An attempt by wedding barn owners to strike down changes requiring them to get liquor licenses has failed.

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An effort is underway to give historic designation status to two downtown Milwaukee buildings in an attempt to save them from potential demolition.

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Much of Danielle Thralow's humor centers on identity, with a frequent opening line being “I’m transgender and 62 years old” — just in case, she says, audience members have any confusion about her age.

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Assembly lawmakers on Wednesday approved a slate of GOP-authored election bills, including one that would change how absentee ballots are processed and eliminate the use of central count locations.

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Republicans in the state Assembly approved more than a dozen education-related bills Wednesday, including a series of bills aimed at consolidating school districts.

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Under the bill, Wisconsin hunters would have the opportunity to hunt sandhill cranes, pending federal approval.

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WPR Music spoke with McGegan about Handel’s most famous work and why it’s remained so popular since it premiered in 1742.

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Milwaukee Bucks Social Media Director Jesse Clark has come full circle since growing up rooting for the team from Mount Horeb.

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People read the equivalent of a novel a day on digital media, a Marquette University professor says. But there's something to be gained by spending time with a book.

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The new site could be Rockwell’s largest manufacturing campus in the world.

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Eight railroad depots still serve passengers in Wisconsin, for Amtrak trains that travel across the southern half of the state. But once, there were a few hundred rail stations here. While many of those buildings are gone, others remain with new uses.

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More Wisconsin communities are changing the way they provide police and fire services to residents in an attempt to save money.

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“We just don't realize what's in our leaves,” watershed ecologist Alicia Ramsey said. “People throw out their leaves, or they compost their leaves, or they mulch their leaves, not realizing how much life is actually in them.”

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The Menominee Indian Nation of Wisconsin requested the return of human remains and burial objects.

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The United States minted its final pennies last week, but the phase out of the 1-cent coin is expected to vary from community to community. 

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The Wisconsin Senate passed a bill Tuesday prohibiting any public money from going toward health care coverage for people in the state illegally.

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Labor unions and educators are among those in Wisconsin’s construction industry hailing data center projects as long-term job creators.  

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Republicans in the Wisconsin Senate voted to repeal a 400-year increase to school funding on Tuesday, but their bill is almost certainly headed for a veto by Democratic Gov. Tony Evers.

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Leaders of the state’s energy assistance program are urging eligible Wisconsinites to get their applications in, despite an ongoing delay in federal funding.

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American shippers are at odds with the Canadian government over its regulations that require all Great Lakes vessels or “lakers” to install systems to treat their ballast water by 2030.

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