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But on the stump in the Badger State, he achieved a comparable feat by turning the strong wine of his flat-tax proposal into skim milk.

Observers from the left to the right made the same historical analogy for the battle over public employee union rights, which spread from the Badger State nationwide in short time.

Grand old Badger State!

The program takes a This Day In History look at memorable and not so memorable sports moments from the Badger State.

Some miners found shelter in the holes they had dug and earned the nickname "badgers," leading to Wisconsin's identity as the "Badger State."

Wisconsin was dubbed the "Badger State" because of the lead miners who first settled there in the 1820s and 1830s.

Another says that it derives its name from the state of Wisconsin (the Badger State), where the con allegedly either originated or was popularized.

Wisconsin: A Guide to the Badger State, 1941.

The Badger State: A documentary history of Wisconsin (1979)

The Badger State had become a national guinea pig.