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Trump's proposed repeal of CHIPS law could cost jobs in Wisconsin

Worries grow over what Medicaid cuts would mean for Wisconsin nursing homes

A woman reading a book while sitting beside a man in a blue sweater.

Thousands of Wisconsin jobs at risk from potential Medicaid cuts

People at an unemployment office.

Trump breaks promise not to cut Social Security

Social Security office

Wisconsin mom fights for postpartum Medicaid coverage

Kate Duffy

Photo courtesy of Laura Mortimore of Orange Cat Community Farm.

Wisconsin farmers say buying local is an alternative amid skyrocketing grocery prices

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Trump tariffs could increase gas prices in Wisconsin by at least 14 cents a gallon

President Donald Trump signs executive orders in the Oval Office at the White House, Thursday, Jan. 30, 2025, in Washington.

Here’s how Trump’s tariffs and a potential trade war could affect Wisconsinites

Donald Trump

Lawmakers say Trump’s tariffs will hurt Wisconsin consumers

Avocado imported from Mexico

What to know about looming tariffs on foreign goods

Tammy Baldwin

Sen. Tammy Baldwin: ‘I’m here to do what I’ve always done: fight for Wisconsin’

Sage Weil

Nonprofit group Patriotic Millionaires says Trump’s tax plans would hurt Wisconsin

Donald Trump

Trump says he now supports elimination of federal debt ceiling

Joe Biden at health care costs event

New cap on Medicare Part D out-of-pocket prescription costs goes into effect

Pumpjacks draw out oil and gas from well heads as wildfire smoke hangs in the air near Calgary, Alberta, May 12, 2024.

Trump tariff threats cast a shadow over Canadian oil imports

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell holds a press conference in the Federal Reserve Headquarters in Washington, DC, on Wednesday, December 18, 2024.

Federal reserve rate cuts to slow in 2025

In this image taken with a drone, Jason Kwapi operates a combine, at left, during soybean harvesting on the Voss farm near Palo, Iowa, Oct. 2, 2024.

US economic growth accelerated in third quarter