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Door Dash spent nearly $2 million lobbying for a bill in Wisconsin to ban employee benefits for drivers
2+ hour, 33+ min ago (1038+ words) Field Notes on Climate The delivery app company Door Dash, based in California, spent more than double that of any other organization in Wisconsin lobbying in 2025 as it pressed lawmakers to support a bill to ban drivers from being classified…...
Push for raw milk accelerates across the US amid health warnings and illness outbreaks
3+ week, 6+ day ago (1758+ words) Proponents of raw milk are pushing to make the unpasteurized product more widely available and easy to obtain with more than three dozen bills introduced in statehouses across the United States, while health officials continue warnings about potentially deadly germs....
Wisconsin takes millions of dollars from foster kids and their parents
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (1714+ words) Republican and Democratic state lawmakers want authorities to stop collecting child support and Social Security payments intended to support foster kids, but the Wisconsin Legislature didn't act on bills intended to address these practices as its 2026 session ended. Wisconsin agencies…...
Gerrymandering, mail-in ballots and the 2026 spring election
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (698+ words) Judges reject a congressional redistricting case, the Trump administration seeks to block mail-in ballots and Wisconsin's 2026 Supreme Court election arrives " Inside Wisconsin Politics examines each. By Shawn Johnson, Zac Schultz, Anya van Wagtendonk, Rich Kremer | PBS Wisconsin, Wisconsin Public Radio…...
Watch Nature Project Shark | WILD HOPE on PBS Wisconsin
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (631+ words) John Mc Givern's Main Streets 03/02/26 | 15m 35s | Rating: NR When a passionate shark conservationist partners with one of the top shark hunters in East Lombok, Indonesia to create an ecotourism venture called "Project Hiu," their lives and that of those in their…...
Howard Schweber on training for and protocols of ICE agents
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (57+ words) John Mc Givern's Main Streets UW-Madison political science professor emeritus Howard Schweber discusses differences among immigration officers and other federal law enforcement in terms of their training and operational practices. By Frederica Freyberg | Here & Now Howard Schweber on differences among…...
The politics of remote work and Wisconsin state employees
8+ mon, 1+ week ago (1103+ words) A bill before the Wisconsin Legislature seeks to halt most remote work practices for state employees and require in-office work, even as state government moves toward reducing office building costs. By Steven Potter | Here & Now Copy and Paste the Following…...