Biofuel and corn advocates argue expanding the use of higher-ethanol gasoline could increase demand for corn and serve as a lifeline for farmers. Critics say it would lead to environmental and health costs.

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Last month, seed seller Bayer and the U.S. Department of Justice reached an agreement to suspend parts of a seed loyalty program that regulators argued was anticompetitive and drove up prices. A researcher and independent seed company explain why they say the move was needed.

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Several Wisconsin companies signed deals to provide critical components for new data centers. An analyst told WPR these deals mean Wisconsin businesses are seeing new opportunities with the boom in AI data center development.

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Significant changes to federal student loans will take effect July 1 and affect at least 1 in 5 Wisconsin borrowers.

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The documentary explores the experiences and achievements of eight LGBTQ+ elders in the Milwaukee area.

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The average price for a pound of beef hit a record-high $9.64 in April. Steak and ground beef prices are both up more than 14 percent compared to this time last year. An agriculture professor says these prices are on the rise and a butcher shop owner shares what he’s seeing.

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The public radio show “Reveal” explained in a recent episode that nearly one in five 911 dispatch centers in America’s 100 biggest cities fail to answer 911 calls within 15 seconds. But Dane County’s center has beaten those standards for years. A reporter explains his findings and a Waukesha County official details how her county turned its dispatch around.

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Earlier this month, UW Board of Regents President Amy Bogost formed a 25-person search committee to find the next president of the state’s 165,000-student university system. She told WPR what issues are top of mind for the system’s next leader.

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A short film that recently aired on the Wisconsin Channel follows an Ojibwe photographer holding a ceremonial fire alive for four days and nights to guide his father’s spirit to the afterlife, while his father tries to reach him from beyond.

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A spending bill crafted by Gov. Tony Evers and Republican leaders was voted down in the state Senate Wednesday. The head of the state’s technical college system explains why the heads of those schools were opposed to the effort.

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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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As of May 1, some smaller Ascension Wisconsin ICUs in Mequon, Brookfield and Franklin are staffing critical care specialists by video call only — raising concerns from staff about patient outcomes.

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A new book co-written by James and Susan Patterson draws from Susan’s time as a student at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in the late 1970s and early ‘80s. The pair discuss the book’s Wisconsin inspirations and how they write together.

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Two major health systems in Wisconsin have either just launched or are set to launch the first two proton therapy cancer treatment programs in the state.

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