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Assembly passes $545 million Brewers stadium repair bill

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Assembly passes $545 million Brewers stadium repair bill

MADISON, Wis. — The Milwaukee Brewers could stay in Wisconsin for the next 27 years as state lawmakers in the Assembly passed a pair of stadium funding bills 69-27 Tuesday. The latest step sends a proposal to spend more than half a billion dollars of public money to help fix the ballpark and keep the … Read more

States try to absorb transgender health care demand

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States try to absorb transgender health care demand

States that declared themselves refuges for transgender people have essentially issued an invitation: Get your gender-affirming health care here without fearing prosecution at home. Now that bans on such care for minors are taking effect around the country — Texas could be next, depending on the outcome of a court hearing this week — patients and their families are … Read more