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The latest on the Key Bridge collapse, New York puts forth legislation to get clean energy projects on the grid and Wisconsin and other states join a federal summer food program to help feed kids across the country.

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Republicans float conspiracy theories on the collapse of Baltimore's Key Bridge, South Carolina's congressional elections will use a map ruled unconstitutional, and the Senate schedules an impeachment trial for Homeland Secretary Mayorkas.

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Historic wildfires could create housing and health issues for rural Texans, a Kentucky program helps prison parolees start a new life, and descendants of Nicodemus, Kansas celebrate the Black settlers who journeyed across the 1870s plains seeking self-governance.

WI: Welfare Reform

Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker says
State Senator Questions Assumptions about Wisconsin Support Programs

MADISON, Wis. — Democratic state senator Kathleen Vinehout of Alma says the package of proposals under Special Assembly Bill 6 makes false …

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PHOTO: About 420,000 Wisconsinites on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) will be directly affected by future Farm Bill negotiations in Congress.
Farm Bill Negotiations Directly Affect 420,000 in WI

MADISON, Wis. - The nearly 420,000 Wisconsinites who receive nutrition assistance or food stamps have found themselves at the center of the debate …

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A WI Woman’s Perspective on 2011: Not A Good Year

MILWAUKEE, Wis. - Gov. Scott Walker's 2011-2013 budget made substantial cuts to a number of programs, such as child-care funding, W2 and Badger Care…

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ID Cards for Illegal Immigrants: A Good Thing?

President Obama and Mexican President Felipe Calderon on Wednesday criticized Arizona's law that makes failure to carry immigration documents a crime…

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Children's Defense Fund: Stimulus Shouldn't Leave Wisconsin Kids Behind

Madison, WI - A new report from the Children's Defense Fund (CDF) says Wisconsin fares relatively well when it comes to taking care of its young…

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