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How Local Wisconsin Officials Are Using American Rescue Plan Money
From Brookfield to Ashland, communities have a wide range of uses for American Rescue Plan funds.
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Wisconsin Loves Dairy, and So Do We! These Are Our Favorites.
This story is free of almonds, oats, soy, coconut, rice, cashews, and anything else not udderly created in America’s Dairyland.
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How Opening a Store During a Pandemic ‘Saved’ This Milwaukee Business
Just as Benny Tralongo signed a lease on a storefront, the world ground to a halt. It turned out to be a blessing in disguise for his clothing and collectibles business.
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Coming to the Rescue: Pandemic Relief Aid Is Starting to Be Put to Work in Wisconsin Communities
Stimulus funds in Biden’s American Rescue Plan credited with restoring a state budget surplus and keeping more than 2 million Wisconsin families afloat.
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Wausau’s Mayor Turns a County’s Bitter Racial Debate Into a Positive Local Expression
County board member tells opponents of inclusiveness resolution, “Things are changing, whether we acknowledge it or not.”
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Red City, Blue City—Two Mayors Ask the Legislature to Recommit to Wisconsin’s Cities
Column from the mayors of Brookfield and Madison on the ever-rising cost of local services, even as the state provides less over time.
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Wisconsin Republicans Reintroduce and Pass Controversial COVID-19 Provisions
Several provisions that killed the Legislature’s first proposed COVID-19 package this year now passed as individual bills.
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Wisconsinites Hold Vigils to Call Out Anti-Asian Violence in Wake of Atlanta Spa Killings
“What happened was racially motivated, and don’t let anyone else tell you that it’s not always about race.”
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Once Again, Wisconsin Republicans Refuse to Recognize Black History Month. They Honored Rush Limbaugh Instead.
Democratic legislators spoke in the chamber Tuesday about the role Rush Limbaugh played in spreading disinformation, most recently about the coronavirus and the Nov. 3 election, which prompted the deadly insurrection at the US Capitol on Jan. 6.
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The True Story Behind Abolitionists Who Helped Joshua Glover Escape
“It’s a white hero rescuing Black people, and I think that that serves a very particular narrative.”
