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		<title>Doing redistricting right</title>
		<link>https://middlewisconsin.org/doing-redistricting-right/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Phil Anderson]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Dec 2021 06:20:13 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Wisconsin is the worst state in the nation for gerrymandered legislative districts. This is not just my opinion. It is the objective conclusion of the Electoral Integrity Project (EIP) at Harvard University. The EIP compares the integrity of elections all over the world. As reported in The Guardian, “the integrity of Wisconsin’s electoral boundaries earned a 23 [out of 100] [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>City of Wausau should rethink bonuses</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Bruce Grau]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Dec 2021 06:05:24 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I want to say a big “thank you” to our city workers, all of whom have endured the challenges and hardships of the pandemic to keep the essential work of the city going, and at a high standard of quality. They should all be acknowledged for their effort and dedication to the public. A $1,000 bonus is incommensurate with their efforts American [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Wausau Policing Community Survey seeks feedback on Wausau Police Dept.</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Luke Rudolph, WIPPS]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jul 2021 05:10:01 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Wausau Policing Task Force (WPTF) has released a community survey to gather input and feedback from Wausau residents and visitors concerning attitudes towards and experiences with the Wausau Police Department. The Wausau Policing Community Survey is available in an online format and will also be mailed to 5,000 randomly selected residences in Wausau. The results [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Climate and children</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Bruce Krawisz M.D.]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jun 2021 05:15:10 +0000</pubDate>
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	<a href="https://middlewisconsin.org/climate-and-children/"><img title="wausau-1" src="https://middlewisconsin.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/wausau-1-300x225.png" alt="Graph: Warming is the new normal" width="300" height="225" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;" /></a>
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	Graphic used with permission from Climate Central Climate change threatens water, food, security, health, and children. Fortunately, there are effective solutions. Replacing fossil fuels with clean renewable energy creates both immediate and long-term benefits. Earth’s atmosphere, like a blanket, slows the movement of heat from Earth to outer space. Human activities undermine Earth’s climate by [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Reimagine waste: From trash to energy</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jennifer J. Dolan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 May 2021 05:10:52 +0000</pubDate>
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	<a href="https://middlewisconsin.org/reimagine-waste-from-trash-to-energy/"><img title="At_the_landfill" src="https://middlewisconsin.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/At_the_landfill-300x225.jpg" alt="The picture is of garbage being unloaded at a Minnesota landfill." width="300" height="225" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;" /></a>
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	Public domain image: Garbage being unloaded at a Minnesota landfill. When I say that we can power our cities off of the garbage they produce, you might think that I am referring to the practice of burning garbage. That is not the sole focus of this article, but I feel like it is something that [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Reimagine waste: Capturing and reusing carbon to build a better world</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[William Hascall]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 May 2021 05:20:10 +0000</pubDate>
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	<a href="https://middlewisconsin.org/reimagine-waste-capturing-and-reusing-carbon-to-build-a-better-world/"><img title="Mill-Will" src="https://middlewisconsin.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Mill-Will-300x225.jpg" alt="Photo of the Wisconsin Rapids paper mill and associated dam." width="300" height="225" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;" /></a>
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	Photo taken by Will Hascall. Since long before I was born, America has confused progress with building something new with an emphasis on building and new. If something is not bigger, more expensive, shinier, full of greater functionality and more expensive, it is just not new enough, not good enough. This is a flawed perspective. [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>New regulations carry the promise of under-enforcement</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jennifer J. Dolan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Apr 2021 05:55:17 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Image Source: Shutterstock Earlier this month, the Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled against the continuation of Governor Evers’ mask mandate. While this sounds like a big deal, many sheriff’s departments and police have refused to enforce the mandate the entire time it was in effect, therefore allowing people to go maskless in public unless a business [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>The purpose of government is to help</title>
		<link>https://middlewisconsin.org/the-purpose-of-government-is-to-help/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dave Svetlik]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2021 05:20:23 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[There once was a story of America. It told of the aspiration of centuries of human struggle, of the glowing proof that people from every nation, every walk of life, every religious belief, could come together for the good of all. It told of a magnificent government – of, by, and for the people. It [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Joint Finance Committee designates funds to in-person schools</title>
		<link>https://middlewisconsin.org/joint-finance-committee-designates-funds-to-in-person-schools/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jennifer J. Dolan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Feb 2021 17:59:42 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Republican members of the Joint Finance Committee (JFC) announced that they will use $68.6 million (10%) of federal funds designated for K-12 schools to reward schools offering in-person instruction. This money will be awarded to school districts based on the number of hours of in-person instruction provided during the 2020-2021 school year. This does not [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Wisconsin Legislature strikes mask order; Governor reinstates four hours later</title>
		<link>https://middlewisconsin.org/wisconsin-legislature-strikes-mask-order-governor-reinstates-four-hours-later/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tom Ivey]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Feb 2021 06:35:04 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[It is difficult to understand what legislators, who voted to eliminate the mask protections in Wisconsin, believe they&#8217;ll gain by their decision. Don&#8217;t they realize how many Wisconsinites could be harmed or die as a result of their vote? Assuming they’re not deliberately trying to kill Wisconsinites, do they really think &#8220;Individual Freedom&#8221; gives people [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>America the Beautiful</title>
		<link>https://middlewisconsin.org/america-the-beautiful/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Phil Anderson]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Feb 2021 06:20:18 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[“One of the penalties of an ecological education is that one lives alone in a world of wounds. Much of the damage inflicted on land is quite invisible to laymen.” -Aldo Leopold Lately we’ve been watching the PBS Ken Burns documentary series on the National Parks, America&#8217;s Best Idea. Our national parks were (and are) a [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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