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.”
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.
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.
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Has 'just about every law enforcement agency' endorsed Trump?
Apr 4, 2024 · As of early April, few law enforcement organizations have announced endorsements in the 2024 presidential election. Former President Donald Trump, comparing himself with President Joe Biden, claimed in an April 1 Milwaukee radio interview that he is “supported by just about every law enforcement agency in the country; I think, maybe every one.”
Can those under 21 drink alcohol in Wisconsin bar if with parent?
Nov 15, 2023 · Yes. Wisconsin’s legal drinking age is 21, but people under 21 can legally drink alcoholic beverages in establishments such as taverns and restaurants if they are with their parents, guardians or spouses of legal drinking age.
Are undocumented immigrants in most expensive New York hotels?
Jul 23, 2024 · While about 65,000 migrants are being sheltered in New York City hotels, tent dormitories and other shelters, they are not in luxury hotels.
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 ...
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.