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Catholic Church Limits Reproductive Health Care

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One-third of all hospitals in Wisconsin are associated with the Catholic Church.  That’s the highest percentage in the country. Catholic hospitals are subject to the Ethical and Religious Directives written by the U.S. Council of Catholic Bishops.  Some of these directives are benign, such as requirements for service to the poor, but some, such as […]

Arts + Literature Laboratory Gets New Digs

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Ever since it moved from New Haven, Connecticut to Winnebago Street in Madison in 2016, the Arts and Literature Laboratory has sparked Madison’s Schenk-Atwood Neighborhood’s culture scene with a variety of gallery exhibits, musical performances, microcinema screenings, classes and workshops.  In the fall of 2019, Arts and Literature Laboratory announced that it was cementing its […]

Impeachment Update: Next Stop, the Senate

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On December 18, 2019, the U.S. House of Representatives voted 230-197 to charge President Donald Trump with abuse of power, and voted 229-198 to charge the President with obstruction of Congress.  After the vote, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi delayed transmittal of the articles of impeachment to the U.S. Senate — ostensibly to make […]

State Court judicial races becoming more partisan

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Lower courts make many times more decisions every year than the Supreme Court, and these have immense effects on state residents. Douglas Keith, Counsel at The Brennan Center for Justice, talks to Jan about a recent study analyzing the millions of dollars of “dark money” going into these state-wide elections, who benefits, and what can […]

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