Colleen Leahy

1 week ago | wpr.org | Colleen Leahy

Rep. Gwen Moore, a Democrat representing Milwaukee County, says the far-reaching spending and tax cut bill the U.S. House passed last week is a ploy to benefit the richest Americans. "It's all a game to come up with this money for permanent tax cuts for the wealthiest people," Rep. Moore said. She recently spoke with WPR's " Wisconsin Today " about her thoughts on the bill. The bill is massive, covering child tax credits, student loans, immigration and more.

2 weeks ago | wpr.org | Colleen Leahy

of states have laws that use fetal personhood language, according to abortion rights group Pregnancy Justice. These laws aren't limited to states where abortion is severely restricted or outlawed; purple and blue states where abortion is legal, like Wisconsin, also have similar laws on the books.

1 month ago | wpr.org | Colleen Leahy

A federal judge in Baltimore recently ruled that DOGE, the Department of Government Efficiency, couldn't have access to Social Security Administration data and would have to purge all non-anonymized data they had accessed prior to the ruling. And an appeals court, also in Baltimore, allowed DOGE to have access to sensitive data from the Treasury Department, the Education Department and the Office of Personnel Management.

1 month ago | wpr.org | Colleen Leahy

Tom Southworth loves being in nature. So, when he was introduced to the sport of orienteering, he was all game. The sport involves physical and mental exercise, as participants are tasked with finding markers on an unknown course using only a map and compass. There are several of these markers, called "controls," and whoever finds them all first wins. It's a bit "like a little mental puzzle," Southworth said. "You're out there exercising physically, you're also having to mentally choose routes ...

2 months ago | wpr.org | Colleen Leahy

Although opioid overdose deaths have been dropping in Wisconsin since their peak in 2022, and fentanyl-related deaths specifically are dropping nationally, Wisconsin still has more than 10 times the opioid-related deaths than it did just 25 years ago. Dr. Chris Eberlein, an emergency room physician in La Crosse, has seen the devastation up close.