Powell testifies about additional interest rate hikes

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Powell testifies about additional interest rate hikes

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell braced lawmakers Wednesday for even higher interest rates as he discussed the balancing act the central bank faces in trying to bring down inflation without…

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Advice for parents of children under 5

GREEN BAY, Wis. — More than two years after the first cases of COVID-19 in the U.S., the country is now over one of the last hurdles when it comes to…

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Black Wisconsinites were half as likely as white applicants to get pandemic unemployment payments, report finds

A federal watchdog agency found that Wisconsin’s PUA program paid out white claimants at twice the rate of Black claimants Source link

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Milwaukee County is seeing a rise in its youth detention population. Will $7 million in pandemic funds reverse that trend?

Milwaukee County officials cited an increase in the severity of crimes but also in the number of young people being brought into the system as a result. Source link

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Wisconsin has a new tracking system for victims to check on the status of their sexual assault kit

Wisconsin’s new system for tracking sexual assault kits as they move from hospital staff to law enforcement and crime lab testing has now launched. Source link

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Lawmakers split on fix for surging prescription drug costs

WASHINGTON — There’s bipartisan interest in tackling the surging prices of prescription drugs before the midterm elections, but lawmakers are divided on how much action the federal government should take…

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County creates subcommittee to help healthcare workers address pandemic trauma, staffing struggles

County creates subcommittee to help healthcare workers address pandemic trauma, staffing struggles Access Denied Source link

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Pfizer to offer low-cost medicines, vaccines to poor nations

Pfizer said Wednesday that it will provide nearly two dozen products, including its top-selling COVID-19 vaccine and treatment, at not-for-profit prices in some of the world’s poorest countries. What You Need To…

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Working from home might not benefit the planet like we think

Many of us have switched to remote work over the past couple of years, meaning we’re driving less to and from an office. But has switching to working from home…

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Biden calls white supremacy a ‘poison’ in Buffalo

President Joe Biden on Tuesday condemned the “poison” of white supremacy and said the nation must “reject the lie” of the racist “replacement theory” espoused by the shooter who murdered…

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