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La Crosse is ready for Vice President Harris to speak Monday on reproductive issues

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FILE - Vice President Kamala Harris speaks at the International Union of Painters and Allied Trades District Council 7, Monday, Jan. 22, 2024, in Big Bend, Wis. Harris is embracing her position as the Democrats' leading champion for abortion rights in this year's election. Harris visits Wisconsin on Monday for the first in a series of nationwide events focused on abortion, which remains politically potent almost two years since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)

Vice President Kamala Harris comes to downtown La Crosse on Monday to speak at a La Crosse Center event.

Harris is scheduled to give an afternoon talk on what the Biden-Harris campaign team calls “reproductive freedoms,” and news releases have suggested she may also speak about other health care issues while in the city.

FILE: Vice President Mike Pence speaks to the Labor Day crowd at Dairyland Power Co-op on Sept. 7, 2020 (PHOTO: Brad Williams)

This will be Harris’ third visit to Wisconsin this year, and her first to La Crosse since becoming vice president.

The last VP to speak in La Crosse was Republican Mike Pence, who came to the city on Labor Day of 2020 for a campaign event at the Dairyland Power headquarters.

Harris is the highest-profile Biden Administration figure to plan a stop in the city since the president himself came to La Crosse in 2021, and made stops at the MTU bus barn, plus The Pearl Ice Cream Parlor.

A native of Prairie du Chien, Brad graduated from UW - La Crosse and has worked in radio news for more than 30 years, mostly in the La Crosse area. He regularly covers local courts and city and county government. Brad produces the features "Yesterday in La Crosse" and "What's Buried on Brad's Desk." He also writes the website "Triviazoids," which finds odd connections between events that happen on a certain date, and he writes and performs with the local comedy group Heart of La Crosse. Brad been featured on several national TV programs because of his memory skills.

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  1. nick

    April 21, 2024 at 10:59 pm

    Does she know where the southern border is?
    Bidenomics is a joke.
    Reproductive rights means abortion at any stage of a pregnancy.
    The world thanks to gutless Joe is getting more and more dangerous every day and this is her topic – reproductive rights

  2. Kevin

    April 22, 2024 at 3:53 pm

    oooo…i am all aquiver, cankles & company will be here to spread misinformation, lies and deceit!

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