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Wisconsin cuts Social Security tax
Despite the worst budget deficit in Wisconsin history, many middle-class and wealthy senior citizens are on track to get tax breaks worth an estimated $118 million next year.
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Minnesotans looking for 'regular' cigarettes
While firefighters praise cigarettes that go out on their own, smokers in southeast Minnesota are driving to Wisconsin for regular smokes.
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Wisconsin officials consider ignition interlocks to combat drunk driving
David Sarnowski of Los Alamos, N.M., uses the ignition interlock device. a oeIta s a life-altering thing,a he says.
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69 Percent Of Wisconsinites Who Could Vote Last Month Did
Sixty-nine percent of Wisconsin's voting-age population cast ballots in last month's election.
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Deer Hunt One of the Safest on Record
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources says there were nine accidental shootings during this year's deer hunt, making it the third safest on record.
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SE Wisconsin gets first snowstorm of the season
A band of 6 to 10 inches of snow has fallen in southeastern Wisconsin in the season's first major snowstorm.
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Holiday Tours Begin Dec. 4 At Wisconsin's Executive Residence
The public holiday tours of Wisconsin's Executive Residence will begin Dec. 4. Each guided tour lasts about 30 minutes and includes a brief history of the Executive Residence.
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Web Mapping Tool Tracks Wisconsin Sex Offenders
A new mapping tool is making it easy to find out if a registered sex offender lives or works near you.
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Around the state: Officials: Clark Co. hunting death appears to be natural causes
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Wisconsin Department Issues New Forward Health Cards To Members
The Department of Health Services announces that replacement ForwardHealth cards have been mailed to members living in the following counties: Brown, Calumet, Dane, Dodge, Door, Florence, Fond du Lac, Forest, ...
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EDITORIAL: Remember $4- a-gallon lessons
Remember when Mom said, "I'm doing this for your own good" right before she paddled you or sent you to your room without dinner? Sure was hard to believe back then.
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AG sounds off on voter lawsuit, rest of term
Republican Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen threw himself into this month's election full-force. He was co-chairman of GOP presidential candidate John McCain's Wisconsin campaign.
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Doyle to Meet with Obama, Biden Next Week
Governor Jim Doyle is scheduled to discuss the economy next week with President-elect Barack Obama and Vice President-elect Joe Biden.
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Robson Asks Doyle To Include Smoking Ban In Budget
Sen. Judy Robson is asking Gov. Jim Doyle to include a statewide smoking ban in his budget next year.
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Editorial: Tweak tax breaks for movie biz
A Wisconsin State Journal editorial Movie star Johnny Depp is better at filling seats than state coffers.
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Wisconsin hunters find third set of human remains
Hunters in Brown County stumbled upon a human skull, part of the third set of human remains found this hunting season.
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UW System leader: Faculty raises should be 2.5, not 5.2
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After 55 days, contest ends for 2 living in truck
A Wisconsin radio station had to make two contestants an offer they couldn't refuse in order to get them to quit a game to win a new car. Tommy Kempfer, 26, of Sun Prairie, and Lisa Thompson, 40, of Westfield, had been living in a truck, hoping to outlast the other to win a new $30,000 vehicle from WMAD-FM in Madison. After 55 days, the station became concerned that the contest would never end. 'We sensed these two were not going to back down,' said John Flint, a co-host on the station's morning show. 'There was no way we expected this to go 55 days. If it was not for the deal, it's possible they could have gone on until New Year's.'
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Former Badger Football Player Accused of Threatening Calls
Madison police say former Wisconsin football player Leonard Taylor is making threatening phone calls to an athletic department employee.
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Diabetes strikes 10 percent of Wisconsin adults
Several residents who have taken control of their diabetes say the disease doesn't have to mean living with disabilities.
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