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International Women's Day

Abortion bans cost the US economy billions of dollars in lost labor and productivity

Gas Prices

Inflation in the US declined in June, led by drop in gasoline prices

Milwaukee Airport

Wisconsin airports receive funding for upgrades from infrastructure law

Kids play with homemade pink slime at Corrine's Little Explorers child care in New Glarus on Tuesday, July 2. Owner Corrine Hendrickson is part of the Green County Child Care Network, a nonprofit working to get the whole community involved in solving the ongoing child care crisis.

In Green County, it’s all hands on deck to fix the child care crisis

A man walks by the Wisconsin state Capitol, Oct. 10, 2012, in Madison, Wisconson.

Who should decide how the state spends federal money? WI voters will choose in August

Donald Trump, Eric Hovde

Eric Hovde would repeal Obamacare but says little about how he’d replace it

The new U.S. Dairy Forage Research Center facility shown in this rendering will be one of 18 buildings that will house robotic milking systems, chambers for measuring greenhouse gas emissions, an advanced animal nutrition unit and state-of-the-art laboratories for agronomy and dairy science, as well as offices and a visitor center.

New research farm will help make Wisconsin’s dairy farms more resilient

Downtown Wausau, Wisconsin.

Wisconsin has a record-breaking tourism season for second year in a row

Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump enters at a campaign event Tuesday, June 18, 2024, in Racine, Wisconsin.

Trump attacks the Biden economy in Racine, but data shows major recovery

Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump speaks with reporters at the National Republican Senatorial Committee, Thursday, June 13, 2024, in Washington.

Report: Trump’s proposed tariffs would cost average American families $2,500 annually

Tammy Baldwin

Baldwin demands Justice Department take action against oil price gouging

Eric Hovde

Eric Hovde has favored tax hikes for low- and middle-income people