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Domestic violence victim advocates fear there could be a rise in more violent and deadly abuse or more people stuck with their abusers after the recent Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade.
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Studies show a child dies on a farm once every three days and there are 33 injuries per day in the United States -
The Wisconsin Supreme Court says a Republican-appointed member of the state Department of Natural Resources policy board can remain on the panel even though his term ended more than a year ago.
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About a third of Wisconsin students read below the basic level, according to the Literacy Task Force of Wisconsin. The task force is trying to address this issue.
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The lawsuit Tuesday targets the lead investigator, former Supreme Court justice Michael Gableman, for his practice of deleting records he didn’t deem useful to his investigation.
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Wisconsin's Democratic attorney general has filed a lawsuit seeking to block the state's 173-year-old ban on abortions. Wisconsin adopted statutes in 1849 banning doctors from performing abortions unless the mother's life is in danger.
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Anti-abortion groups in Wisconsin say they will work with lawmakers next year to update or replace the state's 1849 abortion ban.
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Illinois' abortion clinics are bolstering their services along the state's borders, in an effort to handle a surge of out-of-state patients who now will need to come to Illinois for reproductive health care.
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Many Americans appear to have changed their minds when it comes climate change.A survey released last week by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and NPR found 70% of the U.S. sees climate change as crisis and a major problem.
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