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U.S. Rep. Tom Tiffany criticizes ‘billionaire loophole’ but voted for law that created it. Via @bspears.bsky.social . wisconsinexaminer.com/2025/12/10/u...
U.S. Rep. Tom Tiffany criticizes 'billionaire loophole' but voted for law that created it • Wisconsin Examiner
Spending on statewide elections has grown substantially in part because of an overhaul of Wisconsin's campaign finance laws adopted in 2015.
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December 10, 2025 at 4:17 PM
U.S. Rep. Tom Tiffany criticizes ‘billionaire loophole’ but voted for law that created it. Via @bspears.bsky.social . wisconsinexaminer.com/2025/12/10/u...
Our @isiahholmes.bsky.social has been the leading Wisconsin reporter on issues involving #police #surveillance. Here's his latest: Milwaukee sheriff pushes facial recognition technology before county board wisconsinexaminer.com/2025/12/10/m...
Milwaukee sheriff pushes facial recognition technology before county board • Wisconsin Examiner
The Milwaukee Sheriff's Office pitched the purchase of facial recognition technology to the county board as the public pushed back
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December 10, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Our @isiahholmes.bsky.social has been the leading Wisconsin reporter on issues involving #police #surveillance. Here's his latest: Milwaukee sheriff pushes facial recognition technology before county board wisconsinexaminer.com/2025/12/10/m...
Report on strained federal data agencies hits home in Wisconsin. Via @erikgunn.bsky.social
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Report on strained federal data agencies hits home in Wisconsin • Wisconsin Examiner
A new report urges federal policymakers to reverse years of neglect and shrinking resources for government statistics agencies.
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December 10, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Report on strained federal data agencies hits home in Wisconsin. Via @erikgunn.bsky.social
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Wisconsin Senate committee hosts heated debate on community solar, ‘rights of nature’ @henry-redman.bsky.social reports wisconsinexaminer.com/2025/12/10/s...
Wisconsin Senate committee hosts heated debate on community solar, 'rights of nature' • Wisconsin Examiner
A Wisconsin Senate committee heard more than three hours of testimony Tuesday on a bill that would allow small community solar projects.
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December 10, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Wisconsin Senate committee hosts heated debate on community solar, ‘rights of nature’ @henry-redman.bsky.social reports wisconsinexaminer.com/2025/12/10/s...
Democratic lawmakers propose bill to ensure schools get special ed funding at estimated rate via @bspears.bsky.social wisconsinexaminer.com/briefs/democ...
Democratic lawmakers propose bill to ensure schools get special education funding at estimated rates • Wisconsin Examiner
Th Democratic bill would fund special education reimbursement on a sum sufficient model instead of a sum certain model.
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December 10, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Democratic lawmakers propose bill to ensure schools get special ed funding at estimated rate via @bspears.bsky.social wisconsinexaminer.com/briefs/democ...
GOP rolls out health care plan that fails to extend ACA premium subsidies via @jennifershutt.bsky.social wisconsinexaminer.com/2025/12/09/r...
US Senate GOP rolls out health care plan that fails to extend premium subsidies • Wisconsin Examiner
U.S. Senate Republicans announced a health care proposal that does not extend ACA tax credits as Democrats wanted
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December 9, 2025 at 11:34 PM
GOP rolls out health care plan that fails to extend ACA premium subsidies via @jennifershutt.bsky.social wisconsinexaminer.com/2025/12/09/r...
A Manhattan federal judge granted an order Tuesday to unseal grand jury records in the case of Jeffrey Epstein co-conspirator Ghislaine Maxwell, wisconsinexaminer.com/2025/12/09/r...
Epstein co-conspirator grand jury records to be unsealed in New York under court order • Wisconsin Examiner
A Manhattan federal judge unsealed grand jury records in the case of Jeffrey Epstein co-conspirator Ghislaine Maxwell
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December 9, 2025 at 9:39 PM
A Manhattan federal judge granted an order Tuesday to unseal grand jury records in the case of Jeffrey Epstein co-conspirator Ghislaine Maxwell, wisconsinexaminer.com/2025/12/09/r...
Trump administration argues in court that immigrants who have been in the country less than two years without authorization have no right to due process via @arianalfigueroa.bsky.social wisconsinexaminer.com/2025/12/09/r...
No due process guarantee in fast-track removal proceedings, Trump administration argues • Wisconsin Examiner
The Trump administration argued in court that undocumented immigrants in the country for less than two years are not guaranteed due process.
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December 9, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Trump administration argues in court that immigrants who have been in the country less than two years without authorization have no right to due process via @arianalfigueroa.bsky.social wisconsinexaminer.com/2025/12/09/r...
New student loan rule could dissuade people from advanced nursing degrees. @nhassanein.bsky.social reports for @stateline.org
New student loan rule could dissuade people from advanced nursing degrees • Wisconsin Examiner
The new rule cutting options for federal student loans would only worsen staffing shortages in the nursing profession experts say
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December 9, 2025 at 5:30 PM
New student loan rule could dissuade people from advanced nursing degrees. @nhassanein.bsky.social reports for @stateline.org
An anti-abortion group is calling for President Trump's FDA chief to be fired for not blocking a medication abortion drug via @jennifershutt.bsky.social wisconsinexaminer.com/2025/12/09/r...
Leader of major anti-abortion group calls for Trump's FDA chief to be fired • Wisconsin Examiner
An anti-abortion group is calling on President Trump to fire his FDA chief for not banning mifepristone, a medication abortion drug
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December 9, 2025 at 4:54 PM
An anti-abortion group is calling for President Trump's FDA chief to be fired for not blocking a medication abortion drug via @jennifershutt.bsky.social wisconsinexaminer.com/2025/12/09/r...
Mandela Barnes aims to raise $50 million in governor’s race. Via bspears.bsky.social
Mandela Barnes aims to raise $50 million in governor’s race • Wisconsin Examiner
Barnes said his goal will be to raise $50 million in the race overall, though he also criticized the need to raise so much.
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December 9, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Mandela Barnes aims to raise $50 million in governor’s race. Via bspears.bsky.social
R.I. judge calls HUD move to rescind funding notice right before court hearing ‘intentional chaos’. Via our colleague @krish-eh.bsky.social at @rhodeislandcurrent.com
R.I. judge calls HUD move to rescind funding notice right before court hearing 'intentional chaos’ • Wisconsin Examiner
An hour before a scheduled Rhode Island court hearing on two lawsuits challenging changes to a key federal homelessness funding program, the Trump administration abruptly withdrew the funding notice…
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December 9, 2025 at 4:30 PM
R.I. judge calls HUD move to rescind funding notice right before court hearing ‘intentional chaos’. Via our colleague @krish-eh.bsky.social at @rhodeislandcurrent.com
‘Just don’t kill it’: Wisconsin land trusts face 2026 expiration of Knowles-Nelson stewardship fund. @henry-redman.bsky.social reports.
‘Just don’t kill it’: Wisconsin land trusts face 2026 expiration of Knowles-Nelson stewardship fund • Wisconsin Examiner
Wisconsin's Knowles-Nelson stewardship program is set to expire next year, putting conservation projects across the state at risk.
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December 9, 2025 at 4:13 PM
‘Just don’t kill it’: Wisconsin land trusts face 2026 expiration of Knowles-Nelson stewardship fund. @henry-redman.bsky.social reports.
New student loan rule could dissuade people from pursuing advanced nursing degrees wisconsinexaminer.com/2025/12/08/r...
New student loan rule could dissuade people from advanced nursing degrees • Wisconsin Examiner
The new rule cutting options for federal student loans would only worsen staffing shortages in the nursing profession experts say
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December 8, 2025 at 9:36 PM
New student loan rule could dissuade people from pursuing advanced nursing degrees wisconsinexaminer.com/2025/12/08/r...
Trump administration brings back hundreds of Dept. of Ed civil rights staff from administrative leave to deal with complaint backlog wisconsinexaminer.com/2025/12/08/r...
US Education Department civil rights staff returning to work to tackle complaint backlog • Wisconsin Examiner
The Education Department is bringing back hundreds of employees on paid administrative leave to deal with a civil rights complaint backlog
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December 8, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Trump administration brings back hundreds of Dept. of Ed civil rights staff from administrative leave to deal with complaint backlog wisconsinexaminer.com/2025/12/08/r...
The U.S. Supreme Court appeared ready to expand presidential power after hearing a case Monday on whether President Donald Trump can hire and fire members of independent federal agencies without cause. via @ashleymurray.bsky.social wisconsinexaminer.com/2025/12/08/r...
US Supreme Court seems ready to back Trump in case of fired FTC commissioner • Wisconsin Examiner
The U.S. Supreme Court appeared ready to expand presidential power to hire and fire members of independent federal agencies without cause.
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December 8, 2025 at 8:50 PM
The U.S. Supreme Court appeared ready to expand presidential power after hearing a case Monday on whether President Donald Trump can hire and fire members of independent federal agencies without cause. via @ashleymurray.bsky.social wisconsinexaminer.com/2025/12/08/r...
Arizona’s Congresswoman Grijalva says she was pepper sprayed during Tucson ICE raid. Our colleagues at @azmirror.com report.
Arizona's Congresswoman Grijalva says she was pepper sprayed during Tucson ICE raid • Wisconsin Examiner
U.S. Rep. Adelita Grijalva said she was pepper sprayed by federal agents during an immigration raid in Tuscon, Arizona
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December 8, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Arizona’s Congresswoman Grijalva says she was pepper sprayed during Tucson ICE raid. Our colleagues at @azmirror.com report.
On our Commentary Page: Trump left contraceptives to rot — and women paid the price, writes OB-GYN Dr. Shefaali Sharma .
Trump left contraceptives to rot — and women paid the price • Wisconsin Examiner
There are over 300,000 women of reproductive age in Wisconsin in need of contraception, and attacks are making this gap even worse.
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December 8, 2025 at 4:45 PM
On our Commentary Page: Trump left contraceptives to rot — and women paid the price, writes OB-GYN Dr. Shefaali Sharma .
With homelessness rising, new federal rules could benefit states that take tougher approaches. Via @stateline.org & Robbie Sequeira.
With homelessness rising, new federal rules could benefit states that take tougher approaches • Wisconsin Examiner
As more Americans face homelessness the Trump administration says too much effort has gone to prioritizing housing needs
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December 8, 2025 at 4:05 PM
With homelessness rising, new federal rules could benefit states that take tougher approaches. Via @stateline.org & Robbie Sequeira.
ICYMI: @bspears.bsky.social reports on Evers vetoes of nine bills, including a ban on immigrant health care
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Evers vetoes nine bills, including a ban on immigrant health care • Wisconsin Examiner
Wisconsin already doesn’t allow immigrants without legal status to access BadgerCare, which Evers noted in his veto message.
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December 8, 2025 at 3:59 PM
ICYMI: @bspears.bsky.social reports on Evers vetoes of nine bills, including a ban on immigrant health care
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Wisconsin grapples with prospect of losing federal housing funds. @isiahholmes.bsky.social has the details.
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Wisconsin grapples with prospect of losing federal housing funds • Wisconsin Examiner
Federal cuts to housing support for people struggling with homelessness and housing insecurity worry Wisconsin community leaders.
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December 8, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Wisconsin grapples with prospect of losing federal housing funds. @isiahholmes.bsky.social has the details.
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Gov. Tony Evers vetoes nine bills, including a proposed ban on immigrant health care via @bspears.bsky.social wisconsinexaminer.com/briefs/evers...
Evers vetoes nine bills, including a ban on immigrant health care • Wisconsin Examiner
Wisconsin already doesn’t allow immigrants without legal status to access BadgerCare, which Evers noted in his veto message.
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December 5, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Gov. Tony Evers vetoes nine bills, including a proposed ban on immigrant health care via @bspears.bsky.social wisconsinexaminer.com/briefs/evers...
Supreme Court agrees to hear birthright citizenship case wisconsinexaminer.com/2025/12/05/r...
Trump order ending birthright citizenship to be argued at US Supreme Court • Wisconsin Examiner
The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case on President Trump's executive order declaring the end of birthright citizenship
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December 5, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Supreme Court agrees to hear birthright citizenship case wisconsinexaminer.com/2025/12/05/r...
CDC advisory committee overturns decades-old hepatitis B vaccine recommendation for newborns via @georgiarecorder.com wisconsinexaminer.com/2025/12/05/r...
CDC vaccine committee overturns decades-old hepatitis B recommendation for newborns • Wisconsin Examiner
A CDC committee voted to do away with a recommendation that all newborns receive a vaccine against hepatitis B
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December 5, 2025 at 7:50 PM
CDC advisory committee overturns decades-old hepatitis B vaccine recommendation for newborns via @georgiarecorder.com wisconsinexaminer.com/2025/12/05/r...