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WI Legislature to vote on $500 million tax cut
The Wisconsin Legislature overwhelmingly approved a half-billion dollar tax cut for businesses that received loans to help them keep employees on the payroll during the pandemic, one of several measures related to the coronavirus that are slated for consideration.
The bill cutting business taxes by $540 million by the middle of 2023 was up for a vote in both the Senate and Assembly. It will head to to Democratic Gov. Tony Evers who was non-committal last week about whether he would sign or veto the measure.
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This session, held in conjunction with Farm Journal’s Trust in Food Initiative, will feature:
Benjamin Bartley, Ecosystem Services Market Consortium (ESMC)
Leo Bastos, Bayer
Aldyen Donnelly, Nori
25 Years Ago â 1996
Julie Kottsick, sponsored by the Hair For You Salon, has been crowned the 1996 Winter Daze Queen during the annual pageant held at the Mandan High School Auditorium. Peggy Wright, sponsored by Brunsoman, Leifur and Mattern Dental Associates, Bismarck, was chosen as the Winter Daze Princess. Kottsick will reign over all Winter Daze events during February. This yearâs theme was âRemember When.â Nine candidates participated in the pageant.
This yearâs Winter Daze activities include: a Caribbean Beach Party, with dancing in the sand to âNight Lifeâ and the âWay Hot Horns,â held at the Mandan Community Center. Tournaments were also held for indoor sand volleyball, wheelchair and amateur basketball, Squirt hockey, co-ed snow softball and a âHeartbreaker Runâ road race, beginning from the Community Center.
USDA freezes $2.3B supplemental Coronavirus Food Assistance Program
USDA announced Jan. 27 that $2.3 billion in supplemental Coronavirus Food Assistance Program (CFAP) payments will be temporarily frozen.
“In accordance with the White House memo, Regulatory Freeze Pending Review, USDA has suspended the processing and payments under the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program – Additional Assistance and has halted implementation until further notice. FSA local offices will continue to accept applications during the evaluation period,” said a notice on the USDA CFAP page.
Senate Agriculture Committee Chairwoman Debbie Stabenow, D-MI, told the Farm Journal that she supports the Biden Administration’s move to freeze payments under CFAP in order to review the rules put in place in the waning days of the Trump Administration.