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Policy

Wisconsin legislators want to tighten the state's margarine laws

A bipartisan group of Wisconsin lawmakers is pushing to strengthen limits on margarine, an effort that's a reminder of a century-and-a-half long squabble over the butter substitute and the state's dairy industry.

Mandela Barnes enters 2026 race for Wisconsin governor

Stacey Murillo Martinez holds a smart phone with a vertical wedding portrait of her and husband Miguel on its screen while sitting at a wood table in a room with wood flooring and with shelves with food containers in the background on one side and another room with chairs, lamps, wall art and other items to the other side.

Courts

Local courts in Wisconsin are left with loose ends when ICE detains criminal defendants

A group of people sit on the outside of four tables with metal legs and laminate surfaces arranged in a square, with plates of food, beverage containers, phones, papers and paper name plats on their surfaces, in a room with a large monitor mounted on a wall next to a metal and glass door, with a table with food and beverages on its surface in front of a window on an adjacent wall.

Health

Community Living Room aims to foster connection, fight loneliness in the Fox Valley

A ceiling-mounted brass enclosed letter sign with the words Judge Hannah C. Dugan and the number 615 is overhead in a hallway with fluorescent lighting outside the wood-paneled entrance to a room, with other signs affixed on and next to the door.

Politics

Federal judge says Dugan trial will proceed as planned

A carved sign reading Supreme Court and a carving of a scroll with scales stands above a doorway under a pediment.

Courts

Wisconsin Supreme Court sets three-judge panels to hear a pair of congressional redistricting lawsuits

Economy

Justin Sydnor on health insurance direct payment proposals

An illustration shows a physician using an otoscope to examine the ear of a patient.

Health

How to navigate the Health Insurance Marketplace as costs rise and options shrink

Politics

Charles Franklin on polling voters about the Epstein files

Mark Sommerhauser and Frederica Freyberg sit facing each other on the Here & Now set.

Politics

'Here & Now' Highlights: Mark Sommerhauser, Justin Sydnor, Charles Franklin, Jeff Pritzl

A still image shows Charles Franklin seated at the 'Here & Now' set featuring wood paneling, with a graphic at bottom reading 'Charles Franklin' and 'Marquette University Law School.''

Politics

Local courts in Wisconsin are left with loose ends when ICE detains criminal defendants

Health

Community Living Room aims to foster connection, fight loneliness in the Fox Valley

Politics

Federal judge says Dugan trial will proceed as planned

Courts

Wisconsin Supreme Court sets three-judge panels to hear a pair of congressional redistricting lawsuits

Economy

Justin Sydnor on health insurance direct payment proposals

Health

How to navigate the Health Insurance Marketplace as costs rise and options shrink

Politics

Charles Franklin on polling voters about the Epstein files

Politics

'Here & Now' Highlights: Mark Sommerhauser, Justin Sydnor, Charles Franklin, Jeff Pritzl

Politics

Charles Franklin on Trump's approval ratings as 2025 ends

Health

Justin Sydnor on rising costs for ACA health insurance plans

Policy

Mark Sommerhauser on online sports betting law in Wisconsin

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