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Today — 9 July 2025WPR

Measles reported in Wisconsin’s neighboring states as outbreak surpasses 2019 levels

9 July 2025 at 10:00

Jim Conway, a professor of pediatric infectious diseases at the University of Wisconsin Medical School, says health providers in the state are watching the situation closely.

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Volunteers face delays as they work to resume sending used books to Wisconsin prisoners

9 July 2025 at 10:00

For nearly two decades, Wisconsin Books to Prisoners has been sending new and used books to people behind bars. Now, the volunteer group is trying to restore its operations after the Wisconsin Department of Corrections imposed new restrictions.

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What to know about how Medicaid cuts will affect health care coverage in Wisconsin

8 July 2025 at 22:49

Health policy experts are concerned that the law's new requirements will remove qualified BadgerCare recipients from the program and raise premium prices for people with marketplace coverage.

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President Donald Trump’s budget law cancels $36 million street reconstruction project in Milwaukee

8 July 2025 at 22:04

The project called for widening sidewalks, installing bike and bus lanes, and infrastructure work to prevent sewage from flowing into the Milwaukee River and Lake Michigan. Construction was set to start in 2028. 

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Wisconsin invested $0 in the last census. What does that mean for 2030?

8 July 2025 at 21:24

Philip Rocco, a political scientist from Marquette University, says that even a 1 percent undercount of the Wisconsin population could cost the state hundreds of millions in federal aid.

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Yesterday — 8 July 2025WPR

LGBTQ+ podcast, ‘The Gaily Show,’ comes from a small Wisconsin town

8 July 2025 at 10:00

The town of Barronett probably doesn’t have the most noticeable LGBTQ+ population, but it might be punching above its weight in giving voice to that community thanks to podcast producer Jim Pounds and his work, including "The Gaily Show."

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Wausau event to explore Wisconsin’s LGBTQ+ history through lens of activism

8 July 2025 at 10:00

The History Speaks series invites guest speakers to share stories that deepen public understanding of regional and statewide history. This month’s event will focus on LGBTQ+ activism in Wisconsin.

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Communities across Wisconsin take up sustainability efforts, but it’s hard to measure cost savings

8 July 2025 at 10:00

Communities across Wisconsin have taken steps to become more sustainable over the last decade and a half, but a lack of standardized reporting makes it difficult to measure cost savings from those efforts.

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Survey: Wisconsin fire departments struggle with adequate staffing

8 July 2025 at 09:51

The finding from a new report by the Wisconsin Office of Rural Health highlights fire departments' struggle to ensure they have enough volunteers and funding to operate.

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Judge recommends that case against Wisconsin Judge Hannah Dugan proceed

8 July 2025 at 01:38

A federal magistrate judge recommended Monday that the case proceed against a Wisconsin judge who was indicted on allegations that she helped a man who is in the country illegally evade U.S. immigration agents seeking to arrest him in her courthouse.

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Key conservation, environmental priorities left out of Wisconsin budget

7 July 2025 at 22:33

The $111 billion budget recently signed by Gov. Tony Evers didn’t set aside money for key conservation and environmental priorities, including funding for the state’s land purchase program.

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Meet the Wisconsin man who let hundreds of venomous snakes bite him 

By: Joe Tarr
7 July 2025 at 21:52

Wisconsin’s Tim Friede let hundreds of venomous snakes bite him in hopes of developing a universal antivenom. His sacrifice is paying off and could help save the lives of thousands of people.

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Wisconsin researchers are working to stop the collapse of the ‘doomsday glacier’

7 July 2025 at 20:06

The Arête Glacier Initiative is a new collaboration from Dartmoth and MIT that aims to improve human understanding of glaciers and prevent sea level rise. Two researchers at UW-Madison are the initiative’s first grant recipients.

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Despite deal to move Green Bay coal piles, downtown site is still years away from redevelopment

7 July 2025 at 19:07

Local leaders reached a tentative deal to move Green Bay’s century-old riverfront coal piles last month. Local leaders reached a tentative deal to move Green Bay’s century-old riverfront coal piles last month. But the downtown home of the mounds of coal likely won’t be development-ready for several years. 

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