A couple of Chippewa County farmers are worried about the future and think Trump’s tariffs are pretty sheepish.
Wisconsin and North Carolina are known as “swing states,” evenly divided among Democratic and Republican voters. But there’s no similarity in how two GOP senators from those states are approaching the Trump tax megabill.
Gov. Tony Evers and Republicans controlling the Legislature announced an agreement on a new state budget early Tuesday morning. The two-year plan will boost funding for K-12 and higher education and use some of the state surplus to provide $1.3 billion in income tax relief and support affordable childcare.
One Western Wisconsin woman feels compelled to tell her scary and sad story of pregnancy and loss.
Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers says he will not sign a Wisconsin budget bill if Republicans in the Legislature don’t include funding for a program that addresses the state’s shortage of affordable childcare.
The prospect of another war in the Middle East is not giving Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wisconsin) any pause when it comes to a new tax plan that would make devastating cuts to health care.
Strong laws in the states are especially critical now that the US Supreme Court has ruled to uphold a ban on gender-affirming medical care.
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What would Trump's "one big beautiful bill" do to Wisconsinites? Kianna breaks down who it would help, and who it would hurt.
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TROLLIN’ TROLLIN’ TROLLIN’ – 📱 If it’s the weekend, a Wisconsin congressman is likely spending lots of time on a tiny keyboard. US Rep. Derrick Van Orden has almost made a second career out of social media trolling. The 3rd District Republican from Prairie du Chien frequently hurls insults at political opponents, constituents, and those who make critical comments about his job performance.
But Dan Shafer, Civic Media’s political editor and founder of The Recombobulation Area, says it’s important to note that the congressman doesn’t have much else to talk about, given that he’s in his third term and hasn’t passed a single bill into law.
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⁉️ WHAT DID I JUST VOTE ON? – There’s understandably some blowback to the bill House Republicans passed recently that makes massive cuts to important programs, but who expected it would come from GOP lawmakers who voted for it and now say they didn’t know what was in it?
A Nebraska congressman admitted not knowing the budget bill includes language that would make it harder for judges to hold people in contempt of court, a provision helpful to President Donald Trump. And Georgia US Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene said she wouldn’t have voted for the bill had she known it would limit states from regulating artificial intelligence (AI) to protect people from misuse and harm.
US Rep. Mark Pocan (D-Black Earth) visited our daily radio show to say his Republican colleagues should have known better—and this might explain why so many of them aren’t holding public events.
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