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DFI Launches New Scam Prevention Tool
MADISON, WI (WTAQ-WRN) — A new tool has been launched in Wisconsin to help spot and avoid financial scams. The Wisconsin Department of Financial Institution’s investment scam tracker includes descriptions of frauds or deceptive scams based on previous consumer complaints to DFI. The scam tracker lets you search...
Republican Voters Against Trump features former Trump voters
Republican Voters Against Trump announced a new $1 million ad campaign in Wisconsin that the group calls its largest effort of the campaign. It will include ads that will run on streaming TV services and YouTube through the end of August in Milwaukee and Madison as well as billboards. The...
Kamala Harris to visit Wisconsin with running mate as part of battleground state tour Wednesday
MINNEAPOLIS — Vice President Kamala Harris, the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, will be in Wisconsin next week with her as-yet-unnamed running mate.On Thursday, the Harris campaign announced that she and her running mate will be holding a battleground state tour that will include Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Michigan, North Carolina, Georgia, Arizona and Nevada.The tour kicks off on Tuesday evening in Philadelphia, with Harris visiting Eau Claire on Wednesday morning. The tour will conclude next Saturday in Las Vegas.According to her campaign, Harris and her running mate will be meeting voters "where they are" and highlighting the "stakes in this election."Harris is expected to...
Infant mortality rose in the U.S. for the first time since 2002, here's where Wisconsin stands
For the first time in 20 years, the infant mortality rate in the U.S. rose in 2022, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced last week. The nationwide rate rose from 5.4 to 5.6, meaning more than five of every 1,000 babies died before their first birthday in 2022. In Wisconsin, the...
Wisconsin student mental health struggles persist, according to DPI report
Wisconsin students are continuing to struggle with unprecedented mental health challenges with LGBTQ+ kids and girls facing disproportionate challenges, according to the Department of Public Instruction’s 2023 Youth Risk Behavior Survey Summary Report. The survey, which took place in the spring of 2023, included responses from 1,882 students in 42 public, charter and alternative high […]
Gun control group pumping money into swing-state races
Everytown for Gun Safety, a gun control group founded by former presidential candidate Mike Bloomberg, is planning to spend $45 million in several swing-state contests. The group endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris for president last week. “With MAGA Republicans pushing an extreme ‘guns everywhere’ agenda, this election is a life-or-death moment — so Everytown is […]
Aliisa Helminen, who first got her hands on a golf trophy at 4 months old, does it again in winning Wisconsin Junior Girls Championship
Adding her name to a golf trophy the size and importance of the one she did Wednesday at Hartford Golf Club might be relatively new territory for Aliisa Helminen. But evidence emerged after her victory at the Wisconsin State Junior Girls Championship of the time the Menasha golfer added herself to one.
Restaurant industry has been 'through the wringer'
I'm Hope Karnopp and this is the Daily Briefing newsletter by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Sign up here to get it sent to your inbox each morning. Happy first day of August — where has the summer gone? It'll be hot today, with a high near 85 degrees. Showers and thunderstorms are likely, especially after 4 p.m. into the evening. There's a slight chance of rain on Friday too, but Saturday is looking hot but dry for festivities...
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