Recent visa terminations are discouraging international students at Wisconsin colleges from participating pro-Palestinian organizing, students said. 

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The changes are being attacked by local GOP chairs who've been at odds with state party leadership, but a top Republican says the party is "trying to take the temperature down" when it comes to contentious votes on party business.

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Kym Young, known as one of the strongest voices for racial equality in the Twin Ports, has recently been admitted to hospice care due to complications from a rare form of Crohn’s disease. She spoke from hospice to WPR’s Robin Washington on “Morning Edition” about her varied career and its impact.

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After three straight years of record homicides in Milwaukee, the city has seen a decline in the past two years.

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The report examined what goods produced in Wisconsin sell to international markets, who buys those products and where in the state they come from.

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After drought, the rains finally arrive; as things normalize, the buffalo herds return and lion cubs witness their first hunt.

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Wisconsin's decades-old land purchase program is “on life support,” a Republican supporter told environmental advocates Wednesday.

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The Democratic Senator joined 18 other Democratic colleagues to press the Trump administration for answers on how its tariff policy will affect farmers.

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Climate, weather and water-related research in Wisconsin and the Great Lakes would take a hit under the Trump administration’s proposal to slash funding for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

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About 250,000 people are expected to descend on Green Bay next week for the NFL draft. Republican lawmakers from the region say they'll seek more than $1 million in the next state budget to reimburse local law enforcement agencies tasked with keeping it safe.

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The NFL draft is expected to draw close to 250,000 people to Green Bay. But a little more than a week out from the event, multiple Airbnb properties near Lambeau Field still had availability.

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A bipartisan group of lawmakers is backing a bill that would exempt gun safes and other "firearm safety devices" from Wisconsin's sales tax.

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Actors David Duchovny and Richard Kind trace their roots from Jewish communities in Eastern Europe to the U.S.

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Journalists Jim Acosta and Van Jones learn about their ancestors.

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There are currently 16 assistant district attorneys with the Waukesha County District Attorney's Office. However, a 2024 Wisconsin Department of Administration analysis said the county should have around 10 more prosecutors. 

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USDA Secretary Brooke Rollins announced in a press release Monday that her agency was immediately canceling the $3.1 billion program.

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“Thermometers don’t care who’s in office,” said Dan Vimont, a professor of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. “By undercutting our ability to monitor and assess the current state of our world, we are disadvantaging ourselves economically, and we’re disadvantaging ourselves in our national security as well.” 

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“I miss Tomahawk. I love Tomahawk so much,” Barr told WPR. “But I truly could not have imagined where my life would lead me in terms of being an actor and being on this stage. I’m so excited about it.”

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Wisconsin’s seasonal moratorium on utility shutoffs ends Tuesday, just weeks after the Trump administration fired all of the federal employees running a program that provides energy assistance to low-income households.

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A brewery on the banks of the Milwaukee River hosted a roundtable discussion between tool distributors, farmers, roofers, craft brewers and U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin on Monday.

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