A new study found that while half of the state’s school districts tried performance-based pay incentives for teachers, most have since abandoned it.That trend matches what’s happening in schools around the country.

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“I basically went ahead when I probably should have turned back,” climate reporter Alec Luhn recently said on WPR’s “Wisconsin Today.” Luhn went missing for six days this summer.

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Wisconsin’s commissioner of insurance says the stalemate over Affordable Care Act subsidies at the heart of the government shutdown is already affecting available health insurance options. 

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Mayor Randy Knaack told WPR’s “Wisconsin Today” that he made the decision to draft a letter to Balloonist, LLC, the company pursuing the center, saying the city is not interested in negotiating incentives for the project.

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Madison’s Reindahl Park neighborhood has historically lacked community resources and places to gather. But Madison Public Library’s director hopes a new library under construction will change that.

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Monarch butterflies have begun their annual 3,000-mile migration from Wisconsin to Mexico. Although their numbers grew this year, the insects still face many threats.

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