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The federal funding freeze sparked anxiety in Wisconsin. Some groups are still on edge.

Days after a White House announcement that a wide range of federal funds would be frozen across the country, Wisconsin nonprofits and agencies that rely on those dollars say they still don’t know where things stand.

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We Energies’ planned Oak Creek natural gas plant to produce 1.3M tons of emissions annually

The natural gas plant We Energies plans to build at its Oak Creek power plant campus will produce more than 1.3 million tons of greenhouse gas emissions each year, according to a new report from state regulators.

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GOP accuses Crawford of ‘selling’ congressional seats for addressing Democratic donor briefing

Liberal Wisconsin Supreme Court candidate Susan Crawford is facing Republican criticism for participating in a Democratic donor call advertised as a "chance to put two more House seats in play."

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Madison school policy cited in Trump order banning teaching critical race theory, gender identity

The order specifically mentions a Madison Metropolitan School District policy that it says calls on schools to “disrupt the gender binary” by teaching students to embrace different gender identities.

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Trump White House rescinds memo freezing federal grants after widespread confusion

President Donald Trump's budget office on Wednesday rescinded a memo freezing spending on federal grants, less than two days after it sparked widespread confusion and legal challenges across the country.

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Madison and Nashville school shooters appear to have crossed paths in online extremist communities

A month after a student opened fire at Abundant Life Christian School, another killed a classmate at Antioch High School. Both were active in an internet subculture that glorifies mass shooters and encourages young people to commit attacks themselves.

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