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AARP Wisconsin study: Over age 50, women vote differently than men
MADISON — Women from various backgrounds voiced their opinions Thursday on a study by AARP Wisconsin showing vastly different voting patterns between men and women, especially those age 50 and older. Panelists at Thursday’s WisPolitics.com event in Madison included former state Rep. Amy Loudenbeck, a former Clinton resident whose district included eastern Rock County and western Walworth County. Loudenbeck and her husband now farm on land near Geneva Lake. Other...
Madison schools ask for more then $600M against declining enrollment
(The Center Square) – The Madison school district wants voters to approve a pair of referendums worth more than $600 million on the Nov. 5 ballot despite the school district’s dropping enrollment. The ask comes as the Madison Metropolitan School District had a $39 million deficit in this year’s budget after the pandemic funds and previous referendum it was using to pay teachers have run out. Last school year, the federal COVID-19 funds were used to pay 111 educators while reserves were used to pay...
Madison has the first electric garbage trucks in the state — and they need names
On Sept. 17, the City of Madison announced that two electric garbage trucks — the first in Wisconsin — would soon hit the streets. Now, locals can vote on a name for each of the two vehicles.
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