To pay for treatment, legislator proposes higher tax on beer

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Two Madison lawmakers want to raise Wisconsin’s beer tax, a move that even supporters compare to “walking directly into the mouth of a lion.”But they also call it a first step toward acknowledging that Wisconsin has a problem when it comes to excessive drinking.Shawn Johnson reports…

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