Managing Editor/News & Gov. Ranks @usnews. Previously @usatoday fact check, @journalsentinel. Data nerd, husband, dad of 4, WI sports fan, DIYer. Proverbs 18:2.
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Eric Litke retweeted
A jaw-dropping number out of a congressional hearing today: $1 TRILLION in taxes go unpaid to the IRS each year. The last official estimate was that the tax gap was $441 billion over a three year period.
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Eric Litke retweeted
$1 for six months is a pretty great deal, so I'll share the link for those who want to take advantage of it.
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Eric Litke retweeted
In a year lawmakers passed 1 bill in response to COVID, they collected $555,000 in work expenses jsonline.com/story/news/poli… via @MollyBeck @patrickdmarley & @ericlitke
Eric Litke retweeted
Marshfield Mayor Bob McManus removed from office by city council that found he “erased public records, lied about his actions, blamed others for his mistakes and took an unreasonable amount of time to respond to an open records request.” marshfieldnewsherald.com/sto…
Eric Litke retweeted
Want to see how easy it was to sign up for a COVID-19 vaccine on the city website by simply claiming you're a city of Milwaukee worker (regardless of age, health or job)? Here you go. I got my appoint for 9 a.m. Feb. 24 (which I then canceled).
Eric Litke retweeted
Important story from @DanielBice: The Wisconsin Supreme Court sat on a study showing Black men are 28% more likely to do prison time in Wisconsin jsonline.com/story/news/inve…
Eric Litke retweeted
And just like that that, @GovEvers has signed new orders establishing a statewide public health emergency and requiring face coverings in public places.
The move comes shortly after Republican lawmakers overturned his previous mask mandate & emergency orders.
Eric Litke retweeted
Forty-two organizations have registered opposition to the Republican plan to end Wisconsin's mask requirement. None have registered in support of the plan.
The groups include those representing doctors, hospitals, businesses and many others: lobbying.wi.gov/What/BillInf…
The $49 million Wisconsin could lose in food benefits is a monthly figure.
That number will change with enrollment levels, but each month Wisconsin residents would lose tens of millions of dollars in benefits if the Assembly carries through w/ its plan. bit.ly/3abZ0Da
Eric Litke retweeted
Wisconsin Senate votes 18-13 to end the state's mask requirement.
It will likely be taken up Thursday by the Assembly, which like the Senate is controlled by Republicans.
Eric Litke retweeted
There are 14 groups registered against the resolution to repeal Wisconsin's mask mandate and none in support.
Those against it include @WisMed, @WIHospitalAssn, Children's Hospital of Wisconsin and the Wisconsin Council of Churches
lobbying.wi.gov/What/BillInf…
Eric Litke retweeted
That may be the worst defensive design I’ve ever seen with 8 seconds and no timeouts left. Green Bay—I’m not sure how you play inside technique man to man and nit just play zone and protect the sideline and the end zone? Amazing.
Eric Litke retweeted
Kevin Daniel Loftus, 52, of Eau Claire has been arrested for being a part of the violent mob that stormed the U.S. Capitol last week
He was arrested after posting pictures of himself in the Capitol and saying, “i am wanted by the FBI for illegal entry."
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Eric Litke retweeted
Nick Saban has reached the stage in NCAA14 dynasty mode where you’re so dominant that it’s not fun anymore so you start over with Wyoming
Eric Litke retweeted
One of the handful of people arrested yesterday for unlawfully entering the Capitol during yesterday's siege had recently completed a prison sentence in Florida for attempted murder. Relatives say he's currently on his way home.
Eric Litke retweeted
I literally don't know how to feel about this and I survived a shooting inside my own newsroom.
There are so many things that need to be condemned that it's becoming hard to count. The media are PEOPLE WITH FAMILIES.
Eric Litke retweeted
Conservative talk show host Vicki McKenna downplayed what is going on at the U.S. Capitol. 'I'm not even sure if what we saw was lawlessness," she told her Wisconsin listeners.
Eric Litke retweeted
The most astonishing four paragraphs I've ever written.
Based on reporting from more than a dozen @washingtonpost staffers: wapo.st/3oopzL7
Eric Litke retweeted
Wisconsin’s @RonJohnsonWI - one of the objectors today- tells me neither his fellow objectors nor president Trump bear any responsibility for the violence today.
