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Biden, Evers Leading Job Gains, Unemployment Drops
According to federal and state economic data both the U.S. and Wisconsin continue to see strong economic indicators, particularly on the unemployment front. Let’s break down the numbers under Democratic President Joe Biden and Democratic Governor Tony Evers.
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Wisconsin GOP rush to “cancel” new UW-Madison Chancellor
Leading Wisconsin Republicans immediately lashed out at the selection. Their criticisms were leveled before any of them had even spoken with the incoming chancellor, and smack of the divisive rhetoric central to the culture war Republicans are seeking to exploit for partisan advantage in this year’s midterm elections.
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Wis-Story: Standout Moments as Wisconsin Turns 174
The Badger State—America’s own Up North—celebrates its statehood anniversary on Sunday. Even back then, Wisconsin showed the push-pull between progressives and conservatives on what directions we take.
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Biden Increases Funding For Police; Eases Burden On Law Enforcement
Before a spate of mass shootings in Milwaukee, Buffalo, Orange County, and Uvalde rocked the country, President Joe Biden urged state and local officials to devote additional resources to law enforcement.
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Update: The Non-Conspiracy Theorist Republican Who Quit the State Elections Commission Was Pressured by Ron Johnson
Senator’s spokesperson confirms telling Dean Knudson he’d lost grassroots’ confidence—increasing the chance that someone embracing “Big Lie” election falsehoods will take charge of the commission.
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Progressive Judge Janet Protasiewicz to Run for State Supreme Court
Conservative Patience Roggensack’s retirement creates a fight for court control. The US Supreme Court, meanwhile, sees a major downshift in public opinion in a new Marquette Poll.
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Military Plane Carrying 78,000 Pounds of Baby Formula Arrives in US Under Biden’s ‘Operation Fly Formula’
The first of many shipments comes after a Michigan factory shut down due to contamination—and days after Wisconsin Republicans voted against measures to prevent the crisis from repeating.
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Kleefisch Fails to Win GOP Endorsement, Responds by Declaring Victory
Wisconsin’s Republican Party convention adopted resolutions to criminalize abortion, abolish bipartisan state election commission, not allow automatic citizenship for babies born in the United States, and oppose gun safety rules with broad public support.
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Justice Tells Legislature It Should Fix a ‘Nonsensical, Dangerous’ Loophole in Concealed Carry Gun Laws
A Brown County man convicted of disorderly conduct during a domestic incident can get a gun permit, but Justice Jill Karofsky said lawmakers ought to consider options to prevent abusers from having easy access to firearms.
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Had Vaccination Rates Not Been Pummeled by Politics, More Than 5,000 in Wisconsin Would Still Be Alive Today
New analysis examines what might have been. Instead, COVID has killed 13,000 in the state as the vaccination rate remains stuck, with only 61% of people fully vaccinated.
























