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Humanities programs across Wisconsin are in peril after Trump axes funding

4 April 2025 at 21:30

Wisconsin Humanities oversees educational and cultural programming across the state. It's preparing to shut down after the Trump administration abruptly promised to cut off funding.

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Emergency room doctor sees progress on Wisconsin’s opioid crisis, but more work to do

4 April 2025 at 20:24

Dr. Chris Eberlein of La Crosse welcomes the $22 million that Wisconsin will see as part of a settlement with Kroger over the opioid epidemic. But he said the state still has a lot to do before the crisis is over.

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Trump administration tariffs are likely to hit Wisconsin consumers, businesses. Here’s how.

4 April 2025 at 20:15

Wisconsin consumers will likely pay more for goods imported from dozens of countries that will now be taxed at higher rates under tariffs announced by President Donald Trump this week.

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Federal layoffs mean Milwaukee loses CDC help with school lead crisis

4 April 2025 at 19:40

The Milwaukee Health Department is now without the help of federal employees who were assisting the department with the response to the ongoing lead crisis at the city's school district. 

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Wisconsin public schools have 10 days to remove DEI programs or risk federal funding

4 April 2025 at 13:48

The Trump administration is giving public K-12 schools 10 days to eliminate diversity, equity and inclusion programs or be at risk of losing federal funding. 

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Bipartisan bill backs grazing practices that benefit water quality and livestock

4 April 2025 at 10:00

Wisconsin farmers could get grants to use grazing practices that benefit soil health, animal welfare and water quality under a bipartisan bill making its way through the Wisconsin Legislature.

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New documentary tells history of Milwaukee’s Brady Street

4 April 2025 at 10:00

The film β€œBrady Street: Portrait of a Neighborhood” shares some of the history of the street, ranging from tales of Polish and Italian immigration to the transformation of the neighborhood into a counterculture hotspot in the 1960s and 70s.

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We Energies says electric rates for data centers should cover infrastructure costs in Wisconsin

4 April 2025 at 10:00

We Energies is asking state utility regulators to approve special rates for data centers that would require those users to pay for infrastructure built for their developments.

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Phil Cook finds a path forward with the piano meditations of β€˜Appalachia Borealis’

4 April 2025 at 10:00

Phil Cook recently spoke with WPR's "BETA" about his love for the piano and a new record of solo instrumentals titled β€œAppalachia Borealis."

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Sara Sligar’s β€˜Vantage Point’ explores family, identity and technology

4 April 2025 at 10:00

WPR's "BETA" talks with author Sara Sligar, who has written a suspenseful, gripping narrative that raises several questions about the nature of truth in our digital age.

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Outgoing liberal Justice Ann Walsh Bradley elected to lead Wisconsin Supreme Court

3 April 2025 at 21:58

For the first time since 2015, a liberal has been elected chief justice of Wisconsin's Supreme Court. Outgoing Justice Ann Walsh Bradley will take the helm for the next two months before retiring and will be succeeded by fellow liberal Justice Jill Karofsky for the remainder of the two-year term.

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β€˜Madison’s best kept secret’: People living with mental illness find work, care and community at a clubhouse built for them

3 April 2025 at 10:00

Yahara House is a community mental health program focused on building relationships and job opportunities. The clubhouse model reduces hospitalizations and boosts employment in adults with serious mental illnesses, experts and advocates say. 

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MPS director overseeing facilities during lead crisis has been reprimanded by the state

3 April 2025 at 10:00

The man in charge of overseeing facilities amid the lead crisis at Milwaukee Public Schools is being reprimanded by the state for misrepresenting himself after he didn't renew his architect license.

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County advocate: Attracting younger workers vital to communities with aging populations

3 April 2025 at 10:00

β€œDemographics are a giant problem in this state,” said Mark O'Connell, executive director of the Wisconsin Counties Association. β€œThe last time we had as few births as we have today was in 1943. We are not creating enough young people. We don’t attract them, we don’t grow them, we don’t keep them.”

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La Crosse elects first Black, gay mayor in historic race for western Wisconsin city

3 April 2025 at 10:00

Shaundel Washington-Spivey will be the next mayor of La Crosse, becoming the city's first leader who is Black and who is openly gay.

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Susan Crawford’s Supreme Court win was big for Democrats. Now they’re eying 2026.

3 April 2025 at 02:02

Tuesday's Wisconsin Supreme Court election was unambiguously a good one for Democrats. The only debate is over how many superlatives to add.

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Does Wisconsin’s Legislature have too much power over civil lawsuits? SCOWIS hears case

2 April 2025 at 22:43

At issue is a six-year-old state law which gives the Legislature's Joint Committee on Finance the final say about whether to approval settlements in civil lawsuits prosecuted by state's attorney general.

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State superintendent, northeast Wisconsin school leaders call for K-12 funding boost in next budget

2 April 2025 at 21:28

The state superintendent and education officials in northeast Wisconsin are calling on the Legislature’s Republican-controlled budget committee to boost funding to K-12 schools in the next two-year state budget.

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4 Wisconsin districts aim to craft schools for students in recovery

2 April 2025 at 20:14

In March, the Department of Public Instruction announced its first planning grants to four Wisconsin districts to start recovery schools, specifically designed to help students with substance use disorders.

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GOP lawmakers question new spending on UW system, state corrections

2 April 2025 at 17:27

The heads of the Universities of Wisconsin system and the state Department of Corrections faced critical questions from Republican state lawmakers Tuesday over requests for new state funding.

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Susan Crawford wins Wisconsin Supreme Court race as Democrats take stand against Donald Trump, Elon Musk

2 April 2025 at 02:18

Dane County Judge Susan Crawford has won a seat on the Wisconsin Supreme Court, preserving liberals’ 4-3 majority after a hard-fought, highly politicized contest that attracted national attention and shattered spending records.

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