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Today — 23 May 2025WPR

Lawsuit: Epic Systems ran a ‘multi-prong scheme to destroy’ health IT competitor

23 May 2025 at 10:00

It's the second lawsuit filed in the last year accusing the Verona-based software company of engaging in unlawful efforts to try to block competition.

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Wisconsin would lose $314M in federal food assistance under ‘big, beautiful bill’

22 May 2025 at 23:24

Wisconsin would lose about $314 million in food assistance from the federal government under the massive budget bill passed by the U.S. House early Thursday, according to an an analysis of the proposed cuts by the Wisconsin Department of Health Services.

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Wisconsin higher education leaders speak out after House advances cuts to federal student aid

22 May 2025 at 23:09

Leaders of Wisconsin colleges and universities are speaking out against pending cuts to federal financial aid after they cleared the U.S. House on Thursday.

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Wisconsin’s Northland College is set to hold its final commencement address Saturday

22 May 2025 at 20:52

Northland College has faced years of financial woes stemming from rising costs and declining enrollment. The college’s president and Ashland’s mayor recently reflected on the impact and legacy of the university.

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Public Service Commission approves We Energies’ plan to build new Wisconsin natural gas plants

22 May 2025 at 20:20

State regulators have paved the way for We Energies to spend about $1.5 billion to build two natural gas power plants in southeastern Wisconsin.

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Nurses at Madison’s Meriter Hospital plan strike, citing contract negotiation stalemate

22 May 2025 at 18:07

Hundreds of nurses at UnityPoint Health-Meriter Hospital in Madison say they'll go on strike next week, after months of contract negotiations.

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UW-La Crosse program for students with disabilities loses critical federal grant

22 May 2025 at 17:01

After 40 years of federal support, a University of Wisconsin-La Crosse program training teachers to provide physical education for students with disabilities will no longer receive a critical grant.

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Yesterday — 22 May 2025WPR

This Wisconsin school excels at teaching math. Can its approach work statewide?

22 May 2025 at 10:00

An elementary school in Grant County has changed its approach to teaching math — and it has paid off. Now, nearly 80 percent of the students at Winskill Elementary School are at grade level. That's double the state average.

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RFK Jr. claims federal ‘team’ is in Milwaukee for school lead crisis, city says there isn’t

21 May 2025 at 22:48

On Tuesday, U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told a Senate committee there was a federal "team" in the city from the CDC's Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program. The Milwaukee Health Department disputed Kennedy's statement.

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Wisconsin communities recover after tornadoes rip through Dodge County 

21 May 2025 at 19:41

On May 15, multiple tornadoes blew through western and east-central Wisconsin. Long-term cleanup efforts remain for damaged homes and businesses.

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Wisconsin village leader is ‘cautiously optimistic’ about closing Green Bay prison

21 May 2025 at 18:57

The leader of a Wisconsin community where a troubled maximum security prison resides is “cautiously optimistic” that lawmakers will be able to close the facility in this year’s state budget. 

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Port Washington annexes, zones land for data center

21 May 2025 at 16:46

Port Washington is one step closer to bringing a 1,900-acre data center campus to the city. The common council has voted to annex about one-third of that land, and zoned it as a "Technology Campus District."

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