Democrats to replace Sens. Grothman and Zipperer on Joint Finance Committee!

From Patrick Marley of the Journal Sentinel: Madison — Democratic Sens. Dave Hansen and Jen Shilling will be joining the powerful Joint Finance Committee. Hansen, of Green Bay, and Shilling, of La Crosse, will replace GOP Sens. Glenn Grothman of West Bend and Rich Zipperer of the City of Pewaukee because Democrats…

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Domestic violence-related homicides up in 2009

Despite good news out of Milwaukee that the number of homicides in that city is hovering near a 20-year low, statewide the number of domestic violence homicides may hit a 10-year high: There were 36 domestic violence homicides in 2008. Preliminary data indicate that there were at least 46 domestic…

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