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VRF launches absentee ballot tracker 'to make voter information more accessible to the public'

By Emily Bevard | Apr 20, 2022

This week, the Voter Reference Foundation (VRF) -- which strives to ensure transparent, accurate and fair elections in the U.S. -- is launching a portal that allows the public to track sent and returned absentee ballots on a daily basis.

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'Inadequate or nothing at all': Meta internal memo makes no change to policy allowing solicitation of human smuggling

By Emily Bevard | Feb 12, 2022

A Feb. 1 report by the Washington Free Beacon states an internal memo from Meta (formerly Facebook) allows the solicitation of human smuggling on all platforms moving forward.

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Wisconsin feels pinch as annual U.S. inflation tops 40-year high

By Emily Bevard | Feb 9, 2022

Consumer prices increased by 7% in 2021, its highest jump since June 1982.

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'Be proud and be fit': Eau Claire joins 45 communities in second annual Be Active Wisconsin Community Fitness Challenge

By Emily Bevard | Feb 2, 2022

Eau Claire is joining 45 communities across Wisconsin in preparing for the second annual Be Active Wisconsin Community Fitness Challenge, kicking off during the month of March.

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'I voted to prevent a naked power grab by Democrats': Johnson joins majority in keeping filibuster rules

By Emily Bevard | Jan 28, 2022

A Senate vote failed to change the chamber’s filibuster rules, voting 48-52 against the change.

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'We remember the sacrifices of the Greatest Generation': Johnson honors those lost in Pearl Harbor attacks

By Emily Bevard | Dec 9, 2021

Eighty years after over 2,400 U.S. personnel lost their lives in the Pearl Harbor attacks, Wisconsin residents took time to remember, honor and thank those who paid the cost of freedom.

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Johnson calls out ‘reckless economic policies’ as inflation booms nationwide

By Emily Bevard | Nov 22, 2021

As inflation remains a growing concern across the country, many, including legislators have expressed concern for the increasing prices.

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'Protecting our environment from pollution is core to who we are': Evers thanks Eau Claire resident for cleaning trash along Chippewa River

By Emily Bevard | Nov 18, 2021

Eau Claire resident John Ellingsen spent the weekend organizing a community effort to clean up trash along the Chippewa River, hoping to prevent waste from making its way into the ocean.

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'Yes, I voted for that': Baldwin shares support for infrastructure bill set to create jobs, fix Wisconsin roads

By Emily Bevard | Nov 13, 2021

Sen. Tammy Baldwin took to social media this week, expressing support for President Joe Biden’s bipartisan infrastructure bill passed by the House of Representatives to bring approximately $5.5 billion in federal funding to Wisconsin.

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‘This is Joe Biden’s economy’: Hourly wages fall as inflation surges

By Emily Bevard | Nov 10, 2021

Average hourly wages have fallen 1.2% over the last year, with a 1.6% decrease in real average weekly earnings, according to the real earnings summary released by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Biden’s Build Back Better package to ‘reduce greenhouse admissions’ draws concerns

By Emily Bevard | Oct 27, 2021

Democrats from the House of Representatives gave details in September about their proposed $150 billion payment program as a part of President Biden’s Build Back Better package aiming to reduce and eventually remove greenhouse gas emissions from the energy sector, according to a report by Reuters.