In an effort to get a handle on a growing number of street takeovers in Milwaukee, City Council President José Pérez is proposing an amendment to an ordinance that would fine spectators a minimum of $500. 

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A recent report from Health Secretary Kennedy’s “Make America Healthy Again” commission argues children are being overmedicated for Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. A UW-Madison clinical psychologist argues Kennedy’s statements on the harms of medications like Adderall aren’t based in science.

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The chair of Wisconsin's Election Commission says the U.S. Department of Justice is mistaken after federal officials accused the state agency of breaking a federal election law.

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Ben Wikler, the outgoing chair of the Wisconsin Democratic Party, says he's hoping to write a book that will offer lessons to national Democrats.

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Even in our era of two-day shipping and instant downloads, many booksellers are finding that readers still want the connection of finding their next read in store. WPR’s Hope Kirwan […]

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Workers at the Anodyne Coffee Roasting Company in Milwaukee voted Wednesday to form a union, the Milwaukee Area Service and Hospitality Workers Union announced.

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Facing an uncertain financial future, UW-Parkside is merging its four academic colleges into a single college led by one leadership team.

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The Trump administration must restore hundreds of millions of dollars in AmeriCorps grant funding and thousands of service workers in about two dozen states, a federal judge ruled Thursday. Wisconsin is among those states.

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The bill comes as GOP legislative leaders have cast doubt on the future of the state’s Knowles-Nelson Stewardship program.

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The U.S. Supreme Court has unanimously ruled that the Catholic Charities Bureau in Superior doesn’t have to pay unemployment tax to Wisconsin.

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Data collected in part by the Great Lakes Indian Fish & Wildlife Commission shows a decrease in manoomin — a wild rice plant important to Ojibwe lifeways.

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Some Wisconsin lawmakers are proposing a bill that would create a $10,000 tax credit for people who moved to Wisconsin from Los Angeles County and North Carolina following disasters there.

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On Sunday, Luke Prokop of the Milwaukee Admirals will serve as the Grand Marshal in Milwaukee's 2025 Pride Parade.

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The union says it has turned down two contract offers from Indiana-based Cummins Inc. The two sides are scheduled to meet again June 26.

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Democratic Gov. Tony Evers and Republicans who run the Wisconsin Legislature say they’re done negotiating over the state budget, leaving GOP lawmakers to write the document themselves.

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Republican Sen. Ron Johnson remains opposed to a massive budget bill in Congress, telling WPR he wants to see larger spending cuts and an extension of federal tax cuts.

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Wisconsin Democrats on Wednesday announced legislation aimed at proactively responding to measures out of Washington that they say will hurt Wisconsinites, including potential changes to federal funding for state programs.

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Southern Wisconsin has been seeing some of the worst air quality in the nation Wednesday as smoke from Canadian wildfires continues to blanket much of the state.

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Many organizations, like the John Michael Kohler Arts Center in Sheboygan, were notified of abrupt grant terminations in an email on May 2. 

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Kristina Amelong explores her brother's legacy in a new memoir about family, continuing through tragedy and the mystery surrounding what happened.

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