Politics
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Opinion: We need to update Wisconsin’s concealed carry gun rules, not make them more extreme
Legislators: Throwing out training requirements is opposed by 81% of Wisconsinites, so why is a bill to do that getting a hearing? “No way to prevent mass shootings, says the only nation where this regularly happens.” This headline from The Onion is grim, but it also offers a tiny glimmer of hope. Despite how intractable…
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Mandela Barnes says Tom Tiffany puts farm families on the back burner ‘time and time again’
Mandela Barnes calls Tiffany’s rural record “ridiculous” as farmers face skyrocketing healthcare costs, a punishing trade war, unchecked corporate power, and attacks on migrant farm workers.
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Doctors say Wisconsin GOP’s pregnancy bill treats women like ‘incubators,’ not people
Republicans’ SB553 would push dangerous C-sections over standard abortion care and sneak fetal “personhood” into Wisconsin law, OB-GYNs and legal experts say.
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Is it time for a moratorium on AI data center construction in Wisconsin?
Candidate for governor Rep. Francesca Hong wants a pause on data center construction, citing bipartisan calls for more information about the impact on water and electric rates.
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Sean Duffy claims credit for infrastructure bucks that actually came from Biden
Trump’s transportation secretary changed the name on federal grants, but they still came from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.
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Wisconsin immigrant advocates say violence ‘must stop now,’ after ICE agent kills Minnesota woman
A Minneapolis woman observing immigration enforcement was shot and killed, raising criticism that ICE raids are “fueled by politics of racism, not public safety.”
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Wisconsin leaders react to Trump’s regime change in Venezuela
Republicans in Congress say they support the president even though he failed to notify the legislative branch of government with the power to declare war.
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Kelda Roys is on a mission to stop a Republican bill that could criminalize miscarriage
Wisconsin Republicans passed the first step of a law that would classify fetuses as people and allow women who miscarry to be considered criminal suspects. Kelda Roys has vowed to stop them.
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President demands new ‘Trump battleships,’ throwing US and Wisconsin shipbuilding into chaos
After a canceled shipbuilding program in Marinette, Trump’s desire for namesake battleships could outsource the job to South Korea.
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These were Wisconsin’s biggest political stories of 2025
Wisconsin top stories of 2025. A governor decides not to run. A judge is prosecuted by the president. Schools’ pleas are ignored, pushing property taxes higher. Farmers and families get rolled by Trump’s Washington.
