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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WPR's "BETA" sat down with Joseph Patel to find out what inspired the making of the documentary, "SLY LIVES! (aka The Burden of Black Genius)."

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The film “Brady 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 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 recently spoke with WPR's "BETA" about his love for the piano and a new record of solo instrumentals titled “Appalachia Borealis."

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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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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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Professional crime-scene cleaner Wicky has to mop up after a particularly grisly murder.

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Wisconsin leaders are reacting to Trump tariffs with tempered optimism, concern or outright castigation.

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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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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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“Demographics are a giant problem in this state,” said Mark O'Connell, executive director of the Wisconsin Counties Association. “The 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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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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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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Exploring the long-lost roots of actress Sheryl Lee Ralph and historian Lonnie Bunch.

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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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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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Exploring earth’s grasslands, where the biggest animal numbers are found, and how animal life helps to draw down carbon.

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UW-Madison professor J. Michael Collins explains what impact Social Security changes will have for recipients.

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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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