President Trump has called for an end to mail-in voting — a practice established in Wisconsin in the 1860s. Two members of the state’s Committee on Campaigns and Elections weigh in.

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Jim Lovell was the first astronaut to travel to space four times and the leader of the harrowing Apollo 13 mission. He died earlier this month at the age of 97. The coauthor of the Apollo 13 recounting, “Lost Moon” explored Lovell’s legacy.

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The new children’s book “Saving Our Sturgeon” tells the history of one of Wisconsin's oldest fish and how it was brought back from the brink of extinction.

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The ‘One Big Beautiful Bill Act’ made a variety of changes to the federal student loan system. Two changes — the elimination of the Grad PLUS loan program and a lifetime loan cap of $200,000 — leaves medical students well short of the estimated cost of medical school in Wisconsin.

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A lobbying group for Wisconsin restaurants lauds several aspects in President Trump's recent reconciliation law. But a Milwaukee chef says the president’s immigration crackdown and tariffs are causing new concerns.

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Frog Bay Tribal National Park opened in 2012 to restore reservation lands back to tribal ownership and ensure tribal members and outsiders alike can access the area for generations.

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In the latest chapter of layoffs in the video game industry, about 20 of Middleton’s Raven Software staff are among the hundreds of people laid off by Microsoft this month. Tens of thousands of workers in the video game industry have been laid off since 2023.

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As search operations continue for people lost in the flash floods along the Guadalupe River in Texas, an official with the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources explains what safety measures are in the state's parks and campsites.

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In Wisconsin, deaths tied to liver cirrhosis from drinking alcohol jumped more than a third from 2019 to 2023.

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Professional ballet in Wisconsin is limited to Milwaukee and Madison. The Wisconsin Dance Theatre — and its first original production debuting later this month — are bringing the art form outside of these big cities.

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The Arête Glacier Initiative is a new collaboration from Dartmoth and MIT that aims to improve human understanding of glaciers and prevent sea level rise. Two researchers at UW-Madison are the initiative’s first grant recipients.

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