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Boy at Head Start

Trump administration backs off Head Start budget cuts, but problems persist

A few dozen child care workers and advocates rallied at the Wisconsin state Capitol on Tuesday, May 13, protesting cuts that were made to child care funding in the next state budget.

Wisconsin child care centers close in protest of state funding cuts

Rite Aid sign

What customers can expect as Rite Aid closes or sells all its drugstores

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

Republicans cut funding for child care, schools and environment from next WI budget

New graduates line up before the start of a community college commencement in East Rutherford, N.J., on May 17, 2018.

The return of student loan debt collection: What borrowers need to know

President Donald Trump is handed an executive order to sign by White House staff secretary Will Scharf in the Oval Office of the White House, Wednesday, April 23, 2025, in Washington.

What are executive orders, and how do they affect Wisconsinites?

Cupping lab at the Wonderstate Coffee Roastery in Viroqua, Wisconsin.

‘Anxiety, turmoil and stress’: Wisconsin coffee shop owners brace for tariffs

Expect to start seeing effects of Trump’s tariffs this summer, experts say

President Donald Trump holds up a signed executive order relating to clemency for anti-abortion protesters as he signs executive orders in the Oval Office of the White House, Thursday, Jan. 23, 2025, in Washington.

Reproductive Rights

In first 100 days, Trump’s moves on abortion echoed Project 2025 playbook

Photo courtesy of Angela Schmitz.

More Wisconsin child care centers could close if state funding expires

Reproductive Rights

Cuts to Medicaid would affect access to reproductive care for millions of women

President Donald Trump holds an executive order relating to education in the Oval Office of the White House, Wednesday, April 23, 2025, in Washington, as Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer and Education Secretary Linda McMahon watch.

Head Start leaders, administrators fear effects of potential funding cuts