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Badger State Breakdown @badgerstatebreakdown.substack.com · 3h
#Microsoft is giving nearly $5M in #DataCenter #Incentives back to #MountPleasant for property-tax relief. Good! But let’s not confuse one redirected local incentive with Wisconsin’s much bigger data center subsidy structure. Take the win. Keep reading the fine print.
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Microsoft to 'redirect' data center incentive back to Mount Pleasant
Mount Pleasant is getting back financial incentives that were originally set to go to Microsoft for its massive data center campus in the village.
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Badger State Breakdown @badgerstatebreakdown.substack.com · 4h
#Governor #Treasurer #Sheriff #ClerkOfCircuitCourt. #Wisconsin puts these jobs on your #Ballot and apparently expects you to know the job descriptions. 🤨 I broke down what each office does, what it can’t do, and why you can leave a race blank. #VoteBlue
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What Do the Offices on Your Wisconsin Ballot Actually Do?
Governor, sheriff, clerk of circuit court: Before choosing who gets the job, let’s find out what the job actually entails.
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Badger State Breakdown @badgerstatebreakdown.substack.com · 4h
34 days. 📆 Do you know where you’re voting? 🤔 Check your polling place now—not while standing in your kitchen on Election Day wondering where the hell you’re supposed to go. 😆 myvote.wi.gov #Wisconsin #VoteBlue
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Badger State Breakdown @badgerstatebreakdown.substack.com · 4h
#Wisconsin’s #EHDOutbreak just took another turn. The #virus killing #Deer across southeastern Wisconsin has now been confirmed in #WaukeshaCounty #DairyCattle. It doesn’t infect humans—but it’s another sign this outbreak is circulating widely.
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Viral disease infecting thousands of Wisconsin deer found in Waukesha County dairy cows
A viral disease infecting thousands of deer across Wisconsin has been found in dairy cows in Waukesha County, according to state officials.
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Badger State Breakdown @badgerstatebreakdown.substack.com · 29/09/2026
#Wisconsin could recover the cost of its massive #DataCenter #TaxBreaks. Could. That depends on whether the incentives actually caused billions in investment that wouldn’t have happened anyway. That’s an assumption—not a receipt. And taxpayers deserve the receipts.
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Report: Wisconsin could make up taxes lost to data center incentives
Data centers may provide a major economic development opportunity for local communities in Wisconsin, but concerns around water and energy use and potential costs to residents have made them increasingly controversial.
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Badger State Breakdown @badgerstatebreakdown.substack.com · 29/09/2026
35 days. 📆 Your ballot is bigger than whatever race gets the most headlines. Take a peek at the whole thing before Election Day so nothing catches you by surprise in the voting booth. #Wisconsin #VoteBlue
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3 Questions on Your Wisconsin Ballot: What You Need to Know
The questions are short. The consequences aren’t. Here’s what a Yes or No vote would change, what Wisconsin law says now, and what those little boxes on your ballot leave out.
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Badger State Breakdown @badgerstatebreakdown.substack.com · 28/09/2026
#Wisconsin is offering qualifying out-of-state households $10,000 to move to Greater #Wausau—even remote workers employed by companies outside Wisconsin. People already here? No $10K check for you. If this is about a worker shortage, show us exactly what shortage it solves.
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Kilian: Help Wausau’s people instead of paying out-of-state workers $10K to move here - Wausau Pilot & Review
In his latest Wausau’s Independent column, Tom Kilian questions whether paying out-of-state workers $10,000 to relocate here will strengthen the region — or simply sidestep the reasons people leave.
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Badger State Breakdown @badgerstatebreakdown.substack.com · 28/09/2026
36 days to go. 📆 This is your friendly little nudge to check your #VoterRegistration now, while there’s plenty of time to fix anything that looks wonky. Future-you will appreciate it. #Wisconsin #VoteBlue
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Badger State Breakdown @badgerstatebreakdown.substack.com · 26/09/2026
⚠️ #Wisconsin, check your fridge & freezer! 167,639 lbs of raw #beef, #pork & #goat were #recalled nationwide after being produced without federal inspection — with a false USDA inspection mark. 😱 Watch for EST. 1363. Retail packages may look different. Throw it out!
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167,000 lbs of meat being recalled
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Badger State Breakdown @badgerstatebreakdown.substack.com · 26/09/2026
More than 80,000 free food boxes have now been delivered through #HungerTaskForce #Stockbox #DoorDashProgram. 💚 Eligible adults 60+ within 10 miles of its West #Milwaukee site can get a monthly food box delivered to their door. Please share with someone who may need help. #Wisconsin
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Food Relief Program for Older Adults Hits Major Milestone
Hunger Task Force and DoorDash mark a milestone in fighting senior food insecurity.
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Badger State Breakdown @badgerstatebreakdown.substack.com · 26/09/2026
Well, THAT escalated. 🤨 #WisconsinRapids residents collected 252 valid signatures to force a #Recall of District 7 Alder #MichaelTimm after allegations involving his email to a hotel selling #NoDataCenter signs. Timm says he won’t resign. Now District 7 voters get the final say.
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Wisconsin Rapids alderperson Timm says he won’t resign ahead of recall election
The Wisconsin Rapids Common Council has ordered a recall election for District 7 Alderperson Michael Timm following allegations that he used his office to intimidate a local business over a proposed data center.
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Badger State Breakdown @badgerstatebreakdown.substack.com · 26/09/2026
#Wisconsin, look up tomorrow night. 🌕🍂 The #HarvestMoon rises Saturday, and eastern Wisconsin may actually have decent viewing skies for once. Find yourself a clear eastern horizon around sunset and enjoy the show. Please, clouds. Behave yourselves. 🙏🏽
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Wisconsin's Harvest Moon arrives Saturday. When and where to look - Wausau Pilot & Review
USA TODAY NETWORK One of the most significant full moons in the annual cycle will rise above Wisconsin on Saturday, Sept. 26, marking an important date
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Badger State Breakdown @badgerstatebreakdown.substack.com · 25/09/2026
#Wisconsin’s #DataCenter fight keeps hitting the ballot box. Rep. #ShannonZimmerman authored the tax-break language now estimated to cost the state $1.6 BILLION in revenue. Now his challenger is making it a campaign issue. The receipts are officially electoral. #Wisconsin #VoteBlue #VoteHimOut
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Democrats hope data center opposition will help flip Assembly district held by GOP since 1970s
Democrats trying to flip a Wisconsin Assembly seat long held by Republicans are hoping anti-data center sentiment will help them oust a GOP incumbent they call the "architect" of tax breaks spurring a data center building boom in Wisconsin.
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Badger State Breakdown @badgerstatebreakdown.substack.com · 25/09/2026
Well, THIS is interesting. 🤨 #FrancescaHong isn’t just endorsing #DavidCrowley. She’s taking her progressive grassroots operation statewide to campaign for Crowley AND down-ballot #Democrats. That’s more than a unity photo-op. That’s coalition-building. 💪🏽 #Wisconsin #VoteBlue
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Francesca Hong to campaign for David Crowley, Democratic candidates
Francesca Hong, the progressive state legislator who narrowly lost the Democratic primary for governor, is hitting the road over the next month to rally her supporters around other Democratic candidates this November.
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Badger State Breakdown @badgerstatebreakdown.substack.com · 25/09/2026
#TomTiffany said Tuesday he wouldn’t turn reporters away. Thursday, his campaign blocked a #MilwaukeeJournalSentinelReporter because they didn’t like the coverage. That’s not “transparency.” That’s wanting the press to be obedient. Two days. That’s all it took. #Wisconsin #VoteHimOut #VoteBlue
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Tom Tiffany's campaign blocks reporter from Milwaukee event
The campaign for U.S. Rep. Tom Tiffany, the Republican candidate for governor, blocked a veteran reporter from one of his events Thursday, a move that came days after President Donald Trump took a similar step at the White House.
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Badger State Breakdown @badgerstatebreakdown.substack.com · 24/09/2026
YES! #Madison #PoliceOfficers will now have #BodyCameras by the end of 2027—two years earlier than planned—thanks partly to a $350,000 grant. Long overdue, but real progress. Now Madison needs strong activation rules and public access to footage. Accountability requires both. 💪🏽 #Wisconsin
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Madison mayor: City cops will get body cams sooner than expected
Across Wisconsin and the country, body-camera use is near-universal among large law enforcement agencies. But, in Madison, the only officers who wear them are on the SWAT team or motorcycle unit.
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Badger State Breakdown @badgerstatebreakdown.substack.com · 24/09/2026
#PortWashington’s #TIDLawsuit was dismissed—but that does NOT end the #DataCenter fight. The judge said #GreatLakesNeighbors failed to allege enough facts for this case to proceed. A separate fight over voters’ power to approve future TIDs gets a ruling Oct. 19. #Wisconsin
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Judge dismisses lawsuit challenging Port Washington data center TID
An Ozaukee County judge has dismissed a lawsuit challenging local development incentives supporting a $15 billion data center campus under construction in Port Washington.
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Badger State Breakdown @badgerstatebreakdown.substack.com · 24/09/2026
Remember #Foxconn? Yep! It’s still here. Now it says it’ll add about 700 #MountPleasant 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗷𝗼𝗯𝘀 as AI server manufacturing expands. Nearly a decade ago, Wisconsin was promised 13,000 jobs. 🫤 New industry. Same rule: show us the receipts. #Wisconsin #DataCenters
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Foxconn says it plans to add 700 jobs in Mount Pleasant by mid-2027
The plan still needs a vote from the village board, but it’s part of a larger effort by the company to increase manufacturing capacity in Mount Pleasant.
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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
THIS 👇 HERE TOO.......
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Badger State Breakdown @badgerstatebreakdown.substack.com · 23/09/2026
#LineFive was already dealing with a massive #GasLeak, a disputed bypass, and cleanup. Now the FBI is investigating two separate fires tied to #Enbridge sites in northern #Wisconsin. And no, the cause has not been determined yet. This story keeps getting messier. 🤦🏽‍♀️
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FBI leads probe into fire at Enbridge drill site on Line 5 reroute in northern Wisconsin
The Federal Bureau of Investigation is leading a probe into a fire that occurred at a drilling site for Enbridge’s reroute of its Line 5 oil and gas pipeline in northern Wisconsin.
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Badger State Breakdown @badgerstatebreakdown.substack.com · 23/09/2026
#DataCenters have officially entered #Wisconsin’s election-season vocabulary. In the 3rd District, #VanOrden and #Cooke are now fighting over who’s more tied to the industry. Turns out voters asking about power, water, tax breaks & corporate influence got everyone’s attention. 👀 #VoteBlue
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Data center debate hits 3rd Congressional District race • Wisconsin Examiner
U.S. Rep. Derrick Van Orden and Rebecca Cooke are trying to tie each other to data centers in Wisconsin's 3rd CD race.
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Badger State Breakdown @badgerstatebreakdown.substack.com · 23/09/2026
Three little boxes on your #Wisconsin #ballot. Three changes to the state constitution. And at least one moment of, “What the hell does this actually mean?” 🤷🏽‍♀️ I broke down all 3 questions: what YES changes, what NO leaves alone, and what the ballot doesn’t tell you. #VoteBlue
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3 Questions on Your Wisconsin Ballot: What You Need to Know
The questions are short. The consequences aren’t. Here’s what a Yes or No vote would change, what Wisconsin law says now, and what those little boxes on your ballot leave out.
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Badger State Breakdown @badgerstatebreakdown.substack.com · 22/09/2026
Cutting #SNAP doesn't just take food off #Wisconsin tables. It also takes money out of #FarmersMarkets and local growers’ pockets. In #Viroqua, SNAP matching helped boost market visits by at least 20%. That’s the ripple effect.
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As farm bill advances, SNAP cuts worry Wisconsin farmers' market vendor
After a proposed federal farm bill moved out of committee last week, some farm workers are worried about the trickle-down effect of cuts to SNAP passed under the Republicans' One Big Beautiful Bill Act of 2025.
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Badger State Breakdown @badgerstatebreakdown.substack.com · 22/09/2026
#Wisconsin communities aren't saying no to #DataCenters because they don't understand them. They're studying the power demand, water, utility costs, zoning, infrastructure & financial risk. They understand the deal. Some communities just don't want it. That is also an answer. 😐
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Alliant exec cautions county leaders on rejecting data centers | WisBusiness
The head of Alliant Energy’s Wisconsin energy company urged county government leaders to “be careful you understand what you’re saying no to” amid the public backlash to data center development in the state. 
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Blue Oleta @blue-oleta.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
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Badger State Breakdown @badgerstatebreakdown.substack.com · 20/09/2026
#WisconsinRapids isn’t done with this #DataCenter fight. The Planning Commission voted 𝟳–𝟬 to recommend denial, but the developer can potentially come back. 🤨 Meanwhile, the city’s 12-month data center #moratorium gets a public hearing Oct. 5. That clock matters. 👀 #Wisconsin
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UPFRONT: Data center fight in Wisconsin ahead of midterms
Inside the controversy unfolding in Wisconsin RapidsWISN 12 is your home for Wisconsin breaking news and weather. For your latest Wisconsin news and weather ...
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Badger State Breakdown @badgerstatebreakdown.substack.com · 20/09/2026
So #Tiffany has #declined another #Wisconsin gubernatorial #debate...Again. 🙄 And while another debate disappears, Wisconsin voters lose another chance to ask questions. This article got me thinking... 🤔 Why should the conversation disappear as well?
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The real cost of Tom Tiffany’s debate dodge  • Wisconsin Examiner
Tom Tiffany's decision to skip all but one debate in the governor's race brings down the level of political discourse in Wisconsin
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Badger State Breakdown @badgerstatebreakdown.substack.com · 19/09/2026
#China has somehow entered #Wisconsin’s 17th #SenateDistrict race. 😐 #Jacobson is hitting #Marklein over past emerging-market investments. Republicans are firing back over her votes on China-related bills. Welcome to election season, folks. The oppo files are now OPEN. 🗂️
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How did China get wrapped up in the competitive race for Wisconsin's 17th state Senate District?  • Wisconsin Examiner
Jacobson's campaign ran an ad claiming Marklein “invested thousands of dollars in Chinese corporations." A GOP leader called it "deceptive."
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Badger State Breakdown @badgerstatebreakdown.substack.com · 19/09/2026
This November couldn't be more important to save our democracy. Caravan with your neighbors. Grab family members. Don't forget grandma. 👵🏽 The stranger in the grocery store. Get to your voting place. 🗳️ Make this too big to rig! 🌊🌊🌊 #VoteBlue
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Badger State Breakdown @badgerstatebreakdown.substack.com · 19/09/2026
📬 WISCONSIN MAILBOX ALERT: 📬 #AbsenteeBallots are officially on the move. If you requested one, your ballot could be arriving in the mail starting today. #Election season isn't coming anymore, folks. It's here. 🗳️ #Wisconsin #VoteBlue #BlueTsunami
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Absentee voting opens in Wisconsin • Wisconsin Examiner
The first absentee ballots were required to be sent to Wisconsin voters this week, officially opening voting in the 2026 midterms.
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Badger State Breakdown @badgerstatebreakdown.substack.com · 19/09/2026
#MORATORIUM TIME. #Milwaukee’s proposed 1-year pause on new #DataCenters heads to a 𝗽𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗰 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗦𝗲𝗽𝘁. 𝟮𝟴. 📆 The idea: stop new applications while the city writes actual rules for energy, water, zoning, and neighborhood impacts. Imagine that. Rules FIRST. 😏 #Wisconsin
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Milwaukee’s Data Center Moratorium Heads To First Public Hearing
But an exemption is proposed for one influential organization.
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Badger State Breakdown @badgerstatebreakdown.substack.com · 19/09/2026
A #police badge is not a permission slip. #Greenfield’s #PoliceChief is accused of using department #SurveillanceEquipment for 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗽𝘂𝗿𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗲𝘀 𝗱𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗱𝗶𝘃𝗼𝗿𝗰𝗲—and later 𝗱𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗼𝘆𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲. This is exactly why “just trust the police” is NOT oversight. #Wisconsin #FTP
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Wisconsin mayor seeks removal of police chief after city investigation found 'highly concerning actions'
Greenfield's mayor is seeking the removal of his police chief "for the good of the police service."
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Badger State Breakdown @badgerstatebreakdown.substack.com · 19/09/2026
#TransmissionLines are not sexy. What IS interesting? Who decides where 765-kV lines go, whose land gets crossed, who pays, and whether communities get a real say. Now #Wisconsin politicians in both parties are pushing back on the Driftless projects.
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Proposed transmission lines unite some Republicans and Democrats in opposition
Proposed transmission line developments through southwestern Wisconsin have made for unlikely political bedfellows this election season.
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Badger State Breakdown @badgerstatebreakdown.substack.com · 17/09/2026
#SaukCounty didn’t wait for a billion-dollar #DataCenter proposal to land on its desk. The County Board voted 𝟮𝟳–𝟭 for an 18-month #moratorium while it writes the rules first. 💪🏽 Officials say no project is currently proposed there. That’s called planning ahead. 🥳 #Wisconsin
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Ordinance to amend the Sauk County Zoning Code to enact an 18-month moratorium on receipt of applications and the granting of all zoning permits or approvals for the siting or placement of data centers. | Sauk County Wisconsin Official Website
Ordinance to amend the Sauk County Zoning Code to enact an 18-month moratorium on receipt of applications and the granting of all zoning permits or approvals for the siting or placement of data centers.
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Badger State Breakdown @badgerstatebreakdown.substack.com · 17/09/2026
YES! #WisconsinRapids showed up—and the Planning Commission answered. #PNK’s #DataCenter permit: 𝗗𝗘𝗡𝗜𝗘𝗗, 7-0. 💃🏽 Now watch the Common Council and whether PNK tries to refile before the city’s data center #moratorium lands. 👀 #Wisconsin
wsaw.com
Planning commission votes to recommend denial of data center permit
The commission voted 7-0 to recommend that the city council deny an application to redevelop the old paper mill site into a data center.
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Badger State Breakdown @badgerstatebreakdown.substack.com · 16/09/2026
#Abortion is back at the center of #Wisconsin’s #GovernorRace. A new #PlannedParenthood #lawsuit is putting access, #TomTiffany’s record, #DavidCrowley’s promises, and the power of the next governor under a brighter spotlight. They bring very different records to the issue, and receipts matter.
badgerstatebreakdown.substack.com
Abortion Is Back at the Center of Wisconsin’s Governor Race
Planned Parenthood’s new lawsuit puts abortion access, Tom Tiffany’s record, David Crowley’s promises, and the power of Wisconsin’s next governor in the same room.
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Badger State Breakdown @badgerstatebreakdown.substack.com · 15/09/2026
🏭 #SaukCounty votes tonight on an 18-month #DataCenter #moratorium. The proposal covers not just server buildings but also generators, cooling systems, substations, water storage, and other supporting infrastructure. That’s the kind of definition #Wisconsin needs.
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Ordinance to amend the Sauk County Zoning Code to enact an 18-month moratorium on receipt of applications and the granting of all zoning permits or approvals for the siting or placement of data centers. | Sauk County Wisconsin Official Website
Ordinance to amend the Sauk County Zoning Code to enact an 18-month moratorium on receipt of applications and the granting of all zoning permits or approvals for the siting or placement of data centers.
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Badger State Breakdown @badgerstatebreakdown.substack.com · 15/09/2026
It’s #VoterRegistrationDay! 🗳️ #Wisconsin, check your registration—even if you’re sure it’s fine. Moved? Changed your name? Haven’t voted lately? Check now, fix problems early, and be ready for November. Your vote is your voice. Use it. #VoteBlue
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Badger State Breakdown @badgerstatebreakdown.substack.com · 14/09/2026
🚨 #WisconsinRapids — TONIGHT Public info session on the proposed #DataCenter. 📍 Lincoln High School 🚪 Doors: 6 PM ⏰ Presentation: 6:30 PM Energy. Noise. Pollution. Environmental impacts. Show up. Ask questions. Get answers. 📢 #Wisconsin
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Badger State Breakdown @badgerstatebreakdown.substack.com · 14/09/2026
This is the kind of #Wisconsin story I LOVE. ❤️ #Marquette #students get #AffordableHousing. #Seniors get companionship, activities, and connection. Both generations get less loneliness and a whole lot more community. Seriously—more of this, please. 🥰
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Wisconsin students trade dorm life for senior housing
St. Camillus is a large, up-scale campus with more than 600 older adults who come and go from their own apartments. Marquette students live in their own apartments next to residents in the independent...
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Badger State Breakdown @badgerstatebreakdown.substack.com · 14/09/2026
#DerrickVanOrden says he’s fighting for rural #Wisconsin #healthcare. 🙄 Wisconsin stands to lose roughly "$𝟳 𝗕𝗜𝗟𝗟𝗜𝗢𝗡 in federal #Medicaid funding," while hospitals in his own district could lose millions every year. That’s not protecting healthcare. That’s a voting record. #VoteHimOut
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At Dallas convention, Van Orden touts healthcare record despite voting for Medicaid cuts • Wisconsin Examiner
U.S. Rep. Derrick Van Orden touted his healthcare record in a speech at the Republican convention in Dallas on Wednesday.
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Badger State Breakdown @badgerstatebreakdown.substack.com · 14/09/2026
🚨#WisconsinRapids #DataCenter Reminder🚨 A #PaperMill becoming a data center deserves public scrutiny. Do you even want the damn thing to begin with? 🤔 Show up! Let them know what you really think of data centers and make sure your voice is heard! 📣 #PublicHearing #Wisconsin
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Badger State Breakdown @badgerstatebreakdown.substack.com · 14/09/2026
How many times does Trump need to be told NO? 🤦🏽‍♀️ A 𝗦𝗘𝗖𝗢𝗡𝗗 federal judge has blocked his new mail-voting restrictions. And this time? The judge was 𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗱 by Trump himself. Apparently "stay in your constitutional lane” requires repetition. 🙄 #Wisconsin
usatoday.com
Trump's mail-in voting restrictions blocked by a second judge
Washington-based U.S. District Judge Carl Nichols' decision comes as Trump's Republicans battle to retain control of both houses of Congress in the November 3 midterms.
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Badger State Breakdown @badgerstatebreakdown.substack.com · 13/09/2026
🚨 #WISCONSINRAPIDS: TODAY #PNKGroup is hosting a public #OpenHouse on its proposed #DataCenter campus. 🗓️ Sept. 13 ⏰ 1–3 PM 📍 Hotel Mead, 451 E. Grand Ave. Let them know you don't want them in your backyard! 🗣️📢 💪🏽 #Wisconsin
wsaw.com
Developer to host open house ahead of Wisconsin Rapids data center vote
A developer planning a data center campus in Wisconsin Rapids will host a public open house Sunday to address community questions ahead of a critical regulatory vote.
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Badger State Breakdown @badgerstatebreakdown.substack.com · 12/09/2026
#Milwaukee’s August #election mess was exactly that: a mistake, NOT fraud. Audit logs show no #ballots were added, deleted, or altered. The vote count never changed. Officials clicked the wrong export option, corrected it, and the receipts back up their account. Oops! 😬 #Wisconsin
votebeat.org
Milwaukee election audit logs show no evidence of fraud, experts say
Experts say the logs confirm what had been clear from the start: A human error delayed results in the August primary but there was no tampering.
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Badger State Breakdown @badgerstatebreakdown.substack.com · 11/09/2026
#Enbridge #spilled 1.3 MILLION gallons of #NaturalGas liquids in northern #Wisconsin. Then, after #DNR repeatedly told the company it needed permits, Enbridge started building a bypass anyway. 🤦🏽‍♀️ DNR's response: STOP WORK. 🛑🚫 Apparently, environmental law isn't optional. 🦡☕
wisconsinexaminer.com
Wisconsin DNR tells Enbridge to stop work on pipeline after natural gas leak • Wisconsin Examiner
The Wisconsin DNR told Enbridge to stop construction on its Line 5 pipeline after a massive natural gas spill last month.
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Badger State Breakdown @badgerstatebreakdown.substack.com · 10/09/2026
#MilwaukeeCounty Executive #DavidCrowley may pull the plug on county funding for #Flock cameras in 2027. Good! If government wants to track where people drive, "trust us” is not a privacy policy. #Wisconsin’s Flock backlash is growing. 💪🏽
urbanmilwaukee.com
MKE County: Crowley May Kill Funding for Flock Cameras
Without restrictions in place, he says, the county shouldn't 'be running these cameras.'
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Badger State Breakdown @badgerstatebreakdown.substack.com · 10/09/2026
#Wisconsin is getting 42 more fast #EV #ChargingStations after the Trump administration tried to freeze the federal funding. Wisconsin sued. A federal judge ordered the money released. Turns out "21st-century infrastructure" is still infrastructure. ⚡🚗
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After legal fight, more EV charging stations coming to Wisconsin
Wisconsin will be getting another 42 electric vehicle charging stations under a federal program temporarily halted by President Donald Trump's administration.
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Badger State Breakdown @badgerstatebreakdown.substack.com · 10/09/2026
#WisconsinRapids, this is your chance to 𝗵𝗶𝘁 𝗽𝗮𝘂𝘀𝗲 on the #DataCenter rush. Public hearing: Oct. 5 at 6 p.m. Performing Arts Center, 1801 16th St. S. The proposed #moratorium covers future projects—not PNK’s pending application. Show up. Speak up. 📣 #Wisconsin
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