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Wausau ballot drop box stays in place after public weighs in on mayor briefly removing it

Wausau’s ballot drop box will remain in place without changes after the Wausau City Council rebuffed an attempt by Mayor Doug Diny to add funding for additional…
A ballot drop box was returned to outside City Hall on Sept. 30, 2024 after it was removed a week earlier by the city's mayor.

Replacing Wisconsin’s lead pipes, Regaining voting rights, Pet vet’s book for kids

We get an update on how far the state has come removing and replacing lead water lines. Then voters who’ve had that right restored discuss its importance…
lead pipe replacement in Milwaukee

Wisconsin’s U.S. Senate race, Results from new statewide testing standards released

The margins in the race between Democrat Tammy Baldwin and Republican Eric Hovde are shrinking. President Joe Biden was in Milwaukee yesterday to announce new funding going…

Republican Eric Hovde says momentum is on his side in latest US Senate bid

Republican Eric Hovde leaned heavily on his business acumen when he first ran for U.S. Senate more than a decade ago. This year, as he campaigns against…

Wisconsinites who lost voting rights after felonies share what voting means to them

An estimated 65,000 people in Wisconsin have lost their voting rights from felony convictions. For some, losing that right was the most painful part of their punishment.

The ‘secret sauce’ Sen. Tammy Baldwin hopes will propel her back to Washington

U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin won her first two statewide elections with support from throughout the state, including rural residents who’ve otherwise stopped voting for Democrats. She’s leaning…

In Milwaukee, Biden unveils federal deadline to replace lead pipes

Four weeks before Election Day, President Joe Biden visited Milwaukee to announce a new EPA rule on removing lead pipes.
Members of the Laborers' International union watch President Joe Biden's announcement of a new EPA rule requiring replacement of all lead water services lines by 2037, in Milwaukee on Oct. 8, 2024.

Wisconsin US Senate race rating moves to toss up

The Cook Political Report has changed it’s ranking of Wisconsin’s U.S. Senate race from “Lean Democrat” to “Tossup.”

In race for 85th Assembly seat, Snyder cites past experience while vowing to work with members of both parties

Pat Snyder said he is carefully considering the idea of expanding Medicaid, will try again to pass medical marijuana legislation and will reexamine Wisconsin’s tax brackets if…

Candidate Yee Leng Xiong stresses health care, bipartisanship in race for 85th Assembly seat

In an interview with WPR’s Shereen Siewert on “Morning Edition, Xiong said health care is among his top priorities if he is elected in November. He also…
Yee Leng Xiong, chair of the Marathon County Diversity Commission, speaks at a town hall meeting on the county's proposed "Community for All" resolution