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Welcome to Building a Stronger Wisconsin

Building a Stronger Wisconsin is an independent advocacy organization whose purpose is to publicly promote policies that maintain Wisconsin's high quality of life. Recently, the US Supreme court has told us that the best way to promote free speech is with more speech, not less. We will continue to speak up in favor of the issues that we believe will keep building a stronger Wisconsin now and into the future.

A Little Bit About What's Great About Wisconsin:

Building a Stronger Wisconsin isn't just an independent advocacy organization, we are a advocate of Wisconsin itself. We are proud of our great state and its people.

March Madness in Wisconsin

What's another thing that make's Wisconsin great? Certainly not the average temperatures in March. But this time of year does offer some excitement for state sports fans with two of our college basketball teams consistently going to the NCAA tournament. We put together an info graphic of how The University of Wisconsin and Marquette University have fared in the tournament since 2000. Good luck to these two teams as they are again seeded in the tournament for 2013! We also tip our hats to the UWM, UW Green Bay, UW Platteville and the many other state college teams that have performed so well over the years.

YEAR UW Madison UW Madison Defeated by Marquette Marquette Defeated by
2000 Final 4 Michigan State (53-41) Not in NCAA tournament
2001 Round of 64 Georgia State (50-49) Not in NCAA tournament
2002 Round of 32 Maryland (87-57) Round of 64 Tulsa (71-69)
2003 Sweet 16 Kentucky (63-57) Final 4 Kansas (94-61)
2004 Round of 32 Pittsburgh (59-55) Not in NCAA tournament
2005 Elite 8 North Carolina (88-82) Not in NCAA tournament
2006 Round of 64 Arizona (94-75) Round of 64 Alabama (90-85)
2007 Round of 32 UNLV (74-68) Round of 64 Michigan State (61-49)
2008 Sweet 16 Davidson (73-56) Round of 32 Stanford (82-81)
2009 Round of 32 Xavier (60-49) Round of 32 Missouri (83-79)
2010 Round of 32 Cornell (87-69) Round of 64 Washington (80-78)
2011 Sweet 16 Butler (61-54) Sweet 16 North Carolina (81-63)
2012 Sweet 16 Syracuse (64-63) Sweet 16 Florida (68-58)

 

National: Wisconsin ranks well in best-place-to-live survey

Wisconsin will be the nation's 15th best place to live in the future, despite concerns that the Badger State will have a lower-than-average economy and standard-of-living. That's according to a new Gallup Poll... Click here to read more.

College Sports: On, WISCONSIN! -Best College Football Town

USA TODAY's readers clearly agree: Madison was the kickoff-to-finish winner in a recent "best college football town" survey that generated more than 50,000 online votes... Click here to read more.

National: UW Ranked 13th Among Nation's Public Universities

UW-Madison ranked 13th among public institutions and tied for 45th among 262 national doctoral universities in rankings released Tuesday by U.S. News and World Report for this year's edition of America's Best Colleges ... Click here to read more.

Tourism: Green Bay ranks 5th cheapest city for date night

GREEN BAY, Wis. (WFRV) - Good news for your budget. Tuesday Green Bay ranked as the 5th cheapest city for a date, among all cities in the U.S. with 80,000 or more people... Click here to read more.

College Sports: On, WISCONSIN! -Best College Football Town

USA TODAY's readers clearly agree: Madison was the kickoff-to-finish winner in a recent "best college football town" survey that generated more than 50,000 online votes... Click here to read more.

Food: Cranberries are good for more than Thanksgiving

Gone are the days when cranberries were limited to a requisite appearance on the Thanksgiving table and then perhaps a small role at Christmas strung with popcorn on garlands adorning the tree. "Many people think of cranberries as the pretty red stuff alongside the turkey. But they are so much more..." Click here to read more.

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Tourism: On Wisconsin: State still top dog in cranberry production

Don't forget Wisconsin cranberries this Thanksgiving! Wisconsin ranks #1 in cranberry production and they are Wisconsin's largest fruit crop.
TOMAH - Fresh cranberries are crunchy, especially when you walk on them... Click here to read more.