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March 09,2017
by Wisconsin Gazette
The Jewish Community Relations Council has reported an “extraordinarily high number” of local anti-Semitic incidents in 2016.
The Milwaukee Jewish Federation’s council released its annual audit Feb. 20, amid other reports documenting a rise in anti-Semitic incidents in the nation and around the world. Those reports also show a spike in the number of active hate groups in the United States f....
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March 09,2017
by Louis Weisberg
Jason Rae has a classic baby face, but it doesn’t seem to have stopped people from taking him seriously.
The youngest person ever to win election to the Democratic National Committee, he recently became, at age 30, one of the youngest to be elected DNC secretary.
The Rice Lake native remembers admonishing his parents to vote for Bill Clinton when they dropped him off at a babysitter’s place ....
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March 09,2017
by Reuters
A pink hat worn during the Women's March on Washington has taken its place in history as a symbol of solidarity for women's rights by going on display in a London museum.
In January, women-led protests against U.S. President Donald Trump saw hundreds of thousands of women take to the streets in U.S. cities, as well as cities around the globe.
Many wore knitted pink cat-eared Pussyhats, a re....
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Tracking Trump
March 09,2017
by Associated Press
The Federal Election Commission is raising questions about last-minute election expenditures by a pro-Donald Trump super PAC that has already acknowledged making mistakes regarding the sources and amounts of its contributions and whose contributors include an L.L. Bean heiress.
The FEC contends the Making Maine Great Again political action committee may have violated rules that give PACs 24 hou....
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Featured News,
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March 09,2017
by Louis Weisberg
You won’t find “ventriloquist” among the qualifications at the top of Judge Scott Wales’ campaign website. But the story of how he learned the art provides insight into his character.
Wales was born with Moebius syndrome, a rare neurological disorder that paralyzed one side of his face, freezing facial muscles and greatly restricting movement in one eye and half of his palette. His tongue....
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Featured News,
News,
Wisconsin
March 08,2017
by Associated Press
The Wisconsin Supreme Court overturned an appeals court ruling and sided with a gun rights group, ruling that the city of Madison must allow bus passengers to carry concealed weapons.
The ruling, which could be used to challenge other transit systems across the state, concluded that local governments cannot enforce rules that contradict Wisconsin’s concealed-carry law.
The court ruled 5-2,....
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March 08,2017
by Associated Press
The budget Gov. Scott Walker submitted to the Legislature in February balances, as it’s required to under state law. But when that same budget is measured using generally accepted accounting principles, or GAAP, the picture is much different.
With that measurement, the state’s true budget deficit would grow to more than $2 billion by 2019 — the largest it’s been since 2012.
HOW COULD T....
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March 08,2017
by Lisa Neff
This is video footage of Hillary Clinton delivering a speech to the Fourth Women's Conference in Beijing, China. This footage is provided by the Clinton Presidential Library and the speech took place Sept. 5, 1995, in Beijing, China. We share, as we celebrate International Women's Day.
https://youtu.be/xXM4E23Efvk....
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Animal Welfare,
Dining,
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March 08,2017
by Associated Press
Dairy producers are calling for a crackdown on the almond, soy and rice “milks” they say are masquerading as the real thing and cloud the meaning of milk. A group that advocates for plant-based products, the Good Food Institute, countered this week by asking the Food and Drug Administration to say terms such as “milk” and “sausage” can be used as long as they’re modified to make clea....
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March 07,2017
by Associated Press
Organizers of the January Women's March are calling for women to strike on March 8 and encouraging them not to spend money to show their economic strength and impact on American society.
"A Day Without a Woman" is the first national action by organizers since the nationwide marches held the day after President Donald Trump's inauguration that drew millions of women into the streets in protest ag....
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