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Public Assistance Would Be Harder to Access Under GOP Bills
Despite a record-low unemployment rate, Republican lawmakers want to make it harder for unemployed and low-income people to access public assistance under the guise of addressing the worker shortage.
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Years After Stripping the Office of Its Powers, GOP Sees Secretary of State as Key to Controlling Elections
Four Republicans stumping for as a way to diminish, dissolve the Wisconsin Elections Commission.
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Gableman Denied Working With a Group That Tried to Overturn the Election. The Group’s Leader Says Otherwise.
Gableman’s taxpayer-funded investigation has right-wing ties and is shrouded in secrecy.
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Activists Want You to Remember All of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr’s Messages—Even the Hard Ones
As the push for racial equality continues, those leading the fights against injustice want us to dig deeper, and think about how we all can improve the future for Black Americans.
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Oshkosh Man Has Been Bitten Three Times by Deadly Snakes, That’s Not Stopping Him from Collecting Venom
MToxins Venom Lab delights visitors while helping to save lives across the world.
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‘A Slap in the Face’: GOP Lawmakers Introduce ‘Natural Immunity’ Bill that Would Let Workers Skirt Vaccine Requirements
More than a dozen Republicans in the state Assembly put forward a measure that would let workers, including those in health care, get around vaccine requirements if they have already contracted COVID-19.
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Wisconsinites Charged in Jan. 6 Insurrection Quietly Take Plea Deals
Four of six Wisconsin men charged in attack on nation’s Capitol have pleaded guilty to lesser charges, while two others’ cases are still moving through the court system.
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Main Street Alliance Looks to Continue Growing as an Alternative to Big-Business Lobbies
Shawn Phetteplace, regional manager for the Main Street Alliance, lays out the organization’s top priorities for next year.
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Three Years Later, Former Gov. Walker Still Wants to Raise Taxes on the Working Class
The one-time face of the state’s Republican emerged last week to once again propose eliminating the state’s income tax, and increasing the state’s sales tax.
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What Are Wisconsin’s Biggest Challenges in 2022? Top Assembly Democrat Talks About a Few.
As he prepares to step down as Assembly Democrats’ leader, Hintz talks about the state’s challenges and reflects on his time in charge.
