We Energies says Microsoft won’t be held to contract terms that conflict with state regulators’ order
The contract says power plants serving Microsoft’s Mount Pleasant data center must be in eastern Wisconsin or Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, even though the state Public Service Commission rejected that requirement.
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Explore weekly prison population and capacity data for Wisconsin’s correctional system and each facility dating back to 2006.
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Is Wisconsin’s income tax rate the same for people earning $400,000 annually as it is for billionaires?
Yes. The 7.65% top rate applies to income above $323,290 for individuals and $431,060 for couples.
Have eight consecutive Wisconsin state budgets given less money to public schools?
No. When adjusted for inflation and student population, school funding has fluctuated.
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‘It felt so nice … to know what I did mattered’: Public Square subjects reflect on the power of community storytelling
‘Language lost. Culture lost’: In Milwaukee, a race to keep Rohingya language alive in exile
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Guest opinion: After the Corey Ruiz shooting, Williamson Street encampment exposes Madison’s deeper failures
The crisis unfolding on Williamson Street didn’t begin with one police shooting. It reflects years of relying on nonprofits, volunteers and police to fill gaps in public health and social service systems, Sarah A. Larsen writes.
Your Right to Know: Campaign finance site a big improvement
The state of Wisconsin should be lauded for trying to make campaign finance information — famously a shadowy process with plenty of loopholes — more accessible to the public.
Guest opinion: Manufacturing’s comeback depends on Wisconsin’s workforce
The manufacturing sector is growing again, but sustaining momentum will require investing in skilled workers, technical education and apprenticeship programs, Scott Mayer writes.
