Did Obamacare cause health insurance premiums to rise 100%?
Oct 1, 2024 · Average annual health insurance premiums have increased 67% to 75% since Obamacare became law — less than what they increased before the law.
Did Donald Trump lower taxes on billionaires and raise them on …
Jun 18, 2024 · The 2017 tax cut law signed by former President Donald Trump cut income tax rates essentially across the board. From 2017 to 2018, the average rate dropped from 4% to 3.4% for the bottom half of income earners and from 26.8% to 25.4% for the top 1%, according to the Tax Foundation.
Wisconsin Supreme Court takes up challenge to 1849 abortion law
Nov 11, 2024 · Attorneys for Sheboygan County District Attorney Joel Urmanski, who is one of the prosecutors named in the case and has said he would prosecute violations of the 1849 law, argued in briefs submitted to the court that Dane County Circuit Court Judge Diane Schlipper’s interpretation of the law was incorrect.. They argued the “plain meaning (of the law) prohibits consensual abortion.”
FoodShare in Wisconsin: How to access or replace benefits
Apr 9, 2024 · Northern Wisconsin: Second Harvest Northland connects northwest Wisconsin residents to food resources.Call 218-727-5653 for assistance or visit secondharvestnorthland.org.. ForwardHealth Consortium (888-794-5722, or for the Great Rivers area: 888-283-0012) also offers resources.. Northeast Wisconsin: Feeding America Eastern Wisconsin provides FoodShare outreach and application help, mobile ...
Wisconsin legislative maps redrawn. Why not congressional maps?
Nov 25, 2024 · The Wisconsin Supreme Court declined to reconsider the congressional maps after tossing out the state legislative maps last December.
Wisconsin 2024 voter guide: What you need to know
Over the past two months, the race for the White House between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump has dominated the political conversation — especially in a critical battleground state like Wisconsin. But on Nov. 5 there will be scores of other races on the ballots of Wisconsin voters, including contests for U.S. …
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Early voting in Wisconsin: Here’s what you need to know
Oct 21, 2024 · Punch in your address, and MyVote will show you the locations, days and times that in-person absentee voting is available in your community. In Madison, for example, there will be as many as 21 early voting sites spread across the city, depending on the day.
DataWatch: Fight against fluoride is expanding locally, nationally
Nov 26, 2024 · The Wisconsin State Journal reported that multiple communities are removing fluoride from their water systems. Opponents of fluoridated water cited a report on fluoride being harmful to children. However, the CDC named fluoridated water systems as one of the greatest health achievements of the 1900s.
Report: Gun violence down across Wisconsin, including Milwaukee
Dec 6, 2024 · Gun violence homicides dropped by nearly 17% in Wisconsin over the first eight months of 2024 compared to the same time period in 2023, according to a report by the Center for American Progress, a nonpartisan policy institute.