People all over the Badger State are highlighting the historic legislative success of the Biden-Harris Administration as well as the vice president’s career.
“If I were in a state where—if something went wrong, or I had an ectopic pregnancy or a missed miscarriage, and there was nothing I could do about it but wait until it’s bad enough that my life was in jeopardy—I would not even consider being in the position I’m in now,” she said of her surrogacy.
Traditionally, summer school was a way to catch up on a subject students might need a little more instruction on. However, now there’s a growing recognition among educators, families, and policymakers that summer school is much more than that. It’s full of high-quality structured learning programs that are hands-on, engaging, and fun, while being a smart solution for working parents.
Even though infertility is a medical problem, state legislators have allowed health insurance companies in Wisconsin to opt out of covering its treatments.
A couple in Dunn County had to undergo infertility treatments and in vitro fertilization in order to have a family, but had to pay for them out of pocket.
Wisconsin public schools are dealing with an ongoing teacher retention problem with almost 40% of teachers leaving within their first six years in the field, according to a new report by the Department of Public Instruction (DPI).
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Our kid correspondent, 6-year-old Emmarie is back to work! This week, she's interviewing her elementary school principal, Mr. Ben Dallman to find out what it's like leading about 250 kindergarten-through-fifth graders at Roosevelt Elementary School in Eau Claire....
For the past 11 years, one state lawmaker, among others, has been fighting to get health care coverage to tens of thousands of people in Wisconsin, and one group of people has been blocking his proposals. Meanwhile, the residents of Wisconsin racked up $1.3 billion...
Affordable, comprehensive health care coverage is the most important protection against medical debt. The biggest gaps of coverage remain in states that have chosen not to expand Medicaid. Wisconsin is one of those states.
POWERING UP Electric school buses are being rolled out across the state. They're still big and yellow, but they're not loud and don't smell like diesel fuel. Wisconsin's rural school districts are taking advantage of the Clean Bus Program which is replacing...
