The prairie crayfish is native to six counties in southeastern Wisconsin.

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The campaign for Wisconsin Supreme Court neared the finish line Monday as the candidates wrapped up tours of the state and outside spending continued to smash records.

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In his veto message, Evers said that even while "reasonable minds can disagree" over how to measure academic achievement, he objects to "the Legislature's attempts to undermine the constitutional authority and independence" of the DPI superintendent.

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With the election for a pivotal seat on Wisconsin's Supreme Court Tuesday, political pamphlets that look like local newspapers have been showing up in Wisconsinites' mail.

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"It is a little disparaging when you've got so many people who are willing to rip on their own community publicly, but yet not be part of the solution," said Scott Stortz, Slinger's village president.

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"MPS allowed children back into the work areas at Fernwood to attend class on March 11, 2025, while paint chip dust and debris from the previous night’s work was present," the letter states.

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On a swath of ex-farmland slated for future phases of the project in Mount Pleasant, Microsoft's preliminary work was paused in January — then restarted — and now paused again.

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Thomas Fowler, tribal chair of the St. Croix Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin, gave the annual State of the Tribes address on Tuesday at the state Capitol.

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A dispute about putting police officers in Milwaukee Public Schools is over. Last year, Milwaukee Public Schools parent Charlene Abughrin sued MPS and the city of Milwaukee for not assigning […]

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The number of people moving to Wisconsin hit at least a 20-year high last year. And the state's biggest counties are growing — including Milwaukee County, which grew for the first time since 2014.

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In an email to WPR, a USDA spokesperson called the initiatives "pandemic-era" programs with "no plan for longevity," and said the department was returning to "long-term, fiscally responsible initiatives."

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The $5 million payments are "challenge gifts" contingent on the institutions raising matching funds on their own.

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Sanders thanked his audience for an "unbelievable turnout" and encouraged Republican Rep. Bryan Steil, who represents Wisconsin's 1st Congressional District, to hold a town hall meeting in the same arena at a later date.

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The hearing focused on two Republican-backed bills. Both bills propose statewide guidelines for local school policies on transgender students.

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The development in Wauwatosa is in response to high demand for housing, but the issue also has locals divided on how best to meet it.

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Alonzo Robinson's Central City Plaza — a former Black-owned, Black-developed shopping center — got one step closer to historic status after a vote by Milwaukee's Historic Preservation Commission.

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MPS had done remediation work — but then the Health Department found two irregularities.

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This week's numbers are almost enough to bring the school back to pre-pandemic levels.

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