In the waning days of a relatively understated race for a 10-year term on the Wisconsin Supreme Court, candidates Maria Lazar and Chris Taylor vowed to be independent justices, even as they made their pitches from local political party headquarters.

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A leader of Wisconsin's state disease laboratory says a recent reduction in federal testing won't immediately impact the state's ability to test for infectious diseases, including rabies.

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Under Wisconsin's Constitution, a governor can use commutations to cut short someone’s prison sentence. But, for decades, Democratic and Republican governors have allowed that power to sit untouched. That could soon change.

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In "Bamboo Son," Pao Lor revisits his teenage years in Green Bay and his lifelong search for identity as an orphan.

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A union leader representing Forest Service employees in Wisconsin says workers may have to move as part of the Trump administration’s plan to shift its headquarters out west and shutter regional offices.

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Director Michael Sajbel’s 20th high school class reunion was the push he needed to reconnect with his Wisconsin roots.

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A Manitowoc County committee is recommending the county board approve an ordinance placing a one-year moratorium on data centers.

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Housing service providers are scrambling to maintain services for more than 100 households at risk of becoming homeless after the abrupt closing of the Green Bay nonprofit.

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Wisconsin Supreme Court candidates Maria Lazar and Chris Taylor staked their claims to independence and accused one another of being too extreme for a 10-year term on the state's highest bench during their first, and only debate of the campaign.

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Wisconsin AG Josh Kaul has joined other Democratic attorneys general in a friend-of-the-court brief seeking to preserve birthright citizenship in the face of an executive order from President Donald Trump.

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The president of the 25-campus Universities of Wisconsin said in a letter obtained by The Associated Press that he’s been told to either resign or be fired, but has been given no reason and won’t step aside.

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Vertical farming was supposed to revolutionize agriculture. That didn’t happen, but one vertical farm owner in Kenosha shares how his business has taken root in Wisconsin.

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The president of the Islamic Society of Milwaukee and a prominent pro-Palestinian activist has been taken into custody by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents.

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An American white pelican that captured the hearts of a Lake Superior community has died after undergoing treatment for gunshot wounds.

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Prior to 1972 girls didn’t always have the opportunity to play sports at school. But the passage of Title IX changed that. It paved the way for Manitowoc’s Roncalli High […]

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Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers says President Donald Trump's order to restrict absentee ballots from going to people not vetted by his administration is "bulls---," and he looks forward to seeing the president in court.

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Just like regular gas prices, the price of diesel has skyrocketed over the past month in response to the war in Iran.

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Wisconsin is part of a coalition of 21 states and local governments suing the Environmental Protection Agency for weakening standards on coal-fired power plants tied to emissions of mercury and other harmful pollutants.

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Traditional diets can be ineffective. But as a UW-Madison researcher recently told Larry Meiller that an eco-friendly diet can bring about long-lasting benefits for both individual and planetary health.

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A free 5K along the shore of Lake Mendota is part of a global community running movement.

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