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Tammy Baldwin

Sen. Tammy Baldwin applauds US Postal Service for delaying price hike

School vouchers suck money out of public schools, hurt low-income kids, expert says

Student walking down an aisle of bookshelves.

Wisconsin’s job market is making a strong comeback, a new report shows

Signs with orange lights at a construction site.

Biden’s clean energy investment for rural Wisconsin could cut utility costs nearly in half

President Joe Biden, second from right, greets workers from Dairyland Power Cooperative and Vernon Electric Cooperative during a visit to Vernon Electric in Westby, Wisconsin, Thursday, Sept. 5, 2024.

Analysis finds Harris' economic plans would help working families more than Trump's

Kamala Harris

Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump talks with workers in the kitchen of ll Toro E La Capra during a campaign event, Friday, Aug. 23, 2024, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson)

Trump said he ‘hated’ to pay workers overtime. In office, he could gut overtime rules.

Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump speaks during a town hall event at the Dort Financial Center in Flint, Mich., Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

Donald Trump’s plan to lower grocery costs would actually increase them

Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump responds to a question during a campaign event at the Economic Club of New York, Thursday, Sept. 5, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump’s lack of a plan to make child care affordable is ‘insulting to parents,’ CEO says

A construction worker maneuvers a lift outside a commercial building site in Mount Prospect, Ill., Tuesday, Aug. 27, 2024. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

Goldman Sachs analysis: Harris’ plans would boost economy, Trump’s would hurt it

IRS Direct File

Wisconsin joins IRS Direct File, cutting costs for families filing tax returns

The Blatnik Bridge carrying Interstate 535 between Duluth, Minnesota and Superior, Wisconsin, as viewed from Enger Park. (Wikimedia Commons)

More than 150 projects to upgrade and repair Wisconsin roads receive federal funding

Grocery prices

Harris proposes economic agenda aimed at lowering costs for Americans

Wind turbines are seen in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Oct 15, 2021. (STRF/STAR MAX/IPx)

Inflation Reduction Act has led to a clean energy boom, new reports show

Administrator Chiquita Brooks-LaSure, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, speaks before President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris, at Prince George's Community College, Thursday, Aug. 15, 2024 in Largo, Md. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough)

Medicare secures billions in savings on prescriptions

Wisconsin tornados

Wisconsin voters reject Republican efforts to restrict emergency aid

Kamala Harris

Voters trust Harris more than Trump to handle economy, new poll finds

Wisconsin farm roads

New program will help repair farm roads, boosting Wisconsin’s rural communities