Spending by the New York-based 1776 Project PAC is up 240 percent on Wisconsin races this year compared to 2025, according to records from the Wisconsin Ethics Commission. 

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Cesar Chavez Day events planned for later this month in Wisconsin are being canceled, postponed or renamed after alleged sexual abuse allegations about the famed labor leader surfaced this week. 

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As Wisconsin’s Republican leaders and Gov. Tony Evers continue working to hammer out a deal to provide both tax relief and money for schools, the state’s legislative Democrats have come up with their own plan. 

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A Madison-area school district needs a new superintendent, but months of controversy have made their way into the search. 

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Wisconsin’s public schools lost 14,087 students this school year, with 68 out of 72 counties experiencing a decline in student enrollment.

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A federal complaint filed Wednesday alleges Oconto Falls School District officials overlooked sexual abuse of students for 20 years. 

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Fewer than 10 percent of faculty at UW-Madison identify as conservative, while 70 percent identify as liberal, according to a new poll. Of 2,388 tenured and tenure-track faculty, about 27 percent responded.

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Last week, the Board of Regents Education Committee unanimously approved revising a policy that would allow campuses to offer 90-credit degrees. 

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John Zumbrunnen has been named the University of Wisconsin–Madison's provost and executive vice chancellor for academic affairs, Chancellor Jennifer Mnookin announced Monday.

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Milwaukee Public Schools announced Friday it plans to cut 263 non-classroom staff positions to help reduce the $46 million budget gap the district is facing.

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As word spread across Brookfield that the U.S. Department of Education would arrive on Friday with its History Rocks! tour, some parents feared the event was part of what they see as a larger effort by the Trump administration to indoctrinate children. 

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More Wisconsin students are attending school and graduating, according to data released Thursday by the state Department of Public Instruction. 

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A new Republican proposal would require schools to adopt a “bell-to-bell” ban on cell phones by July 1, 2027. 

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More than 400 members of the Wisconsin Army National Guard are stationed in the Middle East during the ongoing military action against Iran.

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Nearly half of Wisconsin’s lowest-performing schools are located on Milwaukee’s north side, according to a new report.

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Wisconsin voters are more concerned with reducing their property taxes than increasing funding for public schools. Voters also say they’re less inclined to support a school referendum. 

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A staff member at Madison East High School has been placed on leave while the school district investigates an allegation a student at the school was fed dog food.

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A group of parents and educators from across Wisconsin filed a lawsuit Monday against the state Legislature, alleging lawmakers have failed to adequately fund public schools. 

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For weeks, it looked like a deal might be struck between legislative Republicans and Gov. Tony Evers to use some of the state’s $2.5 billion surplus to provide both tax relief and money for schools. 
But those talks fell apart early last week.

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The Sauk Prairie School District in partnership with the Village of Prairie du Sac and the Sauk Prairie Area Chamber of Commerce began construction of a new early learning childcare center

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