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• Who is Sheriff Clarke of Milwaukee County? A Brief Guide

  22-05-2017 19:48
  Sheriff Clarke has said the Trump administration is considering him for a Homeland Security job. He has been polarizing for his jail’s treatment of inmates, his role as a commentator and accusations of plagiarism, which he denies.
  
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• Sterling Brown Arrest Fallout: 3 Officers Are Suspended

  26-05-2018 02:58
  Body camera footage of the arrest of Mr. Brown, an N.B.A. rookie, showed an officer using a stun gun to subdue him while he was already on the ground.
  
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• Republicans Escalate Bitter Fight Over Judicial Nominations

  17-05-2018 11:00
  The Senate is entering a new phase of judicial battles as Republicans push aside Democrats’ objections.
  
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• Combat Veteran Is a Calming Presence After a Catastrophe

  11-05-2018 21:00
  Years in the Army taught a restoration company manager how to enter a disaster site, appraise devastation and create a recovery plan.
  
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• When All Else Fails, Tax Incentives Probably Will, Too

  08-05-2018 11:00
  State and local incentives to land new offices and factories rarely pay off. But they are one of the few tools for redeveloping old industrial cities.
  
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• Tax Breaks to Draw Jobs: A Bad Option, and Often the Only One

  08-05-2018 11:00
  State and local incentives to land new offices and factories rarely pay off. But they are one of the few tools for redeveloping old industrial cities.
  
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• Vel Phillips, Housing Rights Champion in the ′60s, Is Dead at 95

  25-04-2018 18:37
  She broke racial and gender barriers on her way to spearheading open-housing legislation in Milwaukee and was a voice in Democratic national politics.
  
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• Vel Phillips, Housing Rights Champion in the ′60s, Dies at 95

  25-04-2018 18:37
  She broke racial and gender barriers on her way to spearheading open-housing legislation in Milwaukee and was a voice in Democratic national politics.
  
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• The Fight for Wisconsin Is On as Outside Money Pours Into Senate Race

  23-04-2018 21:12
  National Democrats were shocked in 2016 when a Republican presidential nominee carried Wisconsin for the first time in 34 years. Now both parties see a key Senate race as a crucial test before 2020.
  
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• A House (and a Party) Upended as Paul Ryan Calmly Takes His Leave

  12-04-2018 11:00
  The speaker’s departure was no surprise, but the timing of it could create problems for the Republicans left behind.
  
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• Who’s Running for Paul Ryan’s House Seat in Wisconsin?

  12-04-2018 02:47
  Even before Mr. Ryan’s surprise announcement that he would not seek re-election in November, several candidates had emerged to challenge him.
  
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• Paul Ryan Is Leaving. Who’s Running for His Seat?

  12-04-2018 02:47
  Even before Mr. Ryan’s surprise announcement that he would not seek re-election in November, several candidates had emerged to challenge him.
  
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• Saving Paul Ryan

  12-04-2018 01:31
  How the departing House speaker handles President Trump will define his legacy. It’s not too late for him to step up.
  
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• Paul Ryan’s Hometown Takes Stock as Speaker (and Neighbor) Changes Course

  12-04-2018 01:27
  Mr. Ryan’s decision not to run again stunned his constituents. But they also said it made sense, given the chaos of Washington: “They just yell at each other.”
  
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• Judges Shouldn’t Be Partisan Punching Bags

  09-04-2018 01:33
  Lawmakers around the country are treating judges who rule against them like any other politician. That’s bad for everyone.
  
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• America’s State Courts Are Under Partisan Attack

  09-04-2018 01:33
  Lawmakers around the country are treating judges who rule against them like any other politician. That’s bad for everyone.
  
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• Tainted Synthetic Marijuana Sickens More Than 90 in Midwest, Killing 2

  06-04-2018 22:51
  An outbreak around Chicago has caused mysterious symptoms, including severe bleeding. Officials are searching for the source of rat poison in the drug.
  
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• Tainted Synthetic Marijuana Has Been Sickening People Across the Midwest

  06-04-2018 22:51
  An outbreak has caused mysterious symptoms, including severe bleeding. Officials are searching for the source of rat poison in the drug.
  
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• Can Paul Ryan Be Defeated? Maybe Not, but His Race Is ‘a Circus’

  04-04-2018 22:15
  The House speaker, Paul D. Ryan, still projects power, but back home in Wisconsin, he is facing political challengers from both the right and the left.
  
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• Liberal Judge Wins Wisconsin Supreme Court Seat, Buoying Democrats

  04-04-2018 04:51
  The election was a chance to hear from voters across Wisconsin, a state that voted for Donald Trump after picking Democrats for president for years.
  
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• Why Are Your State Tax Dollars Subsidizing Corporations?

  06-03-2018 20:59
  What looks like competition to attract businesses and jobs is actually nothing more than political theater.
  
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• February’s Most Popular Properties

  01-03-2018 15:00
  The most-viewed properties on The New York Times’s “Find a Home” listings site.
  
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• Three Milwaukee Jail Officers Charged in Dehydration Death

  13-02-2018 00:51
  Terrill Thomas was left in a cell without water for seven days in 2016, and a supervisor then repeatedly lied about the events that led to Mr. Thomas’s death, prosecutors said.
  
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• ‘They Can’t Wait to Vote’: Energized Democrats Target Dominant G.O.P. in Statehouses

  03-02-2018 11:00
  Republicans have dominated state governments for almost a decade, but Democrats are exploiting President Trump’s unpopularity in an effort to make inroads in 2018.
  
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• Long Dominant in Statehouses, Republicans Brace for Energized Democrats

  03-02-2018 11:00
  Republicans have dominated state governments for almost a decade, but Democrats are exploiting President Trump’s unpopularity in an effort to make inroads in 2018.
  
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• Shorter Beer Runs in Minnesota, Just in Time for the Super Bowl

  03-02-2018 06:01
  Minnesota had been one of the few remaining states to ban liquor sales on Sunday, driving hordes of football fans into Wisconsin on N.F.L. game days.
  
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• Teenager in ‘Slender Man’ Stabbing Gets 40 Years in Mental Hospital

  02-02-2018 02:50
  The teenager, Morgan Geyser, and another girl stabbed a friend 19 times in 2014 in an effort to please the fictional character Slender Man.
  
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• A D-Day Plane Is Flying Again

  01-02-2018 21:56
  “That's All, Brother” led hundreds of planes into Normandy during World War II. On Wednesday, it flew again for the first time in years.
  
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• What You Get for $750,000

  31-01-2018 15:01
  A midcentury-modern house in a Seattle suburb, an 1871 home outside Milwaukee and a duplex condominium in Washington, D.C.
  
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• $750,000 Homes in Washington, Wisconsin and the District of Columbia

  31-01-2018 15:01
  A midcentury-modern house in a Seattle suburb, an 1871 home outside Milwaukee and a duplex condominium in Washington.
  
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