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Mayor Pete Buttigieg met with children in Palo Alto, California, on Sunday, telling them the president was “really mean” during a family brunch event for his campaign.

MADISON — Eric Hovde’s wealth appears to be paying dividends. Hovde, a Madison businessman, has surged into second place among the Republican candidates contending for Herb Kohl’s Wisconsin U.S. Senate seat, according to the latest Marquette Law School poll, released Wednesday. That follows a report from left-leaning Public Policy Polling on Tuesday that showed Hovde actually leading former Gov. Tommy Thompson 31 percent to 29 percent. Hovde’s assets make him the wealthiest of the candidates, and he has lent his campaign at least $1 million, according to financial statements reported last week by The Associated Press. Hovde began running campaign...

MADISON — Multimillionaire business Eric Hovde is piling his own cash into his campaign coffers in his bid for Wisconsin’s open U.S. Senate seat. Could this be deja vu for Wisconsin voters? The state’s soon to be senior U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson, a Republican, self-funded his campaign in his successful 2010 Senate bid. Senate candidates’ campaign finance disclosure reports for the first quarter of the year were due April 15 to Federal Elections Commissions. As of Wednesday, only reports for Hovde and former Wisconsin 1st District U.S. Rep. Mark Neumann, both Republicans, were available on the FEC’s website. Reports for...

WHO...? ...ME???!!!Does anyone find it strange how, regardless of the facts, it's ALWAYS someone ELSE'S fault with these people...???!!!

Deaf pair fight for custody By Juliette Rule rep9@wyomingnews.com Published in the Wyoming Tribune-Eagle CHEYENNE - Matthew Neuman's mom and dad have never heard their little boy's laugh or heard him sing. But they know he does those things. He is a normal 4-year-old boy, they say, and his name brings bright smiles to their faces. But Vicki and Eric Neuman aren't like the parents of Matthew's friends. They are deaf and use sign language to communicate with Matthew and their friends in Cheyenne's small deaf community. It is that support they have come to rely on in recent weeks...