State Politics
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Two more police officers attacked on Jan. 6 come to Wisconsin to warn that Trump could again spark violence
Their visit to the Pennsylvania Legislature last week included some booing and heckling by Republican lawmakers.
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Opinion: Another Medicaid miss as Wisconsin falls to the bottom for covering health care crises for new moms
We’re already behind most states in covering the working families whose jobs or incomes don’t allow them to have healthcare security through their workplace. Now it’s been made even worse by neglecting women with postpartum health concerns.
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For nearly a full year, Republicans have withheld $125 million to clean up contaminated drinking water in Wisconsin
GOP leadership doesn’t have the votes to override vetoes from Gov. Tony Evers, so they’ve chosen to sit on the money to clean up PFAS—even though the full legislature already approved the spending. A new report from the Wisconsin Legislative Council knocks down an excuse Republicans are using to justify nearly a full year of…
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Two of Trump’s 2020 Wisconsin lawyers now face felony charges in the fake electors scheme
Kenneth Chesebro and Jim Troupis worked out a strategy to try to steal Wisconsin’s vote by using fake ballots that made their way to Sen. Ron Johnson’s office on January 6.
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Here’s who’s making infertility treatments and vitro fertilization so expensive in Wisconsin
Even though infertility is a medical problem, state legislators have allowed health insurance companies in Wisconsin to opt out of covering its treatments. A couple in Dunn County had to undergo infertility treatments and in vitro fertilization in order to have a family, but had to pay for them out of pocket.
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Wisconsin farms face a choice in 2024: New markets and more competition vs. budget cuts, millionaire tax breaks, and diesel fumes
President Biden will talk up rural investments while former President Trump is promising a return to the tariffs and trade wars that made farmers more reliant on assistance.
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A brief history of Wisconsin’s voucher school system: Less effective and more expensive than promised.
Many Wisconsin taxpayers may not know a small experiment has grown to the point where they are now funding two separate school systems.
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How this rural Wisconsin school superintendent is working hard to keep his teachers
Wisconsin public schools are dealing with an ongoing teacher retention problem with almost 40% of teachers leaving within their first six years in the field, according to a new report by the Department of Public Instruction (DPI).
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Opinion: One year later, Reps. Steil and Van Orden still owe Wisconsinites answers about how they’ll fight for working families
Their votes indicate values out of the mainstream, despite their pledges.
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Opinion: Eric Hovde in no hurry to raise pay for low-wage workers
“I’m bad because I’m the One Percent?”
