Gov. Tony Evers’ new two-year budget calls for a sweeping amount of changes to the state’s prison system. Two Republicans involved in corrections legislation signaled agreement with the push to close a large prison near Green Bay.

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Senators have voted to advance Trump’s education secretary pick Linda McMahon to head an agency McMahon has said she wants to shut down. Education advocates argue this and other federal education shakeups are creating uncertainty in Wisconsin schools.

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A recent settlement between two of the nation’s largest meatpackers is renewing questions about child labor and how to protect kids from working in the meatpacking industry.

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