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KNOW YOUR LEGAL RIGHTS: New limits on student cellphones in Wisconsin schools

Starting July 1, 2026, every Wisconsin public school district must limit student use of personal cellphones and other wireless devices during instructional time. If you are a parent, this does not ...
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Support educational farm stay bill legislation

Wisconsin legislators should support a bill that would open the door for more local control and revenue opportunities for Wisconsin’s farm families. Under current law, the Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection issues licenses to and regulates campgrounds, and a person may not manage or operate a campground without such a license. According to the Legislative Reference Burea...

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Holding doctors accountable in youth gender cases
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Holding doctors accountable in youth gender cases

Detransitioner Fox Varian, 22, recently won a major victory in the fight to protect children’s bod...

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Put the brakes on self-driving vehicles in Wisconsin

Wisconsin legislators need to put the brakes on a plan to use Wisconsin residents as crash test dummies and the state’s roads as test tracks for untested technology. Rep. Dave Maxey (R-New Berlin) has called for Wisconsin to open the door to having fully autonomous vehicles on the state’s roadways. As reported in the Feb. 4 Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, Maxey testified in support of legislati...

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State payments rise; municipal service costs increase more

State policymakers provided the largest funding increase on record in 2025 for a program that reimburses municipalities to provide services to state facilities such as colleges, universities, or prisons. This increased the state’s reimbursement rate for service costs incurred by municipalities. However, the gap still increased between municipalities’ estimated cost to provide these services...

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Sweet dreams start with small habits
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Sweet dreams start with small habits

In a fast-paced world with an ever-present to-do list, it can be tempting to cut into our sleep time...

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Social media bans must walk a fine line between freedom and order

Where does safeguarding end and censorship begin? When does a shelter become a prison cell? Wisconsin legislators are joining a growing number of states answering the public call for safeguards to keep children off of social media platforms. Around the country and around the world, restrictions are being put in place to prevent impressionable young people from being exposed to images and ide...

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