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A low corporate tax rate helps Wisconsin businesses thrive | Nancy Milholland

Thu, 06/19/2025 - 5:00am
The 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act delivered long overdue, pro-growth tax reform that reduced our corporate tax rate -- making it globally competitive and giving companies less incentive to leave for tax purposes.

Assassinations were a perversion of Christian faith | Patrick Hardyman

Thu, 06/19/2025 - 5:00am
The headline on the Associated Press article in the Wisconsin State Journal on Monday about Minnesota shooting suspect Vance Luther Boelter read, "Friends: Suspect religious, conservative." The inference is that Boelter's religious and conservative leanings may have contributed to the…

Donald Trump's deportations violate the law and Christian values | Donald Foy

Thu, 06/19/2025 - 5:00am
President Donald Trump’s recent pronouncements that fewer farm and hospitality workers should be deported (which is unfair to other workers) are an admission that not everyone, probably not even the majority, of immigrants he’s been deporting are the deadly, depraved…

Line 5 pipeline is essential to Wisconsin's supply of energy | Laura Welch

Thu, 06/19/2025 - 5:00am
According to news reports, during a recent Army Corps of Engineers public hearing on the impact of the proposed Line 5 relocation project, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency confirmed what the pipeline owner -- Enbridge -- and the Wisconsin Department…

Brewers-Cubs game at Wrigley rained out and will be made up as part of a split DH on Aug. 18 (copy)

Thu, 06/19/2025 - 12:00am
CHICAGO — The scheduled game between the Milwaukee Brewers and Chicago Cubs on Wednesday night at Wrigley Field was postponed because of rain.

MLB Roundup

Thu, 06/19/2025 - 12:00am
SEATTLE — Trevor Story hit a two-run home run and Garrett Crochet pitched six innings of one-run ball as the Boston Red Sox beat the Seattle Mariners 3-1 on Wednesday.

Ravens sign Jaire Alexander following the cornerback's release by the Packers

Thu, 06/19/2025 - 12:00am
OWINGS MILLS, Md. — Jaire Alexander has signed with the Baltimore Ravens less than two weeks after the two-time Pro Bowl cornerback was released by the Green Bay Packers.

Transfers are common across college sports. Athletes see irony in being criticized as disloyal

Thu, 06/19/2025 - 12:00am
Hailey Van Lith was one year away from tying a bow on a traditional college career at Louisville and being cemented as one of the most decorated four-year starters in Cardinals history. She had just led her team to its…

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Buss family to sell controlling stake of Lakers to Mark Walter for $10B valuation, AP source says

Thu, 06/19/2025 - 12:00am
The Buss family has agreed to sell the controlling stake of the Los Angeles Lakers to TWG Global CEO Mark Walter, doing so with a franchise valuation of $10 billion — the highest ever for a professional sports franchise, a…

Louisiana is poised to hike its sports betting tax to help colleges pay their athletes

Thu, 06/19/2025 - 12:00am
Louisiana is poised to hike taxes on sports betting to pump more than $24 million into athletic departments at the state’s most prominent public universities.

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Wed, 06/18/2025 - 11:00pm
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Wed, 06/18/2025 - 11:00pm
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Shootings of Minnesota lawmakers are a blow to trust and good faith | Minnesota Star Tribune

Wed, 06/18/2025 - 6:40pm
Rep. Melissa Hortman, former speaker of the Minnesota House, and her husband, Mark, were killed in their home early Saturday morning by someone impersonating a police officer. Several miles away, state Sen. John Hoffman and his wife, Yvette, were shot…

Iran's leader rejects call to surrender, saying US intervention would cause 'damage' (copy)

Wed, 06/18/2025 - 4:30pm
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Iran’s supreme leader on Wednesday rejected U.S. calls for surrender in the face of more Israeli strikes and warned that any military involvement by the Americans would cause “irreparable damage to them.”

Lawmakers on edge as statehouse security tightens after Minnesota shootings

Wed, 06/18/2025 - 4:30pm
Visitors to the Capitol can still enter without going through a metal detector, but there are additional security measures inside.

DIGEST

Wed, 06/18/2025 - 4:09pm
Fitchburg man arrested after extended chase

Authorities: Couple tried to poison man's ex-girlfriends with cyanide, leading to hazmat responses

Wed, 06/18/2025 - 3:53pm
"It does appear that this defendant and Mr. Van Duyne have started dating and apparently created this plot to kill his ex-girlfriends by poisoning," a prosecutor said.

Vos: Republicans weighing $87M cut to UW system over lack of 'political diversity'

Wed, 06/18/2025 - 1:29pm
"Heaven forbid if you're a student who's Jewish or has a different viewpoint on campus where you feel like you're either targeted or the victim of potential hate," Vos said.

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