http://newiprogressive.com/images/stories/S5/kathleen-vinehout_380x285_s5.jpgSen. Kathleen Vinehout writes about a public hearing before a committee, of which she is a member, on a bill to eliminate the personal property tax. What will be the financial impact of the proposed change, who pays more, and what goods and services do we do without?

http://newiprogressive.com/images/stories/S5/guns-abundant-life-school-2024-s460.jpgGovernor orders United States and Wisconsin flags to half-staff immediately statewide.

http://newiprogressive.com/images/stories/S5/voters-elkhorn-wi-getty-s430.jpg“Turnout still matters, but at the moment it doesn’t seem like results are so heavily pegged to turnout in the Senate race.” – Pollster Charles Franklin dissecting the results of the latest Marquette University Law School poll on Wednesday

http://newiprogressive.com/images/stories/S5/wisc-supremecourt-justices-s5.jpg“In terms of the ability to change Wisconsin in two years, this could be an utterly different state,” said Kelda Roys, a Democratic state senator.