State Politics
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Jodi Habush Sinykin sees potential in a newly-drawn State Senate district where voters are tired of the same old extremism
The Democratic challenger wants to protect women’s healthcare choices while Republican incumbent Sen. Duey Stroebel supports treating an 1849 law as a total abortion ban.
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‘Put patriotism ahead of partisanship’ – Liz Cheney issues a call to duty in the Wisconsin birthplace of the Republican Party
The exiled Republican implored other conservatives who feel politically homeless to vote for Vice President Kamala Harris and defeat Trumpism. Ripon, Wisconsin, may be the birthplace of the Grand Old Party, but one of the nation’s most prominent anti-Trump Republicans visited Ripon College on Thursday to urge fellow conservatives to put country over party…
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The $1.7 billion question: Will Wisconsin finally get a stronger BadgerCare system for families?
Republicans have rejected billions of dollars over the years—federal funds that could provide stable health insurance coverage to many and ease premium pressure on everyone else by improving rates for providers.
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Why small Wisconsin school districts are building daycare centers
Amidst a childcare crisis across Wisconsin, public school superintendents don’t want their students open-enrolling to bigger districts with more childcare options available. They want young families to move into town for jobs, build a connection with the school, and stay.
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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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This rural WI school district has a creative idea to help the childcare crisis and school funding issues
The Lincoln School District serves the Alma Center, Humbird, and Merrillan communities. Voters who live there will see a question on their ballots Nov. 5, asking them to approve a capital referendum to build a childcare center onto the elementary school in Merrillan.
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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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Opinion: La Crosse Area Assembly Candidate Ryan Huebsch should be held accountable for racially insensitive social media history
A Better Wisconsin Together calls for candidate Ryan Huebsch to be held accountable for racially insensitive social media history.
