Layoffs are likely and clinical trials could be interrupted if funding is cut, Jo Handelsman says.

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Pocan recently announced plans to introduce the Eliminate Looting of Our Nation by Mitigating Unethical State Kleptocracy, or “ELON MUSK” Act.

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Alicia Rytlewski composed “When We Were Bears” across Wisconsin over the course of eight years, starting in 2016 when she was an artist-in-residence at a farm in Campbellsport.

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Sen. Chris Larson reacts to Wisconsin test scores that indicate struggles in Milwaukee and a widening educational gap between Black and white students.

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When Lee Hawkins was a budding journalist writing for The Badger Herald at UW-Madison, he was just beginning his decades-long journey to understanding the connection between his family history and the physical abuse of his childhood.

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After two years of cancellations, organizers are ready to give the Amnicon Lake ice fishing event another shot. A lack of volunteers might stand in their way.

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Ed Bieber is working to clean up Wisconsin’s waterways — and building an online audience as he does it.

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Nearly half of Wisconsin's towns, cities and villages are described as being at “high” or “very high” risk to destructive wildfires, according to the Wisconsin DNR.

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UW-Madison researchers used data collected from more than 11,000 youth over four years to discover a new way of thinking about childhood trauma and mental illness.

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At least nine Wisconsin communities have decided to stop adding fluoride to their public drinking water this year, citing possible health risks. At least six more communities are considering doing the same.

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For the first time in a decade, the American Academy of Pediatrics released updated recommendations on how pediatricians and caregivers can encourage early childhood literacy, with a Wisconsin doctor working on the effort. 

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Sen. Dianne Hesselbein now has four newly-elected Democrats in her caucus, eliminating the previous Republican supermajority and giving Democrats a greater say in what happens to the state budget.

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A program that aims to boost social connections in a time of increasing social isolation has been facilitating pop-up events since 2023. Now, it has a permanent space of its own.

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