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Here’s who’s making infertility treatments and vitro fertilization so expensive in Wisconsin
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.
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Wisconsin farms face a choice in 2024: New markets and more competition vs. budget cuts, millionaire tax breaks, and diesel fumes
President Biden will talk up rural investments while former President Trump is promising a return to the tariffs and trade wars that made farmers more reliant on assistance.
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A brief history of Wisconsin’s voucher school system: Less effective and more expensive than promised.
Many Wisconsin taxpayers may not know a small experiment has grown to the point where they are now funding two separate school systems.
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Wisconsin Senator Tammy Baldwin calls for investigation into Big Oil amid price-fixing and collusion allegations
Senate Democrats joined their House counterparts in calling for an industry-wide investigation into Big Oil collusion and price-fixing allegations, which they say cost US consumers at the pump while driving up corporate profits.
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Wisconsinites need to know how they can benefit from Biden’s clean energy efforts. Mandela Barnes is on it.
The one-time head of the governor’s climate change task force now helps connect Wisconsinites to historic levels of funding for energy efficiency and combating climate change—”to make sustainable attainable.”
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How this rural Wisconsin school superintendent is working hard to keep his teachers
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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Jurors find Trump guilty in adult film star hush money trial
Despite intimidation, harassment, and threats from Trump and his allies, a New York jury found Trump guilty of all 34 felony counts of falsifying business records tied to a payment made to adult film star Stormy Daniels to keep her quiet about their alleged affair out of fears that it would hurt his chances of…
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Queer doulas make childbirth safer for Black, brown, and LGBTQ+ people, but barriers remain
Queer doulas make childbirth safer for Black, brown, and LGBTQ+ people, but barriers remain. Here’s what you need to know.
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Queer doulas make childbirth safer for Black, brown, and LGBTQ+ people, but barriers remain
Queer doulas make childbirth safer for Black, brown, and LGBTQ+ people, but barriers remain. Here’s what you need to know.
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From soaring medical debt to abrupt hospital closures, consumer advocates see a healthcare sector in need of oversight
Hospitals have less price transparency and are more likely to drop certain types of lower-margin care, critics say, compared to when they were treated similar to utilities.
