Affordability
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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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Wisconsinites press Congress over unaffordable health insurance
Some Wisconsinites are looking to Congress to finish what it started this week in passing a bipartisan measure which would help lower the cost of soaring premiums that have made their health insurance unaffordable.
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Congress gifts higher premiums to more than 300,000 Wisconsinites
Heading into the holidays, hundreds of thousands of Wisconsinites will be burdened with wondering if they will be able to afford their health insurance next year, after Congress failed to extend enhanced Affordable Care Act tax credits.
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As energy-hungry data centers loom, Wisconsin ratepayers owe $1 billion on shuttered power plants
As energy-hungry data centers loom, Wisconsin ratepayers owe $1 billion on shuttered power plants.
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Here’s the real reason your property tax bill is likely much higher — and it’s not ‘the 400-year veto’
It’s not about greedy school boards, it’s about a Legislature literally passing the buck.
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Does Trump’s Wisconsin economy seem ‘A+++++’ to you? He thinks so
The real numbers about the Wisconsin economy tell a different story as 2025 crawls to a close.
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10 of the best cut-your-own Christmas tree farms in Wisconsin
Make your holidays merry and bright with an experience to remember. Visit one of the best cut-your-own-tree farms in Wisconsin this season.
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Facing Medicaid cuts, Wisconsin families stockpile medical supplies
In July, President Donald Trump signed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act into law, bringing cuts of around $1 trillion to federal Medicaid spending from 2025 through 2034. The cuts are predicted to result in a loss of the health insurance coverage affecting around 80 million lower-income Americans, including children and people with disabilities.
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Mandela Barnes joins crowded Democratic primary for governor
The former lieutenant governor and US Senate candidate says he would focus on affordability issues and standing up to Trump’s “chaos.”
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‘Sleep Out’ event provides shelter and education on homelessness
Tyrone Baldwin is homeless and was in his tent on Milwaukee’s north side in early 2025 when a wet, heavy snow caused his tent poles to break. The tent collapsed, and he no longer had a functional shelter. “The tents are not very strong and durable to handle the snow,” Baldwin said. “So, there’s snow on there and you’re not trying to keep coming out…
