2020CES GET ME REWRITE: MamaRoo Sleep Bassinet keeps parents in dreamland

The best or CES2020.  (Wired, 1/9/2020)

It follows the American Academy of Pediatricians' safe sleep guidelines and has five unique rocking, swaying, or vibrating motions, as well as four different white noise options. It’s Bluetooth-enabled, and you can set timers on your phone. If you’re an exhausted parent who has been eyeing a $1,300 Snoo, this robotic bassinet will ship in February at a quarter of the price. 

Snoo smart sleeper at Amazon

Other CES2020 posts:
SmartyPans.  (11/11/2019)
Warming up for CES2020 with a modern version of "Play Misty for Me".  (11/29/2019)
Pizza served up by Picnic(TM) robot.  (1/3/2020)
FutureLight files the Waydoo Flyer under 'bizarre'.  (1/3/2020)
Townew automated garbage can, a discomposing sign of the times.  (1/8/2020)
When it comes to useless consumer technology products, Charmin Rollbot wipes the competition!  (1/8/2020)
LG encourages you to grow your own with its indoor garden appliance.  (1/9/2020)
And the promise of a flying car just keeps on floating.  (1/10/2020)
Qoobo and Petit Qoobo, robot pillows in two sizes.  (1/11/2020)
Meet Samsung's Ballie, who looks like a yellow softball and will follow you everywhere.  (1/11/2020)
U by Moen smart faucet.  (1/11/2020)
Scary future brought to you by Samsung Neon.  (1/11/2020)
Climate360 smart bed.  (1/11/2020)

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GET ME REWRITE: Meanwhile, the school district still has to come up with millions of dollars for operations and maintenance

Photo credit: Green Bay Area Public School District

Reported in Palmyra-Eagle School District survives, but possibility of massive budget cuts loom.  (Wisconsin State Journal, 1/10/2020)

Source:  Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction (Custom Referenda Reports)

Original 7/3/20109 post, "Palmyra-Eagle Area School District takes next step toward dissolution", starts here.

Source of map without lines and text boxes:  WI Hometown Locator

The Palmyra-Eagle School Board has taken the next step toward dissolving the school district.(Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 7/2/2019)

"We didn’t lose by a little, we lost by 800 votes," [School Board President Scott] Hoff said. "We lost 1,400 to 400 in Waukesha County alone. Disgusting, ridiculous, heartbreaking — every hyperbole you want to throw on it. But it is where we are. And I can’t fix it."

Process set in motion by a failed school referendum.

The vote tally, if we can take Scott at his word:

The middle school and the high school are located in Palmyra (Jefferson County).

Related reading:
The future of the Palmyra-Eagle School District is in doubt after $11.5 million referendum fails.  (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 4/5/2019)

The company Wisconsin keeps ($7.25 minimum wage edition)

Source:  Paycor

* (Employers subject to the Fair Labor Standards Act must pay the $7.25 Federal minimum wage)

States with no state-imposed minimum wage

Related reading:
By the Start of the New Year, Minimum Wages Went up in 22 States. Wisconsin Wasn’t One of Them.  (Wisconsin Budget Project, 1/2/2020)

Unfortunately, Wisconsin workers won’t get any of those benefits, as Wisconsin wasn’t among the states that increased their minimum wages. Wisconsin’s minimum wage is still stuck at $7.25, far below the $12 to $14 that some states now set as the minimum. Wisconsin’s minimum wage was last raised in 2009 – over a decade ago – and has lost about 16% of its purchasing power since then. That’s a difference of roughly $2,400 per year. 

Workers should earn enough to support their families. But Wisconsin’s low minimum wage means that a full-time, full-year worker in Wisconsin can earn as little $14,500 per year. For a single parent, working at the Wisconsin minimum wage puts them below the poverty line and unable to meet their family’s basic needs.