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Anti-Mining Eco-Terrorists Verbally Attack Workers, Damage Equipment

MacIver News Service - Warning: Inappropriate Language. Multiple masked individuals scream profanities at mining workers in the Penokee Hills in a recent video discovered by Right Wisconsin. According to their report, these eco-terrorists "slashed tires, stole equipment and pitched other tools into the woods. They wrecked hydraulic controls and tore out erosion controls." Watch and comment »

Fox Valley Grassroots Organization Pressuring Lawmakers to Expand School Choice

The Fox Valley Initiative, a local tea party group in the Appleton and Green Bay area, purchased multiple billboard ads in the area that encourage individuals to contact Sen. Mike Ellis (R-Neenah) and Sen. Rob Cowles (R-Green Bay) about expanding school choice. The billboards feature pictures of Ellis and Cowles as Pharaoh with the statement "Set our children free!" Watch and comment »

Exclusive: Speaker Robin Vos and Rep. Dale Kooyenga Want More Tax Cuts in Future Budgets

MacIver News Service - Assembly Speaker Robin Vos (R-Burlington) and Rep. Dale Kooyenga (R-Brookfield) spoke with the MacIver News Service on Wednesday about the tax reform package that was approved by the Joint Committee on Finance. The plan will provide nearly $1 billion in tax relief, including about $650 million in income tax reductions. Vos and Kooyenga say it is their goal to keep lowering the tax burden on Wisconsin families and businesses in the future. Watch and comment »

Joint Finance Passes Budget that Increases Tax Cut and K-12 School Funding

MacIver News Service - The Joint Committee on Finance finalized their changes to Governor Scott Walker's 2013-2015 state budget. JFC voted to increase Walker's income tax cut to $648 million, expand school choice statewide in a limited scope, and increase K-12 school funding by $150 per pupil each year in their last session that ended early Wednesday morning. Watch and comment »


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