• On September 28, a statewide civics curriculum in Wisconsin would be created for all public and private schools to follow
• This measure would require that all public school students take at least a half credit in civics education in order to graduate

Senate in Wisconsin to vote on larger penalties for animal abuse

• The state Senate for Wisconsin is scheduled to vote on September 28 on a bill that would increase penalties for animal abuse
• Currently, the penalty for animal abuse is $500 and abuse that results in disfigurement, mutilation, or death will result in 3 ½ years in prison

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• Coming from states that have not accepted the expansion of Medicaid , Three Democratic US Senators want the federal government to come up with a plan similar to Medicaid 
• Today (Monday) Senators Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff of Georgia along with Tammy Baldwin of Wisconsin are going to introduce the bill with the push of health care coverage expansion

• Within the state legislature, Texas Democrats have left Austin, Texas for Washington, D.C. to stop the election laws from being passed
• The Democrats claim that they plan to be there for weeks and although it is not clear how many of the 67 democrats in the state legislature have left, the number is sufficient to halt the legislature

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• Tony Evers, the Governor of Wisconsin has sing the Republican written state budget today (Thursday) which includes an income tax cut of $2 billion
• The state budget when effective will also decrease property taxes for wonders of an average of $100 next year
• Schools in Wisconsin will also receive another $100 million in federal funds to use as needed

State regulators can now impose operating condition on farms in Wisconsin

• Wisconsin regulators have been told by the state Supreme Court that they may impose operating conditions on factory farms 
•  The state regulators have also been told that they may decide whether they can grant permits based on the total environmental impacts of high capacity wells
• Since 2015, Environmental Activists in the state have fought to have better conditions on factory farms 

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