A sweeping bipartisan housing bill passed through Congress earlier this week, with provisions aimed at making it easier to build new houses and rezone communities.

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The rate at which Wisconsin distributes too much or too little food assistance is among the lowest in the nation, according to data released Wednesday by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

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The president of Wisconsin's largest mosque must be immediately released from detention as his immigration case moves forward, a federal judge ordered Thursday.

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Minocqua Brewing Company, the business run by the controversy-courting Kirk Bangstad, is suing the Wisconsin Department of Revenue after the agency seized 1,200 cans of its beer last week.

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Three men accused of developing and implementing the 2020 "false electors" scheme pleaded not guilty to felony forgery charges in Dane County Circuit Court Tuesday. 

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Senate Minority Leader Dianne Hesselbein said Tuesday that she’d be willing to revisit negotiations over spending the state surplus. But nobody has asked her about it.

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As Congress investigates a federal law from the 1960s, Wisconsin Republicans find themselves on different sides of the issue — and the Green Bay Packers are on edge.

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Seven Democrats made their case for how they’ll make Wisconsin more affordable and how they can beat Tiffany in November.

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Attorneys for Jim Troupis, who served as President Donald Trump's 2020 Wisconsin campaign lawyer, are arguing that Troupis cannot receive a fair trial in Madison. They're asking for his criminal trial to be moved out of Dane County.

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People in Madison gathered to honor Michael Johnson, the influential leader of the Boys and Girls Club of Dane County, who died suddenly on Sunday night.

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Attorneys for Salah Sarsour say that he's lost 30 pounds while held in jail for the last two months. His immigration case remains ongoing.

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Rep. Francesca Hong, a leading Democratic candidate for governor, was recently sued over credit card debt.

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A liberal provocateur who on Monday turned in signatures to run for governor has hit a major roadblock after it was revealed that dozens of pages of signatures he submitted were invalid.

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Harry Wait was sentenced on Tuesday to three years of probation on election fraud and identity theft charges. 

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Wisconsin candidates for governor are one step closer to getting on the ballot — and the crowded Democratic primary field remains robust.

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Outside groups are spending money in the Democratic primary for governor, as candidates struggle to stand out in a crowded field.

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U.S. Rep. Tom Tiffany, the leading Republican candidate for governor, said he stands by his criticisms of a budget surplus deal that failed in the Legislature, despite widespread support for the bill in a new public poll.

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A failed deal on tax relief and school funding would have left Wisconsin in the red by billions of dollars, according to a memo released Wednesday by the nonpartisan Legislative Fiscal Bureau.

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Just weeks after changes to federal student loan policy officially reclassified nursing and other programs as no longer “professional” degrees, Wisconsin has joined two dozen other states in suing the Trump administration over the policy.

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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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