A former 15-year veteran of reporting local news for western Wisconsin TV and radio stations, Salina Heller also volunteers in community theater, helps organize the Chippewa Valley Air Show, and is kept busy by her daughter’s elementary school PTA meetings. She is a UW-Eau Claire alum.
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Why one state lawmaker continues to fight to expand health care coverage
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.
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VIDEO: Take a ride on Wisconsin’s new electric buses
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 existing buses with zero or low-emission models. Hear from one driver in Mondovi…
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How one Wisconsin county is eliminating medical debt for its residents
When Milwaukee County hospitals declined an offer to purchase their medical debt at a lower rate, local leaders knew they needed a new way to help their community get healthy. That’s when they started talking about charity care.
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‘I nearly died’: These women brought a grim warning to Wisconsin about abortion care restrictions
Traveling the country, they tell the real life-or-death situations that they faced because of extreme bans after the repeal of Roe v. Wade.
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VIDEO: This Wisconsin woman is grateful for IVF
Rachel Hahn has ALWAYS wanted to be a mother. But polycystic ovary syndrome and other complications made that a challenge for her and her husband, Chris. So the Elk Mound couple used fertility treatments and their first child, a son, born in 2013. However, the next time around, doctors suggested in vitro fertilization. That would…
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Plugged in: How one Wisconsin school bus driver likes his new electric bus
Electric school buses are gradually being rolled out across the state. They’re still big and yellow, but they’re not loud and don’t smell like diesel fuel. President’s Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, through its Clean Bus Program, is providing $5 billion over five years to replace existing school buses across the country with zero or low-emission…
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VIDEO: It’s springtime and that means babies are being born on farms across Wisconsin!
It’s springtime and that means babies are being born on farms across Wisconsin!🐥 🐐 👨🏻🌾 At Govin’s Farm in Menomonie, thousands of people visit to hold all kinds of babies and see what a working farm is like. John and Julie Govin open up their farm every year for 30,000 people to enjoy. This time…
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Why this Wisconsin mom is grateful for IVF
In February, when the Alabama Supreme Court ruled that frozen embryos are legally children, a precedent was set—putting at risk every American’s access to the fertility treatments that could help them start a family. When Rachel Hahn was growing up in Farmington, MN, she had some dreams. “I wanted to work with kids, I wanted…
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VIDEO: International Transgender Day of Visibility
On March 31, we celebrate the achievements and contributions of transgender people everywhere. International Transgender Day of Visibility is also a day to draw attention to the discrimination and other issues the trans community faces. Since taking office, Gov. Tony Evers has delivered a consistent message to trans people in Wisconsin: “You are loved, you…
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Rural Wisconsinites don’t want referendums funding their school districts, but the Legislature leaves them no choice
There are 91 school referendums on ballots across the state for the April 2 spring election in Wisconsin. They’ve become a fixture as the Legislature has refused to provide public school funding that keeps up with inflation—for 16 consecutive years.
