The Wisconsin Supreme Court’s liberal majority will grow after state Appeals Judge Chris Taylor was elected to a 10-year term Tuesday.

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The Universities of Wisconsin Board of Regents has voted to fire the leader of the state's public university system.

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Antitrust lawsuits from across the country against three fire truck manufacturers — including two based in Wisconsin — will now be centralized in a federal court in the Badger State.

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ICE arrested Salah Sarsour for accusations of lying on his immigration forms and posing a threat to U.S. foreign policy.

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Wisconsin Democrats are condemning President Donald Trump's statement Tuesday that "A whole civilization will die tonight" if a deal is not reached in the war in Iran. 

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Rockwell Automation has filed zoning applications to develop what the company is calling a state-of-the-art factory in New Berlin.

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American journalist Shelly Kittleson, a Wisconsin native who was kidnapped from a Baghdad streetcorner last week, has been released, an Iraqi official with direct knowledge of the situation said on Tuesday.

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Wisconsin voters are deciding the fate of another state Supreme Court race on Tuesday, while also weighing in on a plethora of local races and referenda.

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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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