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Evers signs law extending Wisconsin’s postpartum Medicaid coverage

Thousands of mothers in Wisconsin will now have access to postpartum Medicaid coverage after Gov. Tony Evers signed a bill extending the program from 60 days to one year. The effort has been years in the making, with Evers including it in all four of his proposed budgets since he took office ...

Ousted interim US attorney allowed to stay on job in Wisconsin

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi is allowing an ousted interim federal prosecutor to continue overseeing cases in Wisconsin with a new title in what's becoming a familiar move in federal judicial districts across the nation as Democrats in the U.S. Senate delay ...

Wisconsin Senate passes $133M package to combat PFAS

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Legislature sent a $133 million plan to combat contamination from so-called forever chemicals to Gov. Tony Evers for his approval Tuesday, promising an end to years of squabbling between the Democratic governor and Republican lawmakers over the ...

Wisconsin legislator pleads no contest to disorderly conduct

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin legislator has pleaded no contest to a misdemeanor count of disorderly conduct in connection with a bitter feud with her caucus over being excluded from resolutions honoring Hispanics and breaking with her party on state budget and legislative district ...

Blizzard brings region to standstill, to have effects for days

One of the most-anticipated winter storms in perhaps decades slammed into the region early Sunday, dropping a foot or more of snow and shutting down almost all activity across the Upper Peninsula and northern Wisconsin. Local residents mostly hunkered down at home Sunday as the storm rolled ...

Massive storm brings snow and winds to US Midwest

CHICAGO (AP) — Successive punches of snow and wind were set to impact the eastern half of the United States on Monday as severe weather swept across much of the nation and made roads impassable in the Upper Midwest. Forecasters said mid-Atlantic states and Washington, D.C., were at greatest ...