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Big spending and big budgets: Lots to look at in two key claims made by Vice President Kamala Harris and state Senate Republicans.

PolitiFact Wisconsin: Legalizing marijuana and the ousting of Rep. Cheney Two topics for TMJ4's Charles Benson and PolitiFact Wisconsin. Gov. Evers's effort to legalize marijuana is not expected to get past the Republican-controlled legislature. But PolitiFact Wisconsin says Evers is not far off on his projections based on other states that have already legalized pot. and last updated 2021-05-14 18:33:17-04 Regulating and taxing pot is getting a big push from Gov. Tony Evers. "We took a look at a claim by Gov. Tony Evers, that if the state were able to regulate and legalize marijuana, it coul...

Columnist James E. Causey won first place for local interest column for a selection of work from 2020 that addressed aspects of the country's racial reckoning. Judges said: "James Causey rises to the top of an excellent harvest of local columns examining race in America with his own deft take on the issue. His column on buying a comic book in Mississippi is not only chilling, haunting and sparsely told, it should be required reading for all those wondering whether there really are two Americas in which we dwell." Reporters Raquel Rutledge, John Diedrich and Daphne Chen won first place for bu...

When the state announced a dramatically downsized deal with Foxconn last week on jobs, investment and taxpayer incentives, Gov. Tony Evers said it would save taxpayers $2.77 billion.

Ashley Luthern and Gina Barton, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Published 4:34 pm UTC Mar. 9, 2021 Ashley Luthern and Gina Barton, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Published 4:34 pm UTC Mar. 9, 2021 Jane Doe wasn’t the type who forgot to pick up her kids. But on Nov. 4, 2014, her mother got a call from their school: Doe had never arrived.  She wasn’t answering her phone. Around 7 p.m., with panic setting in, a group that included her mother, her best friend and the father of her children showed up at Doe’s house.  Her mom called the Milwaukee police. The others broke a window and forced their ...