Capitol Punishments
The week’s highlights (and low-lights) from the Wisconsin Legislature and beyond.
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Capitol Punishments: High-tech evasion
The misleading rhetoric around Madison’s body-camera program, and a mind-bending Foxconn interview.
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Capitol Punishments: Forever poisoned by WMC
More exasperating battles on Wisconsin’s road to environmental ruin.
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Capitol Punishments: The grifts that won’t quit
A busy week for free-speech concern trolling and Foxconners failing up.
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Capitol Punishments: Drawn into chaos
A tortured court decision on redistricting, and toxic power dynamics on campus.
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Capitol Punishments: Please stop imagining things
Ron Johnson’s cruel child care proposal and other heinous flights of fancy.
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Capitol Punishments: Caught in a loop
A week of demoralizing but familiar themes in Wisconsin politics.
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Capitol Punishments: Clocking out
Wisconsin’s full-time Legislature goes on vacation, and Madison’s vision for housing gets, uh, smaller.
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Capitol Punishments: Snap decisions, no answers
The shitshow around the Quadren Wilson shooting drags on, and Amazon expands its local footprint.
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Capitol Punishments: Ramming down
Wisconsin’s Legislature and Supreme Court make it clear that the punishment will continue for the state’s largest cities.
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Capitol Punishments: Consult the supercomputer
Republicans escalate their election freak show and still find time to try to kick more people off BadgerCare.


