http://newiprogressive.com/images/stories/S5/dairy-farm-plateville-s448.jpgGov. Evers will be visiting with dairy farmers, processors, and producers, as well as local community and agricultural industry leaders across the state all month.

http://newiprogressive.com/images/stories/S5/wi-senate-swearing-in-s448.jpgLast week, the Joint Finance Committee voted unanimously to raise the pay of public defenders and district attorneys. This step can help restore confidence in the Legislature’s ability to get the people’s work accomplished.

http://newiprogressive.com/images/stories/S5/marijuana-wi-present-s5.jpgIllinois and Michigan have long been collecting hundreds of millions of dollars in tax revenue from Wisconsin residents who cross the border to purchase marijuana. Now Minnesota is poised to join them. Wisconsin needs to catch up.

http://newiprogressive.com/images/stories/S5/congress-unproductive-s5.jpgSen. Smith talks about the importance of having conversations with people that have different points of view. We can overcome the political divisiveness in society if we remember we have more in common than what sets us apart.