Port Washington officials are limiting construction hours at the massive data center campus being built in the city following complaints from residents who live near the site. 

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What do you want to know about what did and didn’t pass and how it could affect you?

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A Marquette University political science professor says U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi reappointing Brad Schimel to lead the Eastern District attorney's office in Milwaukee is part of a wider strategy from the Trump Administration and is legally questionable.

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Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul joined a coalition of two dozen states over the EPA's decision to repeal the scientific basis for controlling pollution that’s heating up the planet.

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Abbott Laboratories expects to close Monday on its acquisition of Madison-based biotechnology company Exact Sciences. 

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When a crime is committed against someone without legal status in the U.S., it can open a pathway to a green card for the victim. But it comes at the cost of proving your abuse.

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Lawmakers want to expand the Work Opportunity Tax Credit which for three decades has rewarded companies that hire people with barriers to employment. New research shows it doesn’t work.

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After a lifetime of musical achievements and 32 years with the Madison Symphony Orchestra, Grammy and Tony award-winning director John DeMain is out with a memoir, “Working with My Heroes: A Life in Music.”

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Singer-songwriter Joyann Parker's upcoming album, “Life Lines,” explores stories and lessons gathered with age. It drops later this month, and Parker will be performing a Northwoods album release show in Hayward on May 15.

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Abortion Laws and Wisconsin’s 2026 Candidates for Governor Candidates in the 2026 race for governor on how the state regulates abortion.

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One of Larry Meiller's favorite "Garden Talk" guests shares his recommendations for where to get the best online gardening tips and tricks.

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Microsoft will no longer use nondisclosure agreements with local governments in developing data centers, the company announced this week.

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Chad McGehee started as the director of meditation training at Wisconsin Athletics in 2020 — the first ever person to hold that title in a major college sports program. McGehee tells athletes that meditation is “strength and conditioning for the mind.” 

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A portion of a Washington County road could soon be renamed to honor the late Charlie Kirk. 

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Elvira Benitez-Suarez’s husband and three of her four children joined advocates from Voces de la Frontera at an event Thursday in Milwaukee to demand her immediate release from ICE custody. It’s part of a new “Justice for Elvira” campaign

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Wisconsin women will have access to preventive breast cancer screenings under a new law signed Thursday by Gov. Tony Evers. 

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Former poet laureate of Wisconsin Kimberly Blaeser received a National Book Foundation prize for her most recent poetry collection, Ancient Light, that gives voice to urgent ecological and social issues.

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Wisconsin Senate Republican Majority Leader Devin LeMahieu has announced he’s retiring.

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Spectrum will close its Appleton call center in late May, laying off more than 300 workers. 

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Cesar Chavez Day events planned for later this month in Wisconsin are being canceled, postponed or renamed after alleged sexual abuse allegations about the famed labor leader surfaced this week. 

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