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Wisconsin Supreme Court’s liberal majority strikes down 176-year-old abortion ban

The Senate side of the Capitol is seen in Washington, early Monday, June 30, 2025, as Republicans plan to begin a final push to advance President Donald Trump's big tax breaks and spending cuts package. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

The Latest: Senate passes Trump tax bill after turbulent all-night session

The Senate side of the Capitol is seen in Washington, early Monday, June 30, 2025, as Republicans plan to begin a final push to advance President Donald Trump's big tax breaks and spending cuts package. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

The Latest: Senate leader says Trump’s big bill is close to passage

FILE - Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers gives the annual State of the State address, Jan. 22, 2025, at the state Capitol in Madison, Wis. (AP Photo/Morry Gash, File)

Wisconsin's budget includes tax cuts, university funding boost and prison closure

Wisconsin Assembly Speaker Robin Vos, R-Rochester, talks on the phone after legislators delayed what was supposed to be the final day of the Joint Finance Committee budget votes on Friday, June 27, 2025, at the Wisconsin State Capitol in Madison, Wis. Friday’s Joint Finance Committee meeting didn’t kick off until after 10 p.m. and left several topics unresolved. (Joe Timmerman / Wisconsin Watch)

Here’s how Wisconsin’s Republican budget compares with public opinion

Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., walks to the chamber as Senate Republicans work to pass President Donald Trump's bill of tax breaks and spending cuts by his July Fourth deadline, at the Capitol in Washington, Sunday, June 29, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

The Latest: July deadline for Trump's tax and spending bill approaches

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., updates reporters as Senate Republicans work to advance President Donald Trump's sweeping domestic policy bill, at the Capitol in Washington, Friday, June 27, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

What's in the latest version of Trump's big bill now before the Senate

Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., arrives for a closed-door Republican meeting to advance President Donald Trump's sweeping domestic policy bill, at the Capitol in Washington, Friday, June 27, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Senators voting in weekend session to meet Trump's deadline for passing his tax and spending cuts

author in a row boat on a wilderness lake

A Canoe Floats Through It

Janith Farnham signs "water" while she and her daughter, Jacque, look at an artwork of a waterfall at the Visual Arts Center at the Washington Pavilion in Sioux Falls, S.D., on May 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Shelby Lum)

Many forget the damage done by diseases like whooping cough, measles and rubella. Not these families

FILE - This undated photo provided by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) shows a blacklegged tick, also known as a deer tick, a carrier of Lyme disease. (CDC via AP, File)

How to protect yourself from ticks year-round

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Dunn County Board of Supervisors for June 18, 2025

President Donald Trump departs after speaking at an event to promote his domestic policy and budget agenda in the East Room of the White House, Thursday, June 26, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

The Latest: Overnight revisions put Trump’s big bill back on track

FILE - The Supreme Court is seen on Capitol Hill in Washington, Dec. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

The Latest: Supreme Court limits nationwide injunctions, but fate of birthright citizenship unclear

FILE - The Supreme Court is seen on Capitol Hill in Washington, Dec. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Supreme Court has 6 cases to decide, including birthright citizenship

FILE - The entrance to the Wisconsin Supreme Court chambers is seen inside the state Capitol in Madison, Wis., March 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Todd Richmond, File)

Wisconsin Supreme Court refuses to hear challenges to the state's congressional district boundaries

Assembly Republicans gathered ahead of the floor session to stress the need for bipartisan negotiations and progress on writing the state budget. (Photo by Baylor Spears/Wisconsin Examiner)

Budget deadline looms as Assembly approves new programs without funds, passes nuclear power bills

President Donald Trump speaks to the media in the Oval Office at the White House, Tuesday, June 10, 2025, in Washington, as Interior Secretary Doug Burgum, Director of the Office of Management and Budget Russell Vought and Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem, look on. ( (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Lawsuit challenges billions of dollars in Trump administration funding cuts

FILE - Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers gives the annual State of the State address, Jan. 22, 2025, at the state Capitol in Madison, Wis. (AP Photo/Morry Gash, File)

Wisconsin Supreme Court sides with Republican Legislature in fight with governor

Don Millis and Ann Jacob, the former and current chairs of the Wisconsin Elections Commission, testify Tuesday, Feb. 4, at an Assembly hearing on a commission rule for election observers. (Photo by Erik Gunn/Wisconsin Examiner)

Elections commission publishes election observer rule

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