Wisconsin’s seasonal moratorium on utility shutoffs ends Tuesday, just weeks after the Trump administration fired all of the federal employees running a program that provides energy assistance to low-income households.
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The shifting rollout of Trump’s tariffs has made it hard for manufacturers to plan for the future.
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After announcing a major workforce reduction at the beginning of the year, Air Wisconsin is planning another round of layoffs affecting more than 100 people.
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Democratic state lawmakers are introducing a bill aimed at shoring up state law to prevent major political donors from handing out checks to voters who sign election-related petitions.
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The company has not yet made a public announcement, and local leaders have not disclosed the developer behind the project.
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Negotiations are resuming around moving Green Bay’s downtown coal piles after previous proposals were rejected. Efforts by local leaders to move the massive coal piles have been ongoing for decades.
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We Energies is asking state utility regulators to approve special rates for data centers that would require those users to pay for infrastructure built for their developments.
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The state superintendent and education officials in northeast Wisconsin are calling on the Legislature’s Republican-controlled budget committee to boost funding to K-12 schools in the next two-year state budget.
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The event came just two days before the closely-watched Wisconsin Supreme Court election between conservative Waukesha County Judge Brad Schimel and liberal Dane County Judge Susan Crawford.
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As Wisconsin grapples with an uncertain future when it comes to federal funding, a new audit sheds some light on how the state handled federal money in the last budget.
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Gov. Tony Evers is trying to recruit displaced federal workers to Wisconsin following mass layoffs by the Trump Administration.
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The NTSB report was released as part of the investigation into the 2024 collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore.
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Dozens of people are calling on state utility regulators to block key pieces of a more than $2 billion plan to build new natural gas infrastructure in southeast Wisconsin.
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Economic development officials in Milwaukee, Madison and Green Bay say those efforts are important to addressing Wisconsin’s long-standing labor shortage and preventing future population declines.
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Wisconsin workers may be among the most at risk in the nation as other countries begin to impose retaliatory tariffs.
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The NFL's smallest city is gearing up to host the league's largest offseason event. Green Bay expects so see an influx of tens of thousands of visitors next month when the NFL draft comes to Lambeau Field.
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About 90 members of the United Auto Workers in Oshkosh went on strike Tuesday in response to what they say have been delayed negotiations on a new union contract.
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Threats of escalation in President Donald Trump’s trade war against Canada sparked concerns this week about how the conflict could affect electric bills. But state utilities say they only receive a tiny fraction of their energy from Canada.
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A medical equipment manufacturer plans to build a new $50 million facility in Franklin to support its breast implant business.
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Hospital Sisters Health System plans to spend $270 million to remodel and expand two of Green Bay’s longest-serving hospitals, the move coming about a year after the system pulled out of western Wisconsin.
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