Reading scores have continued to decline in Wisconsin since 2022, leaving students more than a half of a grade below pandemic levels. At the same time, math scores in the state haven’t budged. That has left some students in districts including Sun Prairie, Oshkosh and West Allis-West Milwaukee lagging more than a full grade level behind 2019 math benchmarks.

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The average single-family homes in Madison jumped above $500,000, a sign of a housing market with low supply and high demand.

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Wisconsin's Uline is looking to pause the development of a more than 1 million-square-foot distribution center in Kenosha due to economic uncertainty.

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A bipartisan education and tax cut deal between Gov. Tony Evers and Republican legislative leaders has irked some of the governor's fellow Democrats, who say it would shortchange public schools.

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The grieving mother of a man shot and killed by a Superior police officer last month told the city’s police chief her son didn’t deserve to die during an update on recent shootings.

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Republicans running for Wisconsin's 7th Congressional District are criticizing fellow GOP candidate Michael Alfonso for his appearance in a reality series featuring his father-in-law, U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy.

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Animal advocates have seen huge interest from people who want to adopt dogs that were taken from a Wisconsin-based facility that bred them for scientific research.

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Milwaukee’s Paul Noth is the first Wisconsin Cartoonist Laureate for the Museum of Wisconsin Art. He’ll act as an ambassador for the art form around the state and highlight Wisconsin’s important role in the history of American comics.

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Microsoft has hired around 375 people for full-time positions in Wisconsin and that number could grow to 800 by the time the company finishes its second data center in Racine County, according to a company spokesperson.

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The Granite Belt is a developing gravel cycling network of roughly 900 miles across Marathon, Lincoln, Langlade and Shawano counties, with Wausau positioned as the central base camp.

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A ship that’s been part of Superior’s history since 1896 is celebrating a birthday and welcoming everyone aboard — though it isn’t sailing anywhere.

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UW-Madison Chancellor Jennifer Mnookin reflected on her accomplishments leading the state’s flagship campus while acknowledging what she calls a period of “significant challenge” during her four-year tenure.

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The high price of fuel is worrying the leaders of some local governments across the state. 

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Officials with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security say they are still working to deport Noel Quintana Gonzalez. The Madison restauranteur was released from immigration detention after the governor pardoned him for a 20-year-old cocaine conviction.

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A manufacturing company in east central Wisconsin must pay $200,000 for alleged violations of its air pollution violations.

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After months of negotiation, Gov. Tony Evers and Republican leaders in the Legislature said Monday they’ve reached a deal that would spend down the state's budget surplus on tax relief and education.

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In 2021, lawmakers in Maine passed a suite of legislation aimed at fixing the state’s PFAS crisis, investing more than $200 million in the effort. A new book chronicles Maine's PFAS story and where things stand now, five years later.

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The Wisconsin-based YouTube channel Code Blue Cam has more than 3 million subscribers and 1.15 billion total views.

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Water levels on Lakes Michigan and Huron witnessed their largest surge for the month of April since records began more than a century ago.

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The new novel, “The Supper Club Saints,” captures the complexities of modern motherhood in a family running a dying supper club that's the heartbeat of the fictional Lake Michigan town of Port Holcomb.

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