Milwaukee's teacher union is calling out recently announced staff cuts at Milwaukee Public Schools.

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The town of Hayward doesn’t see $1.5 billion business opportunities coming its way every day, and even fewer that would connect forestry to sustainable energy. But that's the idea behind a proposed partnership between a German firm and a local timber business to build a plant that would convert woody biomass into sustainable aviation fuel. 

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The new mobile model is designed to make those experiences more accessible to communities around the state.

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The GOP-authored legislation passed the Senate in March after years of back and forth between the governor and Republican lawmakers over how to spend the PFAS funding first set aside in the 2023-25 state budget.

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The city sent letters to voters who may have received two ballots telling them only to vote on one ballot.

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The tally of early votes in this year's Supreme Court race is less than half what it was at the same point in last year's record-breaking contest. 

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Nearly one-third of people who complete teacher training never enter the classroom in Wisconsin, and nearly half of the people who do become teachers leave the profession within eight years.

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A federal judge will not allow for a new trial for the former Milwaukee County judge who was convicted of impeding immigration enforcement. 

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The Universities of Wisconsin Board of Regents will meet Tuesday to discuss whether to fire Jay Rothman from his job as president of the the university system.

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Municipal clerks from opposite ends of the state said they believe there isn’t enough time before this year’s midterm elections to successfully pull off the demands in Trump’s order, even if they could be done.

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The delay comes as energy use in the region is expected to skyrocket due to data center projects under construction.

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In the waning days of a relatively understated race for a 10-year term on the Wisconsin Supreme Court, candidates Maria Lazar and Chris Taylor vowed to be independent justices, even as they made their pitches from local political party headquarters.

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A leader of Wisconsin's state disease laboratory says a recent reduction in federal testing won't immediately impact the state's ability to test for infectious diseases, including rabies.

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Under Wisconsin's Constitution, a governor can use commutations to cut short someone’s prison sentence. But, for decades, Democratic and Republican governors have allowed that power to sit untouched. That could soon change.

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In "Bamboo Son," Pao Lor revisits his teenage years in Green Bay and his lifelong search for identity as an orphan.

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A union leader representing Forest Service employees in Wisconsin says workers may have to move as part of the Trump administration’s plan to shift its headquarters out west and shutter regional offices.

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Director Michael Sajbel’s 20th high school class reunion was the push he needed to reconnect with his Wisconsin roots.

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A Manitowoc County committee is recommending the county board approve an ordinance placing a one-year moratorium on data centers.

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Housing service providers are scrambling to maintain services for more than 100 households at risk of becoming homeless after the abrupt closing of the Green Bay nonprofit.

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Wisconsin Supreme Court candidates Maria Lazar and Chris Taylor staked their claims to independence and accused one another of being too extreme for a 10-year term on the state's highest bench during their first, and only debate of the campaign.

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