Farm Technology Days is back!
Perfect – but hot – weather and hundreds of vendors greeted the first attendees to walk through the gates of Farm Technology Days at Huntsinger Farms in Eau Claire, Wis., the first since 2019.
After last year s show was canceled due to COVID-19 concerns, this year the show was ready to come back roaring with the latest field technology, equine demonstrations, panel discussions, youth contests and much, much more. Plus, eventgoers ate brats, burgers and the Big Rygg, a monster burger with bacon, pulled pork, beef, chicken and cheese topped with horseradish sauce that honored the host family, the Ryggs.
Fair Maps coalition rallies a Capitol
Wisconsin’s Fair Maps Coalition rallied at the state Capitol over the noon hour Monday. Senator Jeff Smith (D-Eau Claire) is Senate sponsor of a reintroduced bill calling for non-partisan redistricting of congressional and legislative districts.
“Every head scratching vote, every policy for the public good ignored by lawmakers, all stems from one issue: gerrymandering,” Smith said.
Representative Deb Andraca (D-Whitefish Bay) said Republicans used their majorities in the legislature ten years ago, t draw maps that favor them in elections.
“They used computer programs to design maps, that make no sense, unless your only goal is to prevent the other side from winning. And it worked. Even though Wisconsin is a purple state, one party holds overwhelming majorities in the Senate and the Assembly,” she said.
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State Senate passes bill barring prisoners from being prioritized for vaccinations
The Wisconsin Senate has passed a bill which bars prisoners from being prioritized in the state’s COVID-19 rollout
Democrats argued the state has a responsibility towards men and women incarcerated in close quarters where the coronavirus could spread. “I just think that this is a humanitarian necessity,” said Minority Leader Janet Bewley (D-Ashland).
“They (prisoners) are the most vulnerable. (From the) very beginning this has been about vaccinating the most vulnerable, protecting the most vulnerable,” said Senator Jeff Smith (D-Eau Claire)
The bill’s author, Senator Van Wanggaard (R-Racine) said the legislation doesn’t deny vaccine shots to prisoners, and they’ll still remain eligible based on age and underlying medical conditions. “To just automatically put 20,000 prisoners in front of essential workers and law-abiding citizens, it just doesn’t make any sense,” he said.