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Evers' State of the State Address focuses on investing in kids, mental health and reducing crime
MADISON (WKOW) — Competing boos and cheers could be heard ringing through the crowd during Democratic Gov. Tony Evers's State of the State Address on Wednesday, as part of a rare opportunity to ...
The Post-Crescent5d
Wisconsin employers could get money to help workers with child care costs under Evers' plan
Child care took center stage in Democratic Gov. Tony Evers' State of the State address this week. In his speech, he declared 2025 "the Year of the Kid." With lawmakers’ looking on and thousands ...
The Hill5d
Mississippi bill would pay bounty hunters to catch immigrants without legal status
A Mississippi district attorney proposed new legislation Wednesday to pay bounty hunters a reward for helping to deport immigrants in the country illegally. DeSoto County District Attorney Matthew ...
The Hill6d
Mississippi state lawmaker introduces Contraception Begins at Erection Act with fines for masturbation
A Democratic Mississippi state senator introduced legislation this week that would make it unlawful for men to masturbate “without the intent to fertilize an embryo,” with the lawmaker ...
USA Today6d
Mississippi bill limiting men's sexual rights takes aim at laws targeting women
A bill to ban unprotected sex without the intent of procreation has been filed by a Democrat in the Mississippi Senate. The bill is called the "Contraception Begins at Erection Act." And while the ...
The Clarion-Ledger6d
Mississippi bill would create bounty hunter program to hunt undocumented migrants
A new bill in Mississippi, if passed, would create a bounty hunting program to hunt down undocumented migrants. DeSoto County District Attorney Matthew Barton announced the proposed legislation in ...
Associated Press6d
Wisconsin’s Evers calls for gun control measures and a bipartisan approach to immigration
Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers waves as he’s introduced at the annual State of the State address Wednesday, Jan ...
Madison.com6d
Gov. Tony Evers pledges support for youth mental health, gun violence measures in 'Year of the Kid'
In his seventh State of the State address Wednesday, Democratic Gov. Tony Evers declared 2025 the “year of the kid” as he announced plans to direct nearly $300 million in mental health services and ...
The Clarion-Ledger5d
Trump wants to kill or change FEMA. What could that mean for Mississippi disaster relief?
Here's what we know about what organizations the president wants to change and how much FEMA provides Mississippi. State health department reports first pediatric flu death of this season in ...
The Clarion-Ledger6d
'Contraception Begins at Erection': Mississippi bill would fine unprotected sex
A bill to ban unprotected sex without the intent of procreation has been filed by a Democrat in the Mississippi Senate. The bill is called the "Contraception Begins at Erection Act." And while the ...
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GOP leaders calls on Gov. Evers to rethink policy, consider Wisconsin tax cuts
Republican and conservative leaders in Wisconsin are calling again for tax cuts after Gov. Tony Evers touted his fiscal policy in Wednesday’s State of the State speech. Evers has a “distorted memory” ...