by UpNorthNews Staff | Oct 8, 2024 | Election 2024
Wisconsin’s general election is Tuesday, November 5, 2024. But before you can vote, you’ve gotta be registered! Lucky for you, checking your status AND registering to vote are easy in the Badger State. UpNorthNews Correspondent Kianna (@kianna1201) has the details:...
by Pat Kreitlow | Oct 8, 2024 | HEALTHCARE
The vice president unveils a plan for Medicare coverage of vision, hearing, and home care—paid for by negotiating lower drug prices with Big Pharma—while the Wisconsin governor uses American Rescue Plan funds to boost pay for direct caregivers. Some long-needed relief...
by Associated Press | Oct 8, 2024 | INFRASTRUCTURE
A decade after the Flint, Michigan, water crisis raised alarms about the continuing dangers of lead in tap water, President Joe Biden is setting a 10-year deadline for cities across the nation to replace their lead pipes, finalizing an aggressive approach aimed at...
by Isabel Soisson | Oct 8, 2024 | NATIONAL ECONOMY
Kamala Harris has proposed increasing the corporate tax rate, expanding the child tax credit, and cutting taxes for more than 100 million working and middle class Americans. Donald Trump, meanwhile, said he wants to permanently extend tax breaks that primarily...
by Bonnie Fuller | Oct 7, 2024 | Election 2024
The Democratic challenger wants to protect women’s healthcare choices while Republican incumbent Sen. Duey Stroebel supports treating an 1849 law as a total abortion ban. State Senate candidate Jodi Habush Sinykin of Whitefish Bay senses “palpable” enthusiasm and...
