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Category: Wisconsin Weekly
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Wisconsin Weekly: Widespread ‘forever chemicals’ contamination feared in Iowa, Illinois
PFAS testing in Quad Cities; house fire probed; urban farmers lack land; deaths up among Milwaukee’s unhoused; pregnancy centers criticized; towns reject COVID-19 aid
Wisconsin Weekly: Wisconsin clerks use multiple strategies to ensure accurate vote
Wisconsin ballot process explained; domestic violence rises; book banning in Elmbrook; oil refinery to reopen after explosion
Wisconsin Weekly: Will 2020 election deniers change future Wisconsin elections?
Wisconsin candidates mum on ‘stop the steal;’ evidence of PFAS danger grows; managing the Mississippi River; debate over clean energy costs; election worker’s false ballot requests
Wisconsin Weekly: Clerks prepare, LGBTQ policies debated, as Wisconsin election nears
Bracing for Nov. 8; anti-LGBTQ ‘panic’; growing our own food; formula shortage eases; packaging company’s political power; rain dampens Midwest ag; NYT examines Wisconsin’s democracy
Wisconsin Weekly: Wisconsin is hotspot for school board recall efforts during pandemic
School board recalls; nursing home deaths; GOP redistricting maps; PFAS action; jail’s letter ban
Wisconsin Weekly: Wisconsin activists identify holes but no conspiracy in voter roll claims
‘Incompetent’ voters debated; Afghan evacuees struggle to pay for college; nitrate is top pollutant; GOP courts Latinos; medical debt collection revived
Wisconsin Weekly: Mixed picture for Wisconsin workers after decade of anti-union laws
The state of Wisconsin unions; abortion stances split; clerks questioned by Trump allies; race and missing children; Menominee power over ancestral lands confirmed
Wisconsin Weekly: Mississippi River island dogged by polluted drinking water
PFAS woes; school lunch quality drops; ballot counting concerns grow; little work at Foxconn; Census worker alleges fraud; Lake Superior cruise ships debated
Wisconsin Weekly: U.S. spends heavily on health care but neglects social services’ role in boosting health
Medical examiner turmoil; abortion access flights; Elections Commission shakeup; hypnotist pushes election misinfo; baby formula crisis
Wisconsin Weekly: The scourge of Long COVID hits Wisconsin
Thousands sidelined by Long COVID; WI officials on Oath Keepers list; farmers turn to solar; Black suicide rate up; declining police ranks
Wisconsin Weekly: Lawsuit filed against former UW doctor
Child abuse doctor sued; WI’s food deserts; Barnes security costs high; invasives threaten the Mississippi; Supreme Court spouse: Overturn WI election