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Have a safe and happy Labor Day!

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A lawsuit challenges the Trump administration’s attempt to prohibit states from using federal Medicaid funds for gender-affirming care for low-income youth and some young adults.

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All Wisconsinites should have safe and clean drinking water. 

I’m glad that the funds from our settlement with Tyco have now been released and will soon be making a difference in the Marinette area.

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Lawmakers vote to release $10M from PFAS contamination settlement https://t.co/GsYRBjSeIj

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The order temporarily blocks key parts of a new rule by the United States Postal Service that would have imposed burdensome requirements on vote-by-mail systems ahead of the November 3 midterm elections.

Read the press release on the DOJ website: https://t.co/WOWckXxmSh

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The lawsuit challenges new conditions on Title X funds, which support reproductive health care, family planning, cancer screenings, and other critical preventive care for millions of Americans nationwide.

Read the press release on the DOJ website: https://t.co/yz7gD0zy32

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The lawsuit seeks to block an unconstitutional USPS rule that directs states to overhaul vote-by-mail procedures on an impossible timeline and risks disenfranchising eligible voters.

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The landmark $17.1 billion multistate settlement with Meta would result in up to $313 million being directed to Wisconsin and implement sweeping child-safety reforms on Instagram and Facebook.

Read the press release on the DOJ website: https://t.co/1MQpk822wY

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The updated and amended lawsuit is over the illegal imposition of immigration-enforcement conditions on Congressionally authorized public safety grants, including grants intended to keep communities safe and fight crime.

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A court struck down a key provision of a Trump administration final rule that would have excluded coverage of certain types of gender-affirming care as essential health benefits under the Affordable Care Act.

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The lawsuits challenge the Trump administration’s demands for production of a database of state-owned records containing the sensitive personal information of 17 million CDL drivers.

Friday morning, a federal judge issued an administrative stay blocking the demands.

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Wisconsin is set to receive over $874 million from litigation that holds companies in the opioid industry accountable that can go toward treatment and prevention efforts.

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Last week, we joined @DHSWI's first annual Substance Use Summit.

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Wisconsin is seeing real progress in the fight against the opioid epidemic, with a 42.5% drop in overdose deaths from 2023 to 2024.

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If the multistate coalition had not successfully challenged HUD’s policy, up to 1,300 individuals would have lost their homes in Wisconsin.

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‘Know Your Customer’ rules require phone companies to know who is making calls through their networks and what kinds of business these customers are conducting.

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The case challenges the Trump administration’s unlawful policy changes that would give the administration broad access to the sensitive private information of millions of families receiving Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) benefits.

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The lawsuit challenges a federal rule that once again illegally undermines the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and would make health insurance more expensive and harder to obtain for millions of Americans.

Read the press release on the DOJ website: https://t.co/t1sYs4BIPe

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The case challenges the administration’s recent decision to increase tariffs on more than 80 countries that together account for 99.4% of all U.S. imports — costs that will be passed along to Americans already struggling to pay the price of essential consumer goods.