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Facing budget cuts, 12 counties consider collaborating to deliver human services | Community Sketchbook

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Facing budget cuts, 12 counties consider collaborating to deliver human services By Cynthia Boyd | Friday, Jan. 27, 2012 There's an effort afoot in southeast Minnesota that could have 12 counties collaborating on their delivery of human services. The i... »

Bain Gives More to Democrats than Republicans

Lakeshore Laments

News from yesterday, but it will definitely blow up some attack plans if Romney is the GOP nominee.  From "The Hill:" Democrats have accepted more political donations than Republicans from executives at Bain Capital, complicating the left’s plan to att... »

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Percentagewise, Wells Fargo Pays Less Tax Than You Do

Mercury Rising

While unrepentant silver-spoon trustafarian one-percenters like Alan Simpson keep telling the rest of us that our Grandmas must starve in the name of deficit before any rich people are forced to give their second summer homes in the Hamptons, some dece... »

Wells Fargo Pays Less Tax Than You Do

Mercury Rising

While unrepentant silver-spoon trustafarian one-percenters like Alan Simpson keep telling the rest of us that our Grandmas must starve in the name of deficit before any rich people are forced to give their second summer homes in the Hamptons, some dece... »

We're All Getting Fracked

The Political Environment

To force oil and natural gas from the ground in energy-producing "fracking" operations - - good explanation from National Wildlife Federation, here - -  you need a mix of chemicals, water, and sand. Wisconsin sand is essential and preferred to this eff... »