Uncertain future for ‘alcohol czar’ legislation

While the Senate held a public hearing on a bill overhauling the enforcement of liquor laws, the chances of the bill passing in the Assembly remain uncertain. The so-called “alcohol czar” legislation would create a new office to enforce the state’s liquor laws, and create a new exemption for brandy sold by Kohler resorts. Senators […] Source: WRN.com News At Other State Sites: [wp-rss-aggregator source=”87908,87904,713,696,676″]

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Assembly approves special session welfare bills

The Assembly has approved a package of ten bills that makes sweeping changes to state welfare programs. The special session bills include increasing work requirements for FoodShare benefits and would put ID photos on FoodShare benefits cards. Others would block individuals who are behind on child support payments from Medicaid programs and require drug testing […] Source: WRN.com News At Other State Sites: [wp-rss-aggregator source=”87908,87904,713,696,676″]

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Jeff Greenfield – Mostly False: 18 U.S. school shootings so far in 2018 and 18 in rest of the world over past 20 years

The Truth-o-Meter says: Mostly False | Mostly False: 18 U.S. school shootings so far in 2018 and 18 in rest of the world over past 20 years Amid the early news reports about a Florida school shooting that left 17 dead on Feb. 14, 2018, longtime network TV journalist and author Jeff Greenfield declared in a tweet: In the rest of the world, there have been 18 school shootings in the last twenty years. In the U.S., there have been 18 school shootings since January 1.   It’s a provocative claim that drew more the 130,000 likes on Twitter. Greenfield, a University of Wisconsin-Madison graduate, may be on the right

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