No. Among Midwestern states, Minnesota has the highest income tax rate in the highest-income tax bracket — 9.85% for an individual with annual income over $183,340.
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Is homicide a leading cause of death among pregnant women in the US?
Yes. Researchers have found that homicide is among the leading causes of death of pregnant women in the U.S.
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Is a Milwaukee suburb proposing a ‘transportation utility fee’ that would cost supermarkets $10,000 per year?
Yes. The city of Wauwatosa estimates that its proposed transportation utility would impose an annual fee of $10,143 on a 24,000-square-foot supermarket.
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Did a Gallup poll find that nearly one in five members of Gen Z identify as LGBT?
Yes. In Gallup polling done in 2022, 19.7% of Gen Z respondents identified as LGBT, according to results released in February 2023.
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Did more than 92,000 income tax filers leave Wisconsin for other states in 2021?
Yes. An estimated 92,146 income tax-filing individuals left Wisconsin in 2021 for other states.
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Does Wisconsin rank among the states with the highest property taxes?
Yes. Several 2023 reports ranked Wisconsin among the states with the highest property taxes.
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Can 18-year-olds in Wisconsin legally buy a handgun through a private sale?
Yes. Private sales of handguns to individuals age 18 are allowed in Wisconsin, as long as the buyer and seller live in Wisconsin and the buyer is not otherwise prohibited from receiving or possessing firearms under federal law.
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Was a voting system used in multiple states including Wisconsin responsible for a vote-tally inaccuracy in Michigan during the 2020 election?
No. Both the Michigan State Department and an independent investigation found that Antrim County’s inaccurate vote tally was the result of human errors, and not a malfunction or manipulation of Dominion Voting Systems’ election equipment.
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Did Sen. Tammy Baldwin propose $25 million to train abortion providers?
Yes. U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis., announced June 15, 2023, that she introduced a bill to provide $25 million per year for the next five years to fund training in abortion care.
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Are only 2% of students at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Black?
Yes. In Fall 2022, the latest period reported by the University of Wisconsin System, 2.4% of students at UW-Madison were Black.
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Was a voting system used in multiple states including Wisconsin responsible for a vote-tally inaccuracy in Michigan during the 2020 election?
No. Both the Michigan State Department and an independent investigation found that Antrim County’s inaccurate vote tally was the result of human errors, and not a malfunction or manipulation of Dominion Voting Systems’ election equipment.
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Are Milwaukee’s police and fire departments overseen by a part-time board?
Yes. The Milwaukee Fire and Police Commission, composed of part-time board members, oversees the city’s fire and police departments.