Pete Schwaba previews the 2025 Wisconsin Film Festival.

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Wisconsin Humanities oversees educational and cultural programming across the state. It's preparing to shut down after the Trump administration abruptly promised to cut off funding.

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Dr. Chris Eberlein of La Crosse welcomes the $22 million that Wisconsin will see as part of a settlement with Kroger over the opioid epidemic. But he said the state still has a lot to do before the crisis is over.

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Wisconsin consumers will likely pay more for goods imported from dozens of countries that will now be taxed at higher rates under tariffs announced by President Donald Trump this week.

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Austin City Limits Celebrates 50 Years of music with new performances and vintage highlights.

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The Milwaukee Health Department is now without the help of federal employees who were assisting the department with the response to the ongoing lead crisis at the city's school district. 

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The prairie crayfish is native to six counties in southeastern Wisconsin.

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The Trump administration is giving public K-12 schools 10 days to eliminate diversity, equity and inclusion programs or be at risk of losing federal funding. 

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Wisconsin farmers could get grants to use grazing practices that benefit soil health, animal welfare and water quality under a bipartisan bill making its way through the Wisconsin Legislature.

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WPR's "BETA" sat down with Joseph Patel to find out what inspired the making of the documentary, "SLY LIVES! (aka The Burden of Black Genius)."

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The film “Brady Street: Portrait of a Neighborhood” shares some of the history of the street, ranging from tales of Polish and Italian immigration to the transformation of the neighborhood into a counterculture hotspot in the 1960s and 70s.

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We Energies is asking state utility regulators to approve special rates for data centers that would require those users to pay for infrastructure built for their developments.

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Phil Cook recently spoke with WPR's "BETA" about his love for the piano and a new record of solo instrumentals titled “Appalachia Borealis."

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WPR's "BETA" talks with author Sara Sligar, who has written a suspenseful, gripping narrative that raises several questions about the nature of truth in our digital age.

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For the first time since 2015, a liberal has been elected chief justice of Wisconsin's Supreme Court. Outgoing Justice Ann Walsh Bradley will take the helm for the next two months before retiring and will be succeeded by fellow liberal Justice Jill Karofsky for the remainder of the two-year term.

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Professional crime-scene cleaner Wicky has to mop up after a particularly grisly murder.

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Wisconsin leaders are reacting to Trump tariffs with tempered optimism, concern or outright castigation.

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Yahara House is a community mental health program focused on building relationships and job opportunities. The clubhouse model reduces hospitalizations and boosts employment in adults with serious mental illnesses, experts and advocates say. 

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The man in charge of overseeing facilities amid the lead crisis at Milwaukee Public Schools is being reprimanded by the state for misrepresenting himself after he didn't renew his architect license.

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“Demographics are a giant problem in this state,” said Mark O'Connell, executive director of the Wisconsin Counties Association. “The last time we had as few births as we have today was in 1943. We are not creating enough young people. We don’t attract them, we don’t grow them, we don’t keep them.”

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