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Kilmar Abrego Garcia, out of ICE custody, walks away with 'head held high' via @marylandmatters.org wisconsinexaminer.com/2025/12/12/k...
Kilmar Abrego Garcia, out of ICE custody, leaves with ‘head held up high’ • Wisconsin Examiner
Abrego Garcia walked out of an ICE building to cheers and chants, led by advocates to a car that took him to rejoin his family in Maryland
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December 12, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Kilmar Abrego Garcia, out of ICE custody, walks away with 'head held high' via @marylandmatters.org wisconsinexaminer.com/2025/12/12/k...
In Trump rebuke, US House approves bill to overturn collective bargaining limit
In Trump rebuke, US House approves bill to overturn collective bargaining limit • Wisconsin Examiner
The House passed a bill to overturn an executive order from President Trump that strips collective bargaining rights from federal employees.
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December 12, 2025 at 4:45 PM
In Trump rebuke, US House approves bill to overturn collective bargaining limit
Trump signs order intended to block states from regulating AI
Trump signs order intended to block states from regulating AI • Wisconsin Examiner
President Trump signed an executive order Thursday night that aims to preempt states from enacting rules governing artificial intelligence
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December 12, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Trump signs order intended to block states from regulating AI
On our commentary page: Editor @rconniff.bsky.social looks at how Wisconsin candidates decry money in politics while they promise to raise a ton of it
Wisconsin candidates decry money in politics, promise to raise a ton of it • Wisconsin Examiner
Wisconsin is among the worst states in the union for high-dollar elections and loose regulations of campaign cash
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December 12, 2025 at 3:45 PM
On our commentary page: Editor @rconniff.bsky.social looks at how Wisconsin candidates decry money in politics while they promise to raise a ton of it
Calling for state-supported universal child care, Barnes meets with parents and providers. @erikgunn.bsky.social listens in.
Calling for state-supported universal child care, Barnes meets with parents and providers • Wisconsin Examiner
Gubernatorial hopeful Mandela Barnes toured a Waunakee child care center and met with the operator along with parents and another provider.
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December 12, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Calling for state-supported universal child care, Barnes meets with parents and providers. @erikgunn.bsky.social listens in.
Elections commission denies U.S. DOJ demand for voter personal information. @henry-redman.bsky.social reports.
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Elections commission denies U.S. DOJ demand for voter personal information • Wisconsin Examiner
The Wisconsin Elections Commission denied a demand from the U.S. Department of Justice for voters' personal identifying information.
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December 12, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Elections commission denies U.S. DOJ demand for voter personal information. @henry-redman.bsky.social reports.
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DHS reiterates recommendations that newborns get vaccinated for hepatitis B buff.ly/3HAiem9
DHS reiterates recommendations that newborns get vaccinated for hepatitis B • Wisconsin Examiner
Medical experts were dismayed when the CDC's vaccine panel removed a recommendation that newborns received the hepatitis B vaccine.
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December 12, 2025 at 3:14 PM
DHS reiterates recommendations that newborns get vaccinated for hepatitis B buff.ly/3HAiem9
Joel Brennan, former Evers administration cabinet member, announces campaign for governor via @bspears.bsky.social wisconsinexaminer.com/2025/12/11/j...
Joel Brennan, former Evers cabinet member, joins Democratic primary for governor • Wisconsin Examiner
Brennan said Trump’s “chaos and incompetence” are hurting the state and that “the numbers just aren't adding up for Wisconsin families.”
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December 11, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Joel Brennan, former Evers administration cabinet member, announces campaign for governor via @bspears.bsky.social wisconsinexaminer.com/2025/12/11/j...
The U.S. Senate failed to pass legislation Thursday to address spiraling health insurance costs via @jennifershutt.bsky.social wisconsinexaminer.com/2025/12/11/r...
US Senate hits stalemate on solution to spiraling health insurance costs • Wisconsin Examiner
The U.S. Senate failed to advance legislation Thursday that would have addressed the rising cost of health insurance
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December 11, 2025 at 6:30 PM
The U.S. Senate failed to pass legislation Thursday to address spiraling health insurance costs via @jennifershutt.bsky.social wisconsinexaminer.com/2025/12/11/r...
The Democratic National Committee will run ads Thursday on the home pages of newspapers in a quartet of Republican senators’ hometowns, calling on the incumbents up for reelection next year to support a Democratic bill to extend health care subsidies. wisconsinexaminer.com/2025/12/11/r...
National Democrats target US Senate GOP incumbents on health care votes • Wisconsin Examiner
Democrats are targeting Republican incumbents in the U.S. Senate over a vote on extending ACA health insurance subsidies
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December 11, 2025 at 5:07 PM
The Democratic National Committee will run ads Thursday on the home pages of newspapers in a quartet of Republican senators’ hometowns, calling on the incumbents up for reelection next year to support a Democratic bill to extend health care subsidies. wisconsinexaminer.com/2025/12/11/r...
A federal judge in Maryland Thursday ordered the Trump administration to “immediately” release Kilmar Abrego Garcia from ICE custody via @arianalfigueroa.bsky.social wisconsinexaminer.com/2025/12/11/r...
Trump administration disputes court order for release of Abrego Garcia from ICE custody • Wisconsin Examiner
A federal judge in Maryland Thursday ordered the Trump administration to “immediately” release Kilmar Abrego Garcia from ICE custody
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December 11, 2025 at 5:04 PM
A federal judge in Maryland Thursday ordered the Trump administration to “immediately” release Kilmar Abrego Garcia from ICE custody via @arianalfigueroa.bsky.social wisconsinexaminer.com/2025/12/11/r...
Rare US House bipartisan vote advances bill rejecting Trump federal-worker bargaining ban wisconsinexaminer.com/2025/12/10/r...
Rare US House bipartisan vote advances bill rejecting Trump federal-worker bargaining ban • Wisconsin Examiner
The House will consider a bill to void President Trump’s executive order that strips collective bargaining rights from federal workers.
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December 11, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Rare US House bipartisan vote advances bill rejecting Trump federal-worker bargaining ban wisconsinexaminer.com/2025/12/10/r...
Public lands group files suit over new national park pass that features Trump wisconsinexaminer.com/2025/12/10/r...
Public lands group files suit over new national park pass that features Trump • Wisconsin Examiner
A public lands advocacy group sued the Trump administration over President Donald Trump’s face on the forthcoming National Park annual pass.
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December 11, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Public lands group files suit over new national park pass that features Trump wisconsinexaminer.com/2025/12/10/r...
Evers signs bills that make ‘sextortion’ a crime, extend statute of limitations for hiding a corpse wisconsinexaminer.com/briefs/evers...
Evers signs bills that make ‘sextortion’ a crime, extend statute of limitations for hiding a corpse • Wisconsin Examiner
Gov. Tony Evers signed 2025 Wisconsin Act 48, also known as Bradyn's Law, making sexual extortion, or "sextortion", a crime in the state.
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December 11, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Evers signs bills that make ‘sextortion’ a crime, extend statute of limitations for hiding a corpse wisconsinexaminer.com/briefs/evers...
Abortion patients most often rely on independent clinics, but more closed in 2025, report shows. New from Elisha Brown of the @statesnewsroom.org team focused on reproductive rights and health care.
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Abortion patients most often rely on independent clinics, but more closed in 2025, report shows • Wisconsin Examiner
Independent clinics could become even more significant to reproductive health care access if lawmakers permanently defund Planned Parenthood
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December 11, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Abortion patients most often rely on independent clinics, but more closed in 2025, report shows. New from Elisha Brown of the @statesnewsroom.org team focused on reproductive rights and health care.
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ACA marketplace enrollment down slightly ahead of Dec. 15 deadline. Worries remain about what happens without the enhanced premium tax credits. Details from @erikgunn.bsky.social wisconsinexaminer.com/2025/12/11/a...
ACA marketplace enrollment down slightly ahead of Dec. 15 deadline • Wisconsin Examiner
Experts say it's too soon to tell whether a slip in enrollment in November forecasts a drop in Affordable Care Act health plans.
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December 11, 2025 at 2:36 PM
ACA marketplace enrollment down slightly ahead of Dec. 15 deadline. Worries remain about what happens without the enhanced premium tax credits. Details from @erikgunn.bsky.social wisconsinexaminer.com/2025/12/11/a...
Tribal members raise concerns about Catholic nuns leaving mission school.
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Tribal members raise concerns about Catholic nuns leaving mission school • Wisconsin Examiner
Members of the Lac Courte Oreilles tribe confronted Catholic clergy about the future of a historic school and two nuns who teach there
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December 11, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Tribal members raise concerns about Catholic nuns leaving mission school.
Frank Zufall reports
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Gov. Walz urges Noem to review Minnesota ICE arrests after reports of detained U.S. citizens minnesotareformer.com/briefs/gov-w...
Gov. Walz urges Noem to review Minnesota ICE arrests after reports of detained U.S. citizens • Minnesota Reformer
Gov. Tim Walz on Wednesday urged U.S. Secretary of Homeland Secretary Kristi Noem to review all recent arrests in Minnesota after reports that at least two U.S. citizens were detained this week in the...
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December 11, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Gov. Walz urges Noem to review Minnesota ICE arrests after reports of detained U.S. citizens minnesotareformer.com/briefs/gov-w...
@bspears.bsky.social covers a Dem proposal to ensure schools get the special education reimbursement rate they were promised when the state budget passed, but which has since atrophied as costs go up
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 8:45 PM
@bspears.bsky.social covers a Dem proposal to ensure schools get the special education reimbursement rate they were promised when the state budget passed, but which has since atrophied as costs go up
U.S. House GOP promises vote on reducing health care premiums, but few specifics are disclosed wisconsinexaminer.com/2025/12/10/r...
US House GOP promises vote on reducing health care premiums, but few specifics disclosed • Wisconsin Examiner
House Republicans plan to vote next week on a bill package they say will reduce health insurance premiums without extending ACA tax credits
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December 10, 2025 at 7:46 PM
U.S. House GOP promises vote on reducing health care premiums, but few specifics are disclosed wisconsinexaminer.com/2025/12/10/r...
Missouri U.S. Sen. Josh Hawley is ratcheting up pressure on the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to finish a study into medication abortion and to change its prescribing guidelines. wisconsinexaminer.com/2025/12/10/r...
Missouri Sen. Hawley amps up pressure campaign on FDA chief to limit medication abortion • Wisconsin Examiner
U.S. Sen. Josh Hawley is pressuring Trump's FDA chief to speed up a review of medication abortion drug safety
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December 10, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Missouri U.S. Sen. Josh Hawley is ratcheting up pressure on the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to finish a study into medication abortion and to change its prescribing guidelines. wisconsinexaminer.com/2025/12/10/r...
Environmental law firm sues PSC to force release of Meta data center electricity demand via @henry-redman.bsky.social wisconsinexaminer.com/briefs/envir...
Environmental law firm sues PSC to force release of Meta data center electricity demand • Wisconsin Examiner
An environmental law firm sued to force the PSC to unredact documents that show how much energy Meta will use at its Beaver Dam data center.
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December 10, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Environmental law firm sues PSC to force release of Meta data center electricity demand via @henry-redman.bsky.social wisconsinexaminer.com/briefs/envir...
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...