Wisconsinites have grown accustomed to multimillion dollar, record-shattering, nationally scrutinized state Supreme Court races.

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The village of Winter in Sawyer County witnessed the state’s highest heat index of 111 degrees Fahrenheit during a heat wave late last month.

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People under the age of 21 will no longer be able to buy hemp-derived THC products in Milwaukee, under an ordinance passed by the city's Common Council on Tuesday.

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A new slate of incentives and a film office will soon be supporting TV and movie projects here in Wisconsin.

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In one of her last public conversations, Young spoke with WPR’s Robin Washington on “Morning Edition” from hospice care in April, touching just briefly on her very full life.

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An independent Milwaukee music venue's plan to make its building more accessible for people with disabilities got a boost this week with an unexpected donation from musician Jack White.

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Democratic Gov. Tony Evers raised about $760,000 during the first six months of 2025, well shy of the nearly $5.3 million he raised during the same period in his reelection bid four years ago.

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Changing tariffs and shifting trade negotiation deadlines has created challenges for Wisconsin companies importing and exporting goods.

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The 2025 NFL draft in Green Bay had a statewide economic impact of more than $104 million, beating pre-draft projections, according to new data from the local visitors bureau.

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A federal appeals court sided with a woman who accused a former Badger football star of sexual assault, overturning a lower court's dismissal of her lawsuit against UW-Madison. 

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People in southern Wisconsin could be seeing more fireflies this summer as lifting drought conditions improve habitat for the insects, according to a UW-Madison entomology professor. 

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Special Olympics Wisconsin has joined an international effort aimed at improving health care quality and access for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

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Federal workers living in Wisconsin and Minnesota are among those who have been placed on administrative leave by the Environmental Protection Agency after voicing concerns about politicization of the agency.

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Two facilities assisting Wisconsin veterans who don't have housing are set to close at the end of September due to ongoing deficits and a political battle over state funding.

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UW-Madison’s Keith Bechtol has played a hand in building the Vera Rubin Observatory in Chile. A camera with 3.2 billion pixels will collect the data equivalent of all written language over all of human history.

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Instead of hiking through the woods to find and identify birds, the BIPOC Birding Club of Wisconsin set up lawn chairs and blankets and waited for the birds to come to them.

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Transportation Secretary Kristina Boardman joined WPR’s “Wisconsin Today” to discuss how changes to state and federal funding will affect infrastructure in the state.

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The plan no longer calls for allowing duplexes and triplexes in areas zoned for single-family houses.

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WPR’s “Wisconsin Today” spoke with Wisconsin State Superintendent of Public Instruction Jill Underly about her thoughts on the new budget and the state joining a lawsuit against the Trump administration’s hold up of education funds. 

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A northern Wisconsin town sued by the U.S. Department of Justice last year for not providing electronic voting machines to people with disabilities has lost its federal appeal.

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