A new report from a progressive think tank argues that hundreds of thousands of Wisconsin workers would benefit from raising the state's minimum wage to $20 an hour by 2030.

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Microsoft has completed construction of a massive data center in Mount Pleasant. The facility is now fully operational and employing hundreds of people, the company says.

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The storm left property damage in its wake, including damage to homes and garages, according to the National Weather Service.

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A federal court has once again denied former Milwaukee County Judge Hannah Dugan's request that she be acquitted or allowed to stand for a new trial.

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Under a newly reached legal agreement, Ridglan Farms has agreed to completely shut down and give up nearly 500 dogs that remain at the facility, Big Dog Ranch Rescue announced.

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The Wisconsin Freedom of Information Council and Ex-Incarcerated People Organizing of Wisconsin are raising concerns about a policy that restricts when phone calls from prisoners can be recorded.

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Wisconsin's Department of Corrections will pay out $3.75 million as part of an agreement with the family of Donald Maier.

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A group of retired judges asked the state's highest court to consider changing rules that govern when judges should step down from a case because of conflicts of interest.

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Wisconsin's Joint Committee on Finance voted to sell the former State Human Services Building to Landmark Development Services Company for $10 million.

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Currently, some disabled Wisconsinites have to rely on help from someone else when filling out an absentee ballot at home. Disability Rights Wisconsin says that violates the right to a secret ballot.

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Henry Vilas Zoo is home to the only polar bears in Wisconsin. After two of the bears mated this winter, zookeepers hope a baby bear will eventually join the group.

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Yessenia Ruano self-deported to El Salvador last year after immigration officials denied her request to stay in the country. Now, a federal judge says she must be allowed to return to the U.S.

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Additional passenger rail stations could be up and running in southern Wisconsin by 2029 or 2030, according to the latest plans being pursued by Amtrak.

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A Dane County judge has denied a motion to dismiss charges against the father of a Madison school shooter.

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Last year, the Wisconsin Elections Commission declined to provide federal officials with a voter registration that would have included driver's license numbers or partial social security numbers. That prompted the Trump administration to sue.

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After more than a year of political twists and turns, DeForest's board of trustees voted 4-2 to bring fluoridate back to the village's water.

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Wisconsin's Elections Commission voted Friday morning to certify the April 7 election results. That final tally included 23 absentee ballots from Madison that were previously excluded.

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A newly signed executive order bans Wisconsin's executive branch employees from using nonpublic information to make money through prediction markets.

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In the small community of Shorewood Hills, a rarely-used procedure led to the ouster of the village's president.

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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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