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Private group works to free Americans, locals loyal to U.S. from Afghanistan

Private group works to free Americans, locals loyal to U.S. from Afghanistan

by Zoya Mirza | Jan 25, 2022 | Featured, Immigration

WASHINGTON – In the late hours of a cold Saturday evening, Sadia Ali and her family sat huddled together in a car parked outside of a defunct federal office situated west of the Hamid Karzai International Airport. Holding hands and clutching onto overstuffed backpacks...
March for Life attendees cite their faith. So do their opponents

March for Life attendees cite their faith. So do their opponents

by Annie Klingenberg | Jan 25, 2022 | Featured, Politics

WASHINGTON — Since 1974, anti-abortion activists have gathered each January in Washington, D.C., to protest the abortion rights granted under Roe v. Wade in January of 1973. With the Supreme Court set to issue a major ruling on abortion rights later this year...
ROLL CALL: KEY VOTES FROM THE WISCONSIN CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION THIS WEEK

ROLL CALL: KEY VOTES FROM THE WISCONSIN CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION THIS WEEK

by Cristobella Durrette | Jan 25, 2022 | Featured, Politics

Here’s how members of Wisconsin’s congressional delegation voted on major issues last week. HOUSE SUPPLEMENTAL IMPACT AID FLEXIBILITY ACT: Voting 414 for and 6 against, the House on Tuesday approved a bill (S.2959) to allow local education agencies involved in the...
How federal voting rights legislation would have impacted Wisconsin

How federal voting rights legislation would have impacted Wisconsin

by Courtney Degen | Jan 25, 2022 | Featured, Politics

WASHINGTON — Major voting rights legislation died in the Senate on Wednesday night, at least temporarily ending the potential for changes to Wisconsin election laws and a GOP-led effort to restrict voting rights in the state. The Freedom to Vote: John R. Lewis Act...
Biden calls on local leaders to make use of infrastructure, COVID-19 relief funds

Biden calls on local leaders to make use of infrastructure, COVID-19 relief funds

by Ariel Gans | Jan 21, 2022 | Featured, Politics

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden on Friday encouraged local leaders to spend federal funds made available to them through COVID-19 relief and infrastructure packages. The money, he said while speaking at the U.S. Conference of Mayors at the Capital Hilton in...
Black-owned vegan restaurant finds success in Milwaukee amid pandemic

Black-owned vegan restaurant finds success in Milwaukee amid pandemic

by Quinn Clark | Jan 21, 2022 | Business, Featured

The first time the Twisted Plants food trailer made its appearance on the streets of Milwaukee, the trailer disconnected from the hitch. The second, the grill tipped over. That was in 2019, and what began as a food trailer specializing in plant-based comfort food...
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