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Rebecca Bradley, Wisconsin GOP Supreme Court justice, announces exit While not announcing her next move, Justice Rebecca Bradley said fellow conservatives need to “take stock of their failures and fix it.”

Pot, meet kettle: Justice Rebecca Bradley quits Wisconsin’s high court over partisanship she created.

YouTube video by UpNorthNews Rep. Angela Stroud Interview – Aug 26, 2025

In this week's WayUpNorth segment, Rep. Angela Stroud (D-Ashland) talks about post-budget listening sessions – and the ridiculousness of some colleagues who enjoy micromanaging faculty, cheating our public schools, and trashing their Indigenous neighbors.
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YouTube video by UpNorthNews Rep. Angela Stroud Interview – Aug 26, 2025

In this week's WayUpNorth segment, Rep. Angela Stroud (D-Ashland) talks about post-budget listening sessions – and the ridiculousness of some colleagues who enjoy micromanaging faculty, cheating our public schools, and trashing their Indigenous neighbors.
youtu.be/cyIiFzte0Xs?...

Rural health care faces ‘death spiral’ from GOP Medicaid cuts A doctor from Tomah talks to Pete Buttigieg’s online audiences about cuts in services and longer travel times for life-or-death care.

“Rural hospitals are infrastructure,” we’re reminded by Dr. Jill McMullen of Tomah. If a community loses its hospital due to Republican cuts to Medicaid, it affects everyone who needs care—especially in emergencies.

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Wisconsin has plenty of experience with partisan gerrymandering of political maps. That’s why Democrats here are united behind their Texas colleagues fighting a Republican effort to rig that state’s congressional maps.
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Trump’s IVF promise is being broken and will hit 175,000 Wisconsin women with fertility issues Report says White House has no plans to press for a private insurance mandate or government support, despite repeated promises by the self-described “fertilization president”

There was nothing vague about what President Donald Trump promised last year: full coverage of IVF. There are still no signs he’s going to turn that pledge into policy, extending the heartache for thousands of Wisconsin women facing infertility and pregnancy issues.
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Who is (and isn’t) running for Wisconsin governor in 2026? Gov. Tony Evers’ retirement will set off a feeding frenzy of political ambition for the first open governor’s seat in 16 years, and the ripple effect could be many more open races down the Wisconsin b...

Hello, Blewskis!
(Hey we're the state known for brewskis and no one's come up with a better name for the BlueSky community.. so Blewskis it'll be, for now.)

It seems appropriate that Post No. 1 gets to the main event we'll be covering for the next 64 weeks.
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