Wednesday, September 23: Wisconsin wolf management on brink of change, Tiffany backs away from Trump, more women are getting false information on contraception
QUOTE OF THE DAY
“Wisconsin has successfully managed wildlife for generations. It is time to get out-of-state judges and bureaucrats out of the way and let Wisconsin responsibly manage its wolf population.”
– Tom Tiffany, Republican candidate for governor, responding to President Trump’s move to remove gray wolves from the endangered species list
A wolf makes its way across a road in Yellowstone National Park. (Jacob W. Frank/Courtesy of the U.S. National Park Service)
Following President Donald Trump’s executive order earlier this month to remove the gray wolf from the federal endangered species list, Wisconsin’s gubernatorial election will determine the direction of future management of the wolf population in the state. Henry Redman reports on the candidates’ positions.
About a month and a half out from the midterm elections, gubernatorial Republican candidate Tom Tiffany is taking some small steps to distance himself from President Donald Trump and rising gas prices resulting from the war in Iran. Meanwhile, Democratic candidate David Crowley is seeking to highlight Tiffany’s history of loyalty to the two-term president. Baylor Spears covers the latest from the campaigns.
More than half of women of reproductive age have seen or heard the false claim that hormones in contraceptives are harmful, and about 4 in 10 have been exposed to the false idea that hormones in contraceptives limit your ability to get pregnant in the future, while one-third have heard the inaccurate assertion that natural family planning methods are just as effective as hormonal birth control. Sofia Resnick has the story.
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GOP gubernatorial candidate Tom Tiffany is taking some small steps to distance himself from President Donald Trump. Tiffany speaks to a crowd at his launch event a year ago in Wausau. (Photo by Baylor Spears/Wisconsin Examiner)
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