Federal Cuts
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Trump’s spending cuts hit program for deaf-blind kids in Wisconsin
A program around since the 1960s helps deaf-blind children in Wisconsin so they can go to school and communicate with others, but President Trump’s DEI cuts may kill the program after next year.
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Fighting a health insurance denial? Here are 7 tips to help
To control costs, nearly all health insurers use a system called prior authorization, which requires patients or their providers to seek approval before they can get certain procedures, tests, and prescriptions.
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Do you feel immune to a government shutdown? Think again.
Republicans’ massive cuts to health care have taken the nation closer to a standoff that will impact their constituents’ lives in many ways.
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How Derrick Van Orden’s threats hurt everyone in his district
A member of Congress targeting freedom of expression might not lead to criminal prosecutions or federal defunding today, but it creates a political environment that affects us in many ways.
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How many times has Wisconsin received FEMA aid, and how long did a decision take?
It’s been eight days since Democratic Gov. Tony Evers asked President Donald Trump to declare a major disaster and open up federal aid for the August floods that hammered southeast Wisconsin.
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Democrats ‘love murders and carjackings and armed robberies:’ JD Vance tells Wisconsin
The vice president came to a swing congressional district in a swing state to sell the Trump-GOP megabill of big cuts and deficit spending — by trying to change the subject to familiar scare tactics. Vice President JD Vance used a metal fabrication shop in La Crosse to fabricate a false narrative about the massive…
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Wisconsin’s budget shifts money from schools to Milwaukee prosecutors. That may violate the state constitution.
The budget diverts an estimated $2.2 million annually for the district attorney’s office that’s supposed to go to a fund for Milwaukee schools
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Wisconsin Dems’ hail Mary to save rural hospitals from Trump
An inside look at what Wisconsin state lawmakers did just before Trump signed his ‘big beautiful bill’ to try to prevent rural hospitals from closing. Will it work?
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Rural health care faces ‘death spiral’ from GOP Medicaid cuts
A doctor from Tomah talks to Pete Buttigieg’s online audiences about cuts in services and longer travel times for life-or-death care.
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Superior launches city-owned high-speed internet network thanks to Biden’s American Rescue Plan
Wisconsin’s first publicly-owned, open-access broadband network means competitive pricing and no monopoly ownership of the cables that keep Superior connected. The city of Superior has found success building out its broadband network, and now the second phase is underway to connect another part of the city to the state’s first publicly-owned, open-access system for…
