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Candidates square off in battle for 32nd Senate seat
Incumbent Democratic Sen. Brad Pfaff of Onalaska is running for his second term. He faces Republican Stacey Klein, a financial advisor who currently serves on the nonpartisan Trempealeau County Board of Supervisors.
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Climate change isn’t a top issue in this election. Some Wisconsin voters say it should be.
As a part of WPR’s America Amplified project, more than a dozen Wisconsin voters listed climate change as their top concern as they head to the polls. But it’s not a top issue in the presidential race.
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Kamala Harris storms through Wisconsin, with events in Milwaukee, Green Bay, La Crosse
Vice President Kamala Harris started a busy day of campaigning across Wisconsin Thursday by meeting with business students at the University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee.
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Poultry farms turn to Facebook after processor abandons thousands of chickens
At least six Wisconsin farms are giving away tens of thousands of chickens raised for meat through posts on Facebook after their contracted processor abruptly closed last week.
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Oldenburg touts farmland preservation, flood recovery in reelection bid
“There’s only one land that we have; we can’t make any more of it. And as a 4th generation farmer, I understand that,” Rep. Loren Oldenburg, R-Viroqua, told Ezra Wall on “Morning Edition.” Oldenburg is running for the Assembly’s 96th District seat.
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Education funding, abortion rights top of mind for Assembly candidate Johnson
“There are so many school districts in the 96th Assembly district that are really struggling with the compounding of the state not fulfilling its funding to public schools over the last many years, cuts in special education funding that the state has also done, and the impact of vouchers,” Democratic candidate Tara Johnson told Ezra…
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Democratic Rep. Doyle doubles down on centrist approach in reelection bid
Doyle has a reputation for working across the aisle, even touting himself “Mr. Bipartisan.” But this year he faces an aggressive challenger in Republican Ryan Huebsch of Onalaska.
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Supplementing income off the farm, Accurate air quality data, New Driftless trail
We learn how workers in Wisconsin are looking to bolster family farm income via employment in surrounding communities. Then a Wisconsin professor talks about collaborating with NASA to ensure useful […]
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A new trail will connect 3 state parks in the Driftless Area
The Driftless Area Land Conservancy has started the process of working with private landowners to build a new trail, which will one day be 50 miles long.
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State estimates around 40 percent of private wells contain pesticides
The state estimates one or more pesticides are found in around 43 percent of 800,000 private wells in Wisconsin, and more than half of the pesticides detected in groundwater lack standards.