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‘We’re Struggling’: Wisconsin Restaurateur Says BadgerCare Expansion Would Be Good for Business
Cooks and servers want to return to work, but also want health care. Republicans have already said they plan to quickly gavel out a special session on BadgerCare expansion that Gov. Tony Evers called last week.
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Without Systemic Change, Child Care Advocates Say One-Off Aid Packages Won’t Help Fix The Industry
Investing in early childhood would benefit struggling parents, cash-strapped providers, and reduce crime and other troubles in the future. For years, child care providers have struggled to balance the high cost of providing care with what parents can afford to pay, resulting in low salaries and high turnover. The coronavirus pandemic and subsequent economic downturn…
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A Matter of Trust: Experts Say the Vaccine-Hesitant Need Personal Outreach, Not Broad Lecturing
Science communicators see more people using unreliable information sources, so it’s no longer enough to say, “Just do it.”
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Republicans Blow $3.4 Billion Hole in Budget, Cut 380 Items Evers Proposed
BadgerCare, legal pot, and more of the governor’s proposals killed after Republican vote.
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The Price of Vaccine Hesitancy: More Than 1,000 Wasted Doses a Week in Wisconsin
Drop-off in demand was expected, but not this quickly.
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This Wisconsin Woman Left Her Job to Care for Her Kids During the Pandemic. She’s Not Alone.
More than 2 million American women have left the workforce since the start of the pandemic, a reflection of the country’s ongoing childcare crisis.
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GOP Lawmakers Take an Axe to Evers’ Proposals on BadgerCare, Tenant Protections, Legal Pot, Minimum Wage
Republicans begin detailed work on a new state budget by announcing they’ll also kill the governor’s standards for clean water.
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Judge Stops GOP Lawyering Up For Gerrymandering Fight That Hasn’t Happened Yet
Elections Commission also begins updating registration records in routine maintenance that could drop thousands of inactive voters.
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Wisconsin Is In a Childcare Crisis. The Pandemic Hasn’t Helped.
With high costs and low profits, families, providers, and the economy as a whole need the system to change.
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Different Approaches on Fixing Elections vs. ‘The Fix Is In’
Ranked-choice voting could lead to more independent candidates and less extreme behavior by major party candidates.
