Politics
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Canadian government takes anti-tariff message to Wisconsin’s highways
Canadian billboards calling out tariffs from the Trump administration have been spotted in Wisconsin.
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Election mailers, disguised as local newspapers, sent to Wisconsinites
With the election for a pivotal seat on Wisconsin’s Supreme Court Tuesday, political pamphlets that look like local newspapers have been showing up in Wisconsinites’ mail.
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Voters will decide the next state superintendent April 1. What does the Department of Public Instruction do?
The state Department of Public Instruction sets the direction of public education in Wisconsin. Here’s what the agency and the state superintendent do.
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Evers launches campaign to recruit displaced federal workers to Wisconsin
Gov. Tony Evers is trying to recruit displaced federal workers to Wisconsin following mass layoffs by the Trump Administration.
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Former UN ambassador explains why humanitarian crises abroad should matter to Wisconsinites
Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield laid out the impacts that international conflicts can have domestically.
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Milwaukee HIV organization officer says proposed cuts risk efforts to end HIV epidemic
The U.S. health department is debating whether to close the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s HIV prevention division. A Wisconsin HIV healthcare provider talks about the impacts of potentially losing its primary source of funding.
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Wisconsin exoneree represents Green Bay brothers in search of ‘historic’ compensation
Attorney Jarrett Adams was denied compensation for the 7 years spent in prison for a crime he didn’t commit. Unlike his clients, he had time on his side.
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Elon Musk gives $1M to Wisconsinite who signed petition opposing ‘activist judges’
The seven-figure payment comes days before the April 1 election where PACs associated with Musk have spent tens of millions on Wisconsin’s pivotal Supreme Court race.
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Debates over Wisconsin voter ID law go back years. What does the evidence show?
Voters can’t escape ads for the Wisconsin Supreme Court race on April 1, but the same election will also decide whether a voter ID requirement should be enshrined in the state constitution. We know more now about how the requirement impacts voting than we did when it was passed as a law 14 years ago.
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Village of Slinger enforces, then walks back, political yard sign rule
“It is a little disparaging when you’ve got so many people who are willing to rip on their own community publicly, but yet not be part of the solution,” said Scott Stortz, Slinger’s village president.