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Your Guide to Obamacarenew
Confused about the new health marketplace? Here's the lowdown.
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Dems Have Taken Control of Wisconsin State Gov't. Now What?new
The good news: With the new Legislature's inauguration earlier this week, state Dems now control both the Legislature and the executive branch for the first time in more than two decades. The bad news: They face the worst political and economic conditions in modern memory.
Death By Prayernew
Eleven-year-old Madeline Kara Neumann died of diabetic complications as her parents prayed for her healing and stubbornly refused to call doctors. Now they face second-degree homicide charges. Will a religious exemption to child abuse laws--common to about 40 states--undermine their prosecution?
Isthmus |
Erik Gunn |
08-08-2008 |
Crime & Justice
'Shadow Parties' Influence Wisconsin Electionsnew
Political campaigns, whether in partisan races like those for the Legislature, or nonpartisan ones for the judiciary, are increasingly bankrolled and in other ways influenced by outside groups behind the scenes.
