State News
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Wausau’s conservative mayor relocates a ballot drop box on his own, a potential ethics and criminal violation
The city attorney advised Doug Diny not to tamper with the drop box outside of City Hall. The local district attorney and state Elections Commission have been asked to investigate.
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Project 2025 would make flying more expensive and less convenient for rural and small-town Wisconsinites
Experts have warned that ending the Essential Air Service program, as Project 2025 sets out to do — and as Donald Trump tried to do during his first term — could lead to the closure of small town airports and higher flight prices, leaving rural communities disconnected from the rest of the United States.
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Wisconsin daycares could serve 33,000 more kids
The short answer to how Wisconsin daycares could serve 33,000 more kids? Hire more people to take care of those children. It’s a seemingly obvious answer to a problem that many family advocates in recent years have reached crisis level. Almost 60% of child care providers across the state have unused capacity—closed classrooms—because of staff…
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‘Action is the antidote to despair’ – Sarah Keyeski runs to be a voice for rural Wisconsin
A Joan Baez song lyric helped inspire the creation of Lift Lodi for the mother turned organizer turned Senate candidate.
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Where Harris and Trump stand on paid family leave
Trump once shocked Americans with a pledge of support— that later was significantly reduced. Vice President Harris wants to implement things President Biden proposed but couldn’t get all the way through Congress.
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Hovde’s money is at the center of a Senate race that should be about middle class prosperity, not his own.
The California bank owner has received several significant tax breaks from former President Trump’s 2017 tax law. If elected, Hovde could improve his windfall through budget cuts or higher middle class taxes—write bank regulations, and never answer questions about foreign government deposits in his bank.
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3 ways Medicaid expansion would help Wisconsin families
Expanding Medicaid in Wisconsin would allow tens of thousands of people to gain health care coverage, and would help alleviate hospital closures as well as address staffing shortages.
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Wall-to-wall Walz sightings in Wisconsin, from watch parties to a planned appearance in Wausau
Minnesota’s governor and first lady are each planning Badger State visits this week. Gwen Walz headlines one of more than 200 debate watch parties being set up around Wisconsin, vice presidential nominee Tim Walz schedules a Friday event.
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Who’s helping and who’s hurting health care access in Wisconsin right now
It’s been half a year since Wisconsin’s Democratic Gov. Tony Evers approved a bill that would help people get the health care they need in western Wisconsin.
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Rural Wisconsin hospital expands obstetrics department thanks to government funding
As some surrounding birth centers are shuttering their maternity departments, a rural western Wisconsin hospital in a town of about 5,000 people is growing its women’s health and labor & delivery services.
