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It’s the gift that keeps on giving for Wisconsin Republicans. A decade ago, they secretly carved up the state in a gerrymander so extreme that even 10 years later many voters are disenfranchised. It was a neat trick: Take power from the people, give it to yourself, send the people the bill. The cost of redistricting a decade ago: $3.5 million, most of it going to high-priced lawyers. Congressional and legislative lines will again be adjusted starting this year to account for changes in population. This time, that work should be done in public. In his budget proposal, Democratic Gov. Ton...

POLITICO Get the Future Pulse newsletter Email Sign Up By signing up you agree to receive email newsletters or updates from POLITICO and you agree to our privacy policy and terms of service. You can unsubscribe at any time and you can contact us here. This sign-up form is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply. The Big Idea CAPITAL OF FRUSTRATION: For D.C. residents used to squinting at an electronic message board for the status of the ever-delayed Red Line train, it was hardly shocking that the nation’s capital rolled out a laggy, inconvenient websi...

It's no wonder why. Her 2017 silver Hyundai Elantra was stolen Feb. 8 from in front of her house on the northwest side of Milwaukee. Her car was found on the south side the next day with a broken back passenger window, damaged rear bumper and passenger quarter panel, and peeled down steering column. The damage came to $5,000, and she still owes $10,000 on the car. To compound matters, she missed an insurance payment and didn’t have insurance when the car was swiped. “They ruined my car, and I couldn’t even trade it in because the dealership said it had too much damage,” she said.

POLITICO Get the Future Pulse newsletter Email Sign Up By signing up you agree to receive email newsletters or updates from POLITICO and you agree to our privacy policy and terms of service. You can unsubscribe at any time and you can contact us here. This sign-up form is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply. The Big Idea WORK-FROM-HOME CARE: Lalita Abhyankar worked mostly from home last year, toiling long hours while adapting to new technology. She was stressed and grappling with a creeping sense she couldn't do parts of her job quite as well.

Meet the Editorial Board of the USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin Have a question? Want to send us a Letter to the Editor? Email: jsedit@jrn.com (for Milwaukee Journal Sentinel only). David D. Haynes Dave, the editor of the Ideas Lab, leads the Journal Sentinel and USA TODAY-Wisconsin Editorial Board. Dave has spent much of his career at the Journal Sentinel, joining the organization in 1994 as the Milwaukee Sentinel's Monday Business editor after working for newspapers in Indiana and Massachusetts. While working in Indiana in 1983, Dave was part of a staff that won a Pulitzer Prize for coverage...