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Feb 23, 2024

Right to contraception rejected by Wisconsin Assembly Republicans

Thousands of Wisconsinites lost a concrete right to make their own healthcare decisions.

Feb 23, 2024

Planned Parenthood asks Wisconsin Supreme Court to find 1849 abortion law unconstitutional

The Supreme Court has not said whether it will accept the case.

Feb 23, 2024

Alabama’s frozen embryo ruling is having its first effects

On Wednesday, the University of Alabama Birmingham hospital paused IVF treatments.

Feb 22, 2024

Marquette Law School Poll: National survey shows Trump win over Biden

Biden’s favorability is more net negative, -20, than Trump’s -9.

Feb 22, 2024

Wisconsin school district releases tape of Black superintendent’s comments that led to resignation

The Green Bay school district on Wednesday released the recording.

Feb 22, 2024

Evers signals he won’t sign bill to fight PFAS as legislative session nears end

The Senate passed the bill in November.

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Feb 22, 2024

New York AG says she’ll seize Donald Trump’s property if he can’t pay $454 million civil fraud debt

Trump will receive an automatic stay if he puts up money.

Feb 21, 2024

Federal student loans for nearly 153,000 borrowers are being automatically canceled, Biden says

President Joe Biden announced Wednesday that his administration was automatically canceling federal student loans for nearly 153,000 borrowers, putting the spotlight on his debt cancellation efforts as he ramps up his reelection campaign.

Feb 21, 2024

Wisconsin bills to fight ‘forever chemicals’ pollution, speed ballot counting in jeopardy

Measures that would legalize medical marijuana, spend $125 million to combat pollution from "forever chemicals" and allow election officials to speed up the counting of absentee ballots all appear to be doomed as the Wisconsin Legislature approaches the end of its session for the year.

Feb 21, 2024

DA asks Wisconsin Supreme Court to decide abortion lawsuit without lower court ruling

A Republican prosecutor asked the Wisconsin Supreme Court on Tuesday to decide whether a 174-year-old state law bans abortion in the state without waiting for a ruling from a lower appellate court.

Feb 20, 2024

Senate votes to reject Evers appointees

The Republican-controlled Wisconsin Senate voted Tuesday to reject four of Democratic Gov. Tony Evers' appointees, including a member of the state's natural resources policy board and a former lieutenant governor who was to serve on a hospital governing board.

Feb 20, 2024

Wisconsin to get $24M after arbitration win in dispute with cigarette manufacturers

Attorney General Josh Kaul announced Tuesday that an arbitration panel of former judges has ruled in favor of the state of Wisconsin in its dispute with Philips Morris USA Inc., RJ Reynolds Tobacco Co. and other cigarette manufacturers.

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