Sen. Tammy Baldwin tours Madison-area Italian grocer to highlight small business struggles

By: Henry Redman

Outlets: Wisconsin Examiner

Published: September 4, 2026

Words: 428

Last Updated: 2 weeks, 4 days ago

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U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-Wisconsin) walked through the shelves of pasta, olive oil, tinned fish and frozen pizzas at Fraboni’s Italian deli in Monona on Thursday as part of her statewide tour assessing how President Donald Trump’s tariffs and war in Iran are affecting small businesses.

In May, the owners of the third-generation family business said that tariffs and increased gas prices had caused the cost of fresh tomatoes …

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