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Did Donald Trump lower taxes on billionaires and raise them on …
Jun 18, 2024 · The 2017 tax cut law signed by former President Donald Trump cut income tax rates essentially across the board. From 2017 to 2018, the average rate dropped from 4% to 3.4% for the bottom half of income earners and from 26.8% to 25.4% for the top 1%, according to the Tax Foundation.
Wisconsin Supreme Court takes up challenge to 1849 abortion law
Nov 11, 2024 · Attorneys for Sheboygan County District Attorney Joel Urmanski, who is one of the prosecutors named in the case and has said he would prosecute violations of the 1849 law, argued in briefs submitted to the court that Dane County Circuit Court Judge Diane Schlipper’s interpretation of the law was incorrect.. They argued the “plain meaning (of the law) prohibits consensual abortion.”
Wisconsin’s convoluted history of abortion laws
Jul 1, 2024 · A U.S. Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe v. Wade in 2022 halted all access to abortion in Wisconsin due to uncertainty over a 1849 ban still on the books.
FoodShare in Wisconsin: How to access or replace benefits
Apr 9, 2024 · Northern Wisconsin: Second Harvest Northland connects northwest Wisconsin residents to food resources.Call 218-727-5653 for assistance or visit secondharvestnorthland.org.. ForwardHealth Consortium (888-794-5722, or for the Great Rivers area: 888-283-0012) also offers resources.. Northeast Wisconsin: Feeding America Eastern Wisconsin provides FoodShare outreach and application help, mobile ...
Were deportations under Donald Trump ‘the highest ever’?
Jul 19, 2024 · The most deportations occurred under predecessors to former President Donald Trump. Deportation is the removal of noncitizens for violating immigration law.
Does Project 2025 call for repealing the Affordable Care Act?
Aug 23, 2024 · The Project 2025 national conservative policy plan does not directly call for repealing the Affordable Care Act. Campaigning in Milwaukee in connection with the Democratic National Convention, Democratic vice presidential nominee Tim Walz claimed it does.
Has the term ‘mentally retarded’ been removed from federal law?
May 30, 2023 · No. Although Rosa’s Law, passed in 2010, removed some references to “mental retardation” in federal law, others remain. A bill introduced May 5, 2023, by Wisconsin U.S. Rep. Mark Pocan, a Democrat, would remove the terms “mentally retarded” and “mental retardation” from federal law.
Wisconsin 2024 voter guide: What you need to know
Over the past two months, the race for the White House between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump has dominated the political conversation — especially in a critical battleground state like Wisconsin. But on Nov. 5 there will be scores of other races on the ballots of Wisconsin voters, including contests for U.S. …
Early voting in Wisconsin: Here’s what you need to know
Oct 21, 2024 · Punch in your address, and MyVote will show you the locations, days and times that in-person absentee voting is available in your community. In Madison, for example, there will be as many as 21 early voting sites spread across the city, depending on the day.