According to the state’s own Open Book website, openbook.wi.gov, government agencies have spent thousands in recent years on yummy treats and party supplies. What office doesn’t order a cake now and then? Between fiscal years 2013 and 2016, state officials swiped state procurement cards at the following festive vendors, including more than one out of-state purveyor of trinkets and trifles. – Claire Hanan

‘State Party’ appears in the December issue of Milwaukee Magazine.
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