At the Republican state convention Saturday, Derrick Van Orden suggested ending Wisconsin’s spring elections — a move that would require an amendment to the state constitution. His suggestion comes after a series of losses by conservatives in spring elections. 

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Some state Republican lawmakers hope President Donald Trump’s recent executive order restricting funding for so-called “gain-of-function” research will accomplish their goal of clamping down on what they see as dangerous pathogen studies in Wisconsin. 

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Med Wise Rx is an education program to help older Wisconsinites communicate with their pharmacists and safely manage many prescriptions. 

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The Verona Public Library has debuted floor-to-ceiling translucent dot stickers on its 35-foot tall glass windows. The treatment comes after volunteer citizen scientists documented 88 bird deaths while periodically surveying the windows since 2021.

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The small Midwest office, founded almost 20 years ago by computer scientists from UW-Madison, helps power technology used across the globe.

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Two suppliers of aquatic creatures were recently convicted for ignoring warnings from the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources and selling illegal crayfish species to Wisconsinites, the department announced today. 

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State mental health officials say more teen boys are feeling anxious, depressed and suicidal in recent years. There are ways that adults can help boys who are struggling.

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It’s been one year since UW students in Madison and Milwaukee set up encampments to demand their campuses divest from Israel and protest the war in Gaza. 

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