News Archive for September 13, 2012
Pro: Time to replace tax code with a fair flat tax
By PETER RUSH - Thursday, Sept. 13, 2012
NEW YORK --
It is time to go back to the beginning and reinstitute the flat tax that is reasonable and understandable.
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Con: A flat-tax lowers taxes on wealthy, but doesn’t necessarily spur economic growth
By AJAY K. MEHROTRA - Thursday, Sept. 13, 2012
BLOOMINGTON, IND. --
A realistic way to reform our tax system is not to scrap it completely and replace it with some theoretical “flat tax” but rather to go back to a model that has worked in the recent past, namely to adjust our graduated rate structure and to broaden our income tax base by removing many of the complicated and unnecessary tax breaks.
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Milton teachers union: Classes too large
By NEIL JOHNSON - Thursday, Sept. 13, 2012
MILTON --
A surge in grade school class sizes in the Milton School District has drawn concern from the teachers union and is prompting the district to review its policies.
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Milton schools official resigns
By NEIL JOHNSON - Thursday, Sept. 13, 2012
MILTON --
Milton schools will be looking for a new head of building and grounds in the wake of the resignation of department director Wendell Boyer.
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Actor to campaign for Obama at UW-W
By GAZETTE STAFF - Thursday, Sept. 13, 2012
WHITEWATER --
Actor Kal Penn will be on the UW-Whitewater campus Friday to stump for President Barack Obama.
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Police interview neighborhood residents
By GAZETTE STAFF - Thursday, Sept. 13, 2012
JANESVILLE --
Janesville police detectives have interviewed residents in the area of Elizabeth Street where a 12-year-old Janesville girl said she was grabbed by an unknown male.
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Police: Thief stole $3,000 in personal care products from Kmart
By GAZETTE STAFF - Thursday, Sept. 13, 2012
JANESVILLE --
Store clerks believe a thief stole thousands of dollars worth of hair replacement medication and other personal care products from Janesville Kmart, police reported.
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Police: Driver used heroin before crashes
By GAZETTE STAFF - Thursday, Sept. 13, 2012
JANESVILLE --
A Deerfield man was arrested Tuesday after his vehicle was involved in two accidents on Center Avenue in Janesville.
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Repeat offender sentenced to prison
By GAZETTE STAFF - Thursday, Sept. 13, 2012
JANESVILLE --
A Janesville man has been sentenced to four years in prison, five years of extended supervision and five years of probation for charges of delivering cocaine.
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Jets start off with a win
By GAZETTE STAFF - Thursday, Sept. 13, 2012
BLAINE, MINN. --
The Showcase Tournament has been good to the Janesville Jets. Janesville won the season-opening NAHL tournament a year ago and started out the 2012 season with a win here Wednesday.
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International competitors prepare for weekend ski show tournament
By RYAN BROEGE - Thursday, Sept. 13, 2012
JANESVILLE --
Show ski teams from China, Australia, Belgium and Canada hit the water at Traxler Park for the first time Wednesday, practicing in advance of this weekend's inaugural World Water Ski Show Tournament.
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Board again turns down Mercy
By JIM LEUTE - Thursday, Sept. 13, 2012
CRYSTAL LAKE, ILL. --
An Illinois planning board has once again denied Mercy Health System's request to build a $115 million, 70-bed hospital in Crystal Lake, Ill.
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Public record for Sept. 13, 2012
By GAZETTE STAFF - Thursday, Sept. 13, 2012
Honoring the documents that keep us free
By GENE POLICINSKI - Thursday, Sept. 13, 2012
Eleven years ago, the U.S. Constitution’s Bill of Rights—with its First Amendment protections for freedom of religion, speech, press, assembly and petition—were in the crosshairs of the cowards who commandeered airliners as weapons and used twisted religious bravado as justification to attack the United States and its way of life.
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Wis. uncle of slain ambassador says death is loss for nation
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Thursday, Sept. 13, 2012
The uncle of slain U.S. ambassador Chris Stevens in Libya says his death is not only a tremendous loss for his family, but the entire nation.
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Second Rock County community finds signs of ash borer
By STAFF - Thursday, Sept. 13, 2012
CLINTON --
Clinton officials who suspected an ash tree of being infested with the emerald ash borer got confirmation their suspicions were right.
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Marshall, Bears offer new challenge to Packers
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Thursday, Sept. 13, 2012
GREEN BAY --
With two words, Jay Cutler dismissed the notion that the Green Bay Packers would be able to disrupt the Chicago Bears’ new-look wide receiver corps with physical play: Good luck.
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On Wisconsin: Romney moves to put state in play
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Thursday, Sept. 13, 2012
NORTH HUDSON, WIS. --
Out of necessity and emboldened by recent GOP strides in Wisconsin, Republican challenger Mitt Romney has drawn President Barack Obama into a fight for a state the incumbent Democrat won handily four years ago and his party hasn’t lost since 1984.
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Teacher evaluations at center of Chicago strike
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Thursday, Sept. 13, 2012
CHICAGO --
Educators in Los Angeles just signed a new contract with the city’s school district. So, too, did teachers in Boston. Both require performance evaluations based in part on how well students succeed, a system that’s making its debut in Cleveland.
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Weeks hits 3-run homer as Brewers beat Braves 8-2
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Thursday, Sept. 13, 2012
MILWAUKEE --
Left for dead in the playoff race a month ago, the Milwaukee Brewers inched closer to a wild card spot after sweeping the Atlanta Braves, a scenario that had backup first baseman Travis Ishikawa searching to explain the team’s recent surge.
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Death notices for Sept. 13, 2012
By GAZETTE STAFF - Thursday, Sept. 13, 2012
Hispanic Heritage Festival coming to Delavan
By DELAVAN-DARIEN SCHOOL DISTRICT - Thursday, Sept. 13, 2012
DELAVAN --
Delavan-Darien community members are planning a first-ever Hispanic Heritage Festival in the city of Delavan, scheduled for 10 a.m. until 5 p.m. Sat., Sept. 22, at the Phoenix Park Bandshell (intersection of Washington and Second streets).
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Evers proposes all state high school students take ACT
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Thursday, Sept. 13, 2012
MADISON --
Every high school student in Wisconsin would take the ACT college entrance exam during their junior year under a proposal announced Wednesday by the state Department of Public Instruction.
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Beloit's bridge to somewhere
By DENNIS HINES, STATELINE NEWS - Thursday, Sept. 13, 2012
BELOIT --
A bridge that has been out of commission for about a year now has a new look and a new name.
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