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High school seniors explore history by restoring gravestones 

29 October 2025 at 20:50

Several students from Marquette University High School helped clean gravestones at Milwaukee's oldest cemetery for the school’s literature and social justice class.

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Wisconsin residents are running out of time to qualify for solar tax credits 

24 October 2025 at 19:28

This summer, President Donald Trump signed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act into law, ending  various tax credits a decade ahead of schedule. The credits could be used to buy electric vehicles and to install solar panels on homes. 

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National Railroad Museum opens major Fox River expansion in Wisconsin

22 October 2025 at 19:52

The new glass building will host several historic train cars and add more room for the museum to focus on its goal of educating children and the public about railroad history and its place in America.

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Wisconsin schools largely reject performance-based pay for teachers

17 October 2025 at 18:53

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 was flying down the mountain’: Wisconsin-born journalist Alec Luhn shares survival story

15 October 2025 at 10:00

“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 insurance commissioner urges extension of ACA tax credits as open enrollment nears

8 October 2025 at 22:14

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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