Climate, weather and water-related research in Wisconsin and the Great Lakes would take a hit under the Trump administration’s proposal to slash funding for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

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About 250,000 people are expected to descend on Green Bay next week for the NFL draft. Republican lawmakers from the region say they'll seek more than $1 million in the next state budget to reimburse local law enforcement agencies tasked with keeping it safe.

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The NFL draft is expected to draw close to 250,000 people to Green Bay. But a little more than a week out from the event, multiple Airbnb properties near Lambeau Field still had availability.

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A bipartisan group of lawmakers is backing a bill that would exempt gun safes and other "firearm safety devices" from Wisconsin's sales tax.

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Actors David Duchovny and Richard Kind trace their roots from Jewish communities in Eastern Europe to the U.S.

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Journalists Jim Acosta and Van Jones learn about their ancestors.

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There are currently 16 assistant district attorneys with the Waukesha County District Attorney's Office. However, a 2024 Wisconsin Department of Administration analysis said the county should have around 10 more prosecutors. 

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USDA Secretary Brooke Rollins announced in a press release Monday that her agency was immediately canceling the $3.1 billion program.

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“Thermometers don’t care who’s in office,” said Dan Vimont, a professor of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. “By undercutting our ability to monitor and assess the current state of our world, we are disadvantaging ourselves economically, and we’re disadvantaging ourselves in our national security as well.” 

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“I miss Tomahawk. I love Tomahawk so much,” Barr told WPR. “But I truly could not have imagined where my life would lead me in terms of being an actor and being on this stage. I’m so excited about it.”

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Wisconsin’s seasonal moratorium on utility shutoffs ends Tuesday, just weeks after the Trump administration fired all of the federal employees running a program that provides energy assistance to low-income households.

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A brewery on the banks of the Milwaukee River hosted a roundtable discussion between tool distributors, farmers, roofers, craft brewers and U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin on Monday.

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Three Democrats have already announced campaigns to succeed Wikler, who is touted with leading the party through a transformation.

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Lewis M. Rutherford lunar photographs from 1865; a Patek Philippe & Tiffany platinum pocket watch circa 1910; Lynne Drexler oil paintings.

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Rosalind delivers a baby with a suspicious spinal lesion and Dr. Turner suspects spina bifida; a gas explosion causes chaos.

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Milwaukee health officials said they’re focusing on local efforts to address the school district’s lead crisis in the absence of federal support. 

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Local writer Heather Kerrigan took a 2,600-mile journey across the state to taste test food and drinks that Wisconsin has become famous for. The result is a roughly 200-page highlight reel featuring local breweries, restaurants and cheese shops in “Beer, Brats, and Cheese: A Wisconsin Road Trip.”

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Shingles is not deadly, but there is a painful rash that lingers for two to four weeks. The most common complication is postherpetic neuralgia, which is long-term nerve pain that lasts for months to years after the rash clears. 

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Officials in Milwaukee want to pass a city ordinance that would ban the sale of hookah products to anyone under the age of 21.

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The latest data shows producers intend to put a lot fewer acres of soybeans in the ground, amid retaliatory tariffs from China and higher production costs.

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