The lab tests products for how well they break down and how beneficial the material is for plants.

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WPR spoke with three church leaders in the state to see what they are experiencing in their growing congregations after a recent report from the Hartford Institute for Religion Research found church attendance across the country increased for the first time in 25 years.

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The first historic site recognized by the state of Wisconsin has a storied past, told mainly from the perspective of men who owned it. But a new book, “An Elegant Edifice,” tells the stories of the women who lived at Villa Louis in Prairie du Chien and made it what it is.

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Milwaukee’s only tofu maker is back after a temporary closure. Jim Neumeyer, the previous co-owner of the now shuttered Beans & Barley, is taking the helm.

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The number of people aging in Wisconsin prisons is growing rapidly, according to a new report. A Wisconsin physician who studies aging and care in prison systems talks about what this means for the system and the people in state care.

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Early Thursday morning, the U.S. Senate adopted a Republican budget measure that would deliver as much as $70 billion for immigration enforcement. The vote is a step toward the GOP using a process known as “reconciliation” to circumvent Democrats and pass the measure with a simple majority.

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After a 20-year restoration effort, a male lake sturgeon was detected 20 river miles upstream of Lake Michigan. This is a promising sign that this ancient North American freshwater fish could start spawning in the Milwaukee River again, restoring a once thriving population.

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