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Anti-abortion Wisconsin lawmakers now eye Medicaid expansion
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Low-income Wisconsin mothers could stay on Medicaid longer after giving birth and with less paperwork under a bill that has gained bipartisan support in the Republican-controlled Legislature. Nearly half of the state’s lawmakers have co-sponsored the bill...
Editorial Roundup: Wisconsin
Kenosha News. March 22, 2023. Editorial: State symbolism can go a long way An official Wisconsin state rifle. Of course, we say sarcastically, that’s just what the state needs. Why didn’t someone think of this before? We noted with...
Man charged with firebombing Wisconsin anti-abortion office
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — After nearly a year of searching, investigators used DNA pulled from a half-eaten burrito to capture the man they believe firebombed a prominent Wisconsin anti-abortion lobbying group's office. The U.S. attorney's office in Madison announced that police...
Liberal outraises conservative in Wisconsin court race
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Democratic-funded candidate in Wisconsin's pivotal state Supreme Court contest has raised more than five times as much money as her Republican-backed opponent ahead of the April 4 election. Liberal Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Janet Protasiewicz raised...
Suspected mom of newborn left in Wisconsin field arrested
WHITEWATER, Wis. (AP) — A woman believed to be the mother of a dead newborn child found abandoned in a southern Wisconsin field earlier this month has been arrested, police said Monday. The 39-year-old Whitewater woman was arrested Friday, the Whitewater Police Department said in a...
Wisconsin school bans Miley, Dolly duet from class concert
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Administrators at a Wisconsin elementary school stopped a first-grade class from performing a Miley Cyrus and Dolly Parton duet promoting LGBTQ acceptance because the song "could be perceived as controversial." Students at Heyer Elementary School in Waukesha...
Gov. Evers orders flags lowered Tuesday for WWII soldier
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Gov. Tony Evers has directed that flags to be flown at half-staff in the state Tuesday to honor a Wisconsin soldier who died in World War II and whose remains were recently identified. Evers' order directs that U.S. flags and Wisconsin state flags be lowered to...
How cash bail laws are at stake on Wisconsin's April ballot
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — With the future of abortion rights and redistricting hanging in the balance, all eyes are on the April election for Wisconsin Supreme Court. But for people who find themselves in front of a judge, two questions on the ballot could have more substantial consequences than who...
Wisconsin DOJ, factory farm reach $215K pollution settlement
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A factory farm has agreed to pay the Wisconsin Department of Justice $215,000 to settle pollution allegations. The Legislature’s finance committee is slated to approve the deal during a meeting Tuesday. According to an analysis of the deal by the...
Disabled Wisconsin voters say absentee law not followed
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Disabled voters say local election leaders across Wisconsin are not following federal law during early voting in the high-stakes race for state Supreme Court, incorrectly telling them they can't have another person return their absentee ballot for them. ...
