The leader of a Wisconsin community where a troubled maximum security prison resides is “cautiously optimistic” that lawmakers will be able to close the facility in this year’s state budget. 

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Like other types of gender-affirming care, voice therapy can help transgender people feel more at home in their bodies — and keep them safe from violence and harassment.

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Mental health advocates in Wisconsin are worried about the impact of proposed cuts to trained counselors who support LGBTQ+ people when they contact the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline. 

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Rapper and singer T-Pain isn't moving forward with an event at Wisconsin State Fair Park this summer after he blasted organizers and claimed they had concerns the event would attract gangs.

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Wisconsin will lose $8 million in federal grants that school districts have been using to hire mental health professionals, including school counselors and social workers. 

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UW-Madison professor Douglas McLeod has studied media coverage of protests for years. He says the success of protest movements can hinge on how they are portrayed in the news.

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The Women’s Center in Waukesha County has been around since 1977. It serves survivors of domestic abuse, sexual violence, child abuse and human trafficking.

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With the UW-Madison’s diversity, equity and inclusion programs under fire and its chief diversity officer position vacant, the university has created a new position: special advisor to the chancellor and provost. 

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After three straight years of record homicides in Milwaukee, the city has seen a decline in the past two years.

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Republican-ordered audits released Friday found that Wisconsin state agencies and the Universities of Wisconsin have failed to track the millions of dollars they spent on diversity, equity and inclusion efforts, making it difficult to fully assess the initiatives.

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