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National

Wisconsin's Moves Ahead With Tuesday Primary As Campaigns And Polls Adapt

8:00am April 05, 2020

by Maayan Silver

In this swing state, the outbreak is forcing political parties to retool their get-out-the-vote efforts, and making some conservatives reconsider absentee voting.

View of a Willet bird in the foamy water in front of the setting sun at Fort Myers Beach, Fla., in winter.

National

Some Snowbirds Headed North Told To Stay In Their Southern Nests

5:00am April 01, 2020

by Danielle Kaeding

People who migrate South for winter are being told not to return to their year-round homes in the North. Some places that typically welcome their return are asking people to stay away.

Foxconn's substation under construction in Mount Pleasant, Wis., on Dec. 15, 2019. State officials hope the company will help turn the region into the next Silicon Valley.

National

Foxconn's Promises Slow To Materialize In Wisconsin

5:45pm January 14, 2020

Foxconn was touted as part of a new revival in U.S. manufacturing, and state officials offered nearly $4 billion to lure the company to Wisconsin. Things haven't gone quite as planned.

Prisoners pass through a courtyard at Waupun Correctional Institution. Officials in some prison towns have come up with creative ways to avoid forming voting districts made up primarily of prisoners. But in many others, political lines are drawn around pr

'Your Body Being Used': Where Prisoners Who Can't Vote Fill Voting Districts

1:28pm December 31, 2019

The U.S. census counts incarcerated people as residents of where they are imprisoned. In many prison towns, that has led to voting districts made up primarily of prisoners who can't vote.

Kenosha County, Wis., law enforcement officials discovered 31,000 THC-filled cartridges in a condo.

National

Wisconsin Woman And Her Sons Charged With Running Illegal Vaping Operation

1:44pm October 09, 2019

by Cheryl Corley

Police say the trio ran one of the country's largest illegal manufacturing vaping businesses. Officials continue to investigate what's behind the deaths and illnesses linked to vaping.

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Courtney Hering, who is getting married next year, is planning a slightly more lavish wedding reception. After seven years at Kohler, she finally feels like she has found a professional home.

2-Tiered Wages Under Fire: Workers Challenge Unequal Pay For Equal Work

5:55am May 21, 2019

by Scott Horsley

For years after the Great Recession, employers were reluctant to boost wages. Now a tight labor market is giving workers the leverage they need to demand a larger slice of the nation's economic pie.

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Author and historian Ron Chernow speaks at the annual White House Correspondents' Association dinner in Washington, D.C., on Saturday.

Politics & Government

Trump Rallies Supporters As White House Correspondents' Gala Celebrates A Free Press

11:11am April 28, 2019

by Francesca Paris

The president skipped the annual White House Correspondents' Association dinner in favor of a rally, where he touted economic growth and mocked Democratic presidential contenders.

Tom Wilke, his son Chad, and Nick Kenny launch a boat into the swollen waters of the Elkhorn River to check on Witke's flooded property, in Norfolk, Neb., on Friday, March 15.

National

The Midwest Battles Historic Floods In The Aftermath Of 'Bomb Cyclone'

6:21pm March 16, 2019

by Shannon Van Sant

A powerful weather system swept through the region last week, bringing blizzard conditions and leaving many communities with record-setting floods.

Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers, pictured earlier this month, issued an executive order on Monday recalling all National Guard and Airmen troops from the U.S.-Mexico border.

National

Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers Pulls National Guard From Border, Says 'No Justification'

10:04am February 26, 2019

by Vanessa Romo

"There is simply not ample evidence to support the president's contention of a national security crisis at our southwestern border," Evers said after issuing the order Monday.

Commuters wait for a train as snow falls in Chicago. With a polar vortex hitting the Midwest, wind chills could dip to 55 degrees below zero in northern Illinois.

National

Polar Vortex Hits The Midwest With Life-Threatening Cold Temperatures

7:07pm January 28, 2019

by Shannon Van Sant

The arctic air will stretch from Illinois west through the Dakotas until Thursday.