Aug. 6, 2026

Disability advocate travels 125 miles by wheelchair to defend home care

Disability advocate travels 125 miles by wheelchair to defend home care
Disability advocate travels 125 miles by wheelchair to defend home care
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Disability advocate travels 125 miles by wheelchair to defend home care

Here's your local news for Thursday, August 6, 2026:

  • We hear a disability advocate's warning about Medicaid cuts and a new opinion from the Justice Department,
  • Explain how a conversation about public artworks at Tuesday's city council meeting devolved into accusations of "nativism,"
  • Find out what Wisconsin DNR is doing to control an invasive species of fish,
  • Look forward to this year's Ukraine Fest,
  • Detail an ongoing lawsuit that could reshape Wisconsin's absentee voting process,
  • Meet the co-founders of the "Fat Clothing Swap,"
  • And much more.