade of the state’s unemployment insurance program.
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Reporting from The Center Square
(The Center Square) – A Wisconsin lawmaker says he believes future data center projects in the state won’t be using an exception to state law to put large-scale projects into tax increment districts.
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Reporting from The Center Square
(The Center Square) – The leader of an open government group says that he intends to test Wisconsin law by wagering on the result of the governor’s race and also voting.
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Reporting from The Center Square
(The Center Square) – Wisconsin has crossed another threshold in its measles outbreak.
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Reporting from The Center Square
(The Center Square) – A group of Wisconsin Republican representatives are calling for the end to a data center tax break that has led to $1.5 billion in foregone sales tax to the state and $369 million estimated in tax breaks each year once the projects are complete.
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Reporting from The Center Square
(The Center Square) – The Wisconsin Supreme Court is asking for $3 million in additional funding for courthouse security in the next state budget cycle, pointing to 129 recorded security threats in 2025.
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Reporting from The Center Square
(The Center Square) – Madison’s mayor is raising taxes in her new proposed spending plan.
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Reporting from The Center Square
(The Center Square) – Wisconsin candidate for governor David Crowley is vowing to propose a constitutional amendment to protect abortion rights in the state if he is elected.
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Reporting from The Center Square
(The Center Square) – Incumbent Republican Bryan Steil is one of two Wisconsin Republicans set for a close race in the Nov. 3 general election, facing Democrat Mitchell Berman in the 1st Congressional District in southeastern Wisconsin that includes Kenosha and Racine counties along with portions of Walworth, Rock and Milwaukee counties.
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Reporting from The Center Square
(The Center Square)– Madison’s independent police monitor says she is not bound by city regulations following a critical employment review.
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