For more than a decade, Jay Barthuly has been bringing veterans — some of whom also have disabilities — out to an elk hunting trip in Montana. And he’s done a lot of it on his own dime.

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Twenty Wisconsin school districts located on tribal lands that collectively enroll more than 21,000 students have not received routine federal funding for operations, including teacher salaries.  The federal government issued […]

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"There are a lot of benefits, but mostly it's about getting out of the house and building a community with others," ArtStart Program Director Ashley McLaughlin said.

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Democratic Gov. Tony Evers has vetoed a GOP-backed bill that would have ordered tens of thousands of state employees to work in-person most of the time.

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Nearly 700,000 Wisconsinites are wondering whether they'll get their November federal food assistance benefits amid the ongoing government shutdown.

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Wisconsin farmers are cautiously optimistic that a trade deal between the Trump administration and China will help give soybean growers more market certainty moving forward.

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For former state archaeologist Robert Birmingham, the mound landscapes are a "spectacular phenomenon" unique to the region — a piece of ancient history that still matters today.

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Construction is now underway on a major interstate expansion project in Milwaukee.

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Since the fall of Roe v. Wade, abortion policy and availability has been in flux in Wisconsin, and providers and advocates say it can leave patients confused.

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Voters in Wisconsin's massive 7th Congressional District will have a large list of candidates to winnow as they decide who will replace outgoing GOP U.S. Rep. Tom Tiffany.

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Months after a unanimous U.S. Supreme Court ruling found that a Wisconsin-based religious charity should be exempt from certain taxes, Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul is challenging religious tax exemptions entirely.

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Currently, 14 Wisconsin counties and more than 50 municipalities impose a vehicle registration fee, also known as a wheel tax. If the bill becomes law, those fees would be repealed unless they're approved by voters within 18 months.

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Gov. Tony Evers has declared a state of emergency and a period of "abnormal economic disruption" due to the ongoing federal government shutdown and a potential lapse in FoodShare benefits.

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Well into Wisconsin’s waterfowl hunting season, WPR’s Larry Meiller sat down with the DNR's Taylor Finger to talk about waterfowl conservation.

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Health system operating margins rebounded slightly in 2024 after being in the red in 2023, a report noted. Among 23 Wisconsin health systems — comprising 129 hospitals — operating margins rose from negative 0.8 percent to 2.2 percent. 

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The City of Madison has cleared Civil Rights Director Norman Davis of violating city policies, after multiple employees alleged he discriminated against them on the basis of gender and disability. A report released Friday, however, says his leadership style resulted in a "severe lack of trust" within his department.

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Aubrey Judd, a veteran radio presenter of “The Dead Room,” soon realizes that elements of his own past are not as dead and buried as he had hoped.

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Watch the entire episode of Here & Now for October 31.

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Two federal judges ruled nearly simultaneously on Friday that President Donald Trump’s administration must continue to fund SNAP, the nation’s biggest food aid program, using contingency funds during the government shutdown.

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The Bronzeville Way Healing and Safe Space provides a centralized location to connect the community to local organizations.

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