Federal enforcement of cannabis laws in Wisconsin has been minimal in recent years, with only 67 individuals sentenced for federal marijuana crimes since 2017 and none at all in the Western District between 2020 and 2023.

The trends in Wisconsin’s two federal court districts diverge — with the Milwaukee-based Eastern District seeing an increase in federal cannabis crime sentences between 2019 and 2023.

Wisconsin’s Eastern District covers the Green Bay and Milwaukee divisions and includes the state’s 28 eastern counties. The Western District includes the state’s 44 other counties and holds court in Madison.

Milwaukee’s $128 million streetcar, the Hop — despite adding a second line — has even fewer passengers than six years ago, operates cars that are often nearly or completely empty, and stands virtually no chance of ever expanding.

It’s time to shut it down.

Shutting it down, granted, would be expensive as well because of all the poor decisions that have been made and Milwaukee’s reliance on federal funding.

Wisconsin hens produced a total of 2.43 billion eggs in 2024, 15 million more than the year prior, according to data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

The state had an average of 7.6 million laying hens on hand during the past year, which was a slight decrease from 2023.

However, Wisconsin chickens were more productive than in years past, with the average number of eggs laid per hen up from 311 to 313. Nationwide, the average number of eggs laid was only 290.

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Hobart has the feel of a boom town, albeit a genteel one. “Build where business is booming,” the village website says, touting “More resources. Less red tape.”

Ask residential developers around the state, and they will tell you that kind of pro-business stance is rare among local government officials.

AEI scholars have modeled three options for infill development in Wisconsin urban areas that could mean more than 21,000 new homes per year in the state, all without government subsidies or mandates.

“The point is that you have to allow things that are economically viable.”

Source: Wisconsin Legislative Fiscal Bureau

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