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IRS cuts cost much more than they save, further growing the deficit, experts say – Wausau Pilot & Review

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Jun 18, 2025

If the IRS workforce is reduced by 50%, the nonpartisan Yale Budget Lab projects that lost revenues could amount to $395 billion over a 10-year period. Cuts could also increase the number of noncompliant taxpayers such that lost revenue could climb into the trillions, the lab estimates. “There are very real impacts on people’s lives when decisions…

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Feat. UW-Green Bay’s Aaron Weinschenk | Buckle up: Wisconsin will have a Supreme Court election every year until 2030 |Racine County Eye

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Mar 21, 2025

The April 1 election that will decide the court’s ideological makeup is almost here. But voters must elect a justice in each of the next four years also, and each race could be more expensive than the last. Wisconsin is in the midst of yet another exorbitantly expensive political race, with record-breaking amounts of cash…

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UW-Green Bay to host Congressman Adam Kinzinger, as part of the ‘Understanding the Constitution’ lecture series

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Feb 19, 2025

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: February 19, 2025 The event is sponsored in part by The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation, Inc. Green Bay, WI – The University of Wisconsin-Green Bay will host “A Conversation with Congressman Adam Kinzinger” on Wednesday, March 5, 2025 at 6 p.m. at The Weidner on the Green Bay campus. Kinzinger’s presentation…

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Harris campaign event in Northeast Wisconsin appears to be set at Ripon College | WLUK

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Oct 8, 2024

RIPON (WLUK) — It appears Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign stop in the Fox Valleywill be at Ripon College, FOX 11 has learned. According to an email sent to Ripon students and staff and obtained by FOX 11, the Democratic presidential nominee’s event is expected to take place Thursday afternoon. The event is listed as invitation-only.…

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Kristin Lyerly, Tony Wied set to debate ahead of Wisconsin 8th Congressional District election

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Sep 27, 2024

GREEN BAY — Republican and Democratic candidates for Wisconsin’s 8th Congressional District Tony Wied and Kristin Lyerly will meet Friday in the first cross-party debate the district’s 435,000 voters have seen in recent memory. Both candidates seek to replace U.S. Rep. Mike Gallagher, who resigned from office in April. Voters will choose who will serve out the final weeks…

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A grey matter? Nature, nurture and the study of forming political leanings | The Guardian

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Sep 27, 2024

Researchers find minuscule difference in the amygdala – a region of the brain linked to threat perception. Where does our personal politics come from? Does it trace back to our childhood, the views that surround us, the circumstances we are raised in? Is it all about nurture – or does nature have a say through…

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Donald Trump’s Resilient Polling in 2020’s Tipping-Point State | Newsweek

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Sep 24, 2024

Former President Donald Trump‘s polling in Wisconsin is stronger than four years ago and well within the 2020 polling error, but political experts say this may not necessarily mean he’s winning over new voters in the crucial battleground state. Wisconsin was the tipping point in the 2020 presidential race between Trump and President Joe Biden. It carried…

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Yes, party conventions matter – ABC News

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Aug 27, 2024

The potential echo chamber effect of political conventions may also be amplified by today’s high level of political polarization and increasingly diversified media market, in which voters can choose to get their political news from a wide variety of sources. “Back in the day, there used to be three news stations that everyone tuned into,…

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GOP primary in 8th Congressional District puts Trump endorsement to test – WPR

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Aug 12, 2024

Professor Aaron Weinschenk was recently quoted in a WPR article: “It’s quite possible that the person who emerges from the Republican primary will be the person who represents the district,” said Aaron Weinschenk, a political science professor at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay. But Trump endorsements across the country have largely been seen as a…

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‘This has never happened before’; Green Bay reacts to the Trump guilty verdict

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Jun 3, 2024

GREEN BAY (NBC26) — In New York Donald Trump has been found guilty in 34 counts of falsifying business documents. Former UW Green Bay professor, Michael Kraft says that the road forward is long. He says he’s more interested to see how this will affect Republican Part voters. Wisconsin Republican Party Chairman Brian Shimming says…

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