Social Issues
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‘The miracle zone’: This Wisconsin family adopts terminally ill children
For the past 13 years, the Salcherts have adopted five children who have terminal prognoses. They hope to give the children love and a comforting home during their illness.
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Sex offenders who are homeless would have to wear GPS monitors under Republican bill
The bill would require any registered sex offender in Wisconsin to wear a GPS ankle monitor unless they can provide a permanent address.
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Wisconsin LGBTQ+ advocates condemn RFK Jr.’s gender-affirming care rules
One proposal would prohibit the use of Medicaid funds to cover the cost of gender-affirming care for patients under age 18. Another would block all Medicaid and Medicare funding from hospitals that provide pediatric gender-affirming care
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‘Oh Christmas Tree’: One family’s holiday fiasco
Every holiday season has its twinkles of drama. For journalist Dan Simmons of Shorewood, his unforgettable moment involves losing the family Christmas tree.
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Wisconsin program treating brain injuries, PTSD for veterans and first responders is expanding
The program recently moved to a new location at the Milwaukee County Research Park, which is more than triple the size of its former facility in Greenfield.
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Milwaukee Judge Hannah Dugan found guilty of felony
Milwaukee County Judge Hannah Dugan has been found guilty of one count against her and not guilty of another.
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Wisconsin dairy farm sued by EEOC for discrimination, sexual harassment
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is suing a Wisconsin dairy farm for national origin discrimination and sexual harassment, the EEOC announced earlier this week.Â
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Dugan’s attorneys argue ICE arrests at courthouse were ‘hardly routine’
Milwaukee County Judge Hannah Dugan chose not to testify in her defense in the high-profile federal case.
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Chief judge, public defender, court clerk among those to testify in day 3 of Dugan’s trial
On the third day of the high-profile trial against Judge Hannah Dugan, jurors heard from Dugan’s boss, Milwaukee County Chief Judge Carl Ashely.
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Jurors hear from string of federal agents on day 2 of Dugan trial
Jurors heard from a string of federal agents on the second day of a high-profile trial against Milwaukee County Judge Hannah Dugan.









