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Derrick Van Orden

Constituents say Rep. Van Orden refuses to listen to their concerns about safety net cuts

Desks in an empty classroom.

Right-wing extremism causes budget woes for school districts

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

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

People at an unemployment office.

Thousands of Wisconsin jobs at risk from potential Medicaid cuts

A child coloring with crayons.

In aftermath of funding freeze, fears linger at Head Start program

Brad Schimel

Supreme Court candidate Brad Schimel says liberal justices were ‘driven by their emotions’

Sign at CFPB protest

Trump shuts down agency charged with protecting consumers from financial industry abuse

Social Security office

Trump breaks promise not to cut Social Security

Kate Duffy

Wisconsin mom fights for postpartum Medicaid coverage

Butter yellow Wisconsin license plate from 1957.

Butter-yellow license plates could be coming to Wisconsin

Photo courtesy of Laura Mortimore of Orange Cat Community Farm.

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

Electric vehicle charging station

Electric vehicle owners say lack of charging stations harms businesses in rural areas