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Activists Gets Requested Veto Of Milwaukee Redistricting Maps
Voces de la Frontera gets Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett to veto redistricting maps to draft increased Latino representation in the city.

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Voces de la Frontera gets Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett to veto redistricting maps to draft increased Latino representation in the city.

Uninsured adults were least able to get their prescriptions filled due to the cost of prescription drugs.
A new bill would ban Wisconsin courts from imposing life sentences without the possibility of release for juvenile offenders.
Defense attorneys worry that a push to set higher bail in reaction to this case will have unintended consequences for low-income people.
Elections commissioners responded to an audit report over the administration's actions during the 2020 election through a unanimous vote.
The money would come in the form of federal coronavirus relief funds.
Wisconsin's attorney general joins a multi-state coalition to support federal funds for family planning.
A COVID-19 case linked to the omicron variant of coronavirus was found in Minnesota on Thursday.
A social worker riding alongside police and fire services will focus on addressing mental health and substance abuse struggles.
Doctors already struggling with the delta variant of coronavirus in Wisconsin see intensive care beds fill up before the omicron variant.
The federal mandate to ensure workers throughout the country are vaccinated against COVID-19 was blocked in 10 states by a judge.
A Republican-led senate committee advanced a bill to ban teaching certain topics about race to a potential vote in January.
A member of the Wolf Management Plan Committee was cited twice for state trapping laws.
Sweetened, dried cranberry snacks are no longer considered candy under the new state budget.
Sales for gun, bow, crossbow, sports and patron licenses reached nearly 800K on Nov. 21.
The hedge fund offered to buy a company that owns newspapers in Racine, Kenosha and Madison.
Experts say Wisconsin residents should get vaccinated, mask up and ventilate at Thanksgiving gatherings this year.
The nonprofit group that helps Wisconsinites find health insurance coverage gets a $2 million boost.
The proposal offers a chance to address climate change while also building skills and creating living wage jobs for people in need of them.
The Jefferson County judge ruled that the state wildlife agency chose not to hold a wolf hunt last winter.