Effects of government shutdown spread on day 31, from health costs to food to flights

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Gov. Evers Signs Executive Order Declaring State of Emergency, Period of Economic Disruption Due to the Ongoing Federal Government Shutdown and Lapse in FoodShare Benefits

Chinese President Xi Jinping, center, meets with President Donald Trump, not in photo, at Gimhae International Airport in Busan, South Korea, Thursday, Oct. 30, 2025. Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi is at center right. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

The Latest: China agrees to buy 25M metric tons of US soybeans each year, treasury secretary says

A volunteer sorts items for distribution at the Oregon Food Bank in Portland, Ore., Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane)

Judge to consider demand to force the government to keep funding SNAP food aid despite the shutdown

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SNAP benefits are ending Saturday nationwide - here is some local help

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Hunters: Help Your Fellow Wisconsinites Experiencing Food Insecurity By Participating In Deer Donation Program

South Carolina Department of Social Services Director Tony Catone talks about the state's plans to deal with the suspension of SNAP benefits at a news conference on Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2025, in West Columbia, S.C. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Collins)

What to know as federal food help and preschool aid will run dry Saturday if shutdown persists

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Where to turn for help

Monty Lilford works in the fabrication shop at B&B Agri Sales in Buffalo County, Wis., on Oct. 6, 2025. (Paul Kiefer / Wisconsin Watch)

Farmers turn to flawed visa program in search for legal labor. Now the rules — and costs — are changing.

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Stepping Stones Seeking Community Support to Provide Thanksgiving Meals

Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers gives the annual State of the State address, Jan. 22, 2025, at the state Capitol in Madison, Wis. Evers announced on July 24 that he won’t run for a third time. Morry Gash/AP Photo

Wisconsin FoodShare Program to Run Out of Funding in 8 Days

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Farmers Union Donates 35,000 Pounds of Pork to Feeding America Eastern Wisconsin

FILE - A worker harvests cabbage March 5, 2025, in Holtville, Calif. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull, File)

A recipe for avoiding 15 million deaths a year and climate disaster is fixing food, scientists say

Brian Warpup inspects one of his soybean fields in Warren, Ind., Thursday, Sept. 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)

Trump's trade battle with China puts US soybean farmers in peril

A farmer uses a combine to harvest soybeans Thursday, Oct. 8, 2020, near Lancaster, Wis. Angela Major/WPR

As Wisconsin soybean harvest begins, farmers are missing their biggest buyer

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After cuts to food stamps, Trump administration ends government's annual report on hunger in America

All different kinds of organic sugars are displayed on shelves at a grocery store in Deerfield, Ill., Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

Organic food prices could soar as US imposes import restrictions and new tariffs on specialty sugar

The Wisconsin group attending the 2025 National Farmers Union Fly-In to Washington, D.C. Sept. 8-10 included, left to right, (front row) LaToya Bates, Milwaukee; Camryn Billen, Eau Claire; Elizabeth Yost, Chippewa Falls; Julia Keegan, Augusta; (second row) Linda Ceylor, Catawba; Sadie Elwood, Chippewa Falls; Erin Thompson, Madison; Jess D’Souza, Mt. Horeb; Michelle Ramirez-White, Madison; (third row) Layne Cozzolino, Amherst Junction; Austin Pethan, Chilton; Kate Rosen, Glenwood City; Noreen Mucha, Waukesha

Wisconsin Farmers Join National Call for Farm Bill Action

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Discover Wisconsin: Summer is sweet corn season in Wisconsin

The H-2A visa program allows U.S. agricultural employers to temporarily employ foreign workers to fill seasonal jobs. (Adobe Stock)

WI Farm Bureau: Immigration reform could address labor shortage

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