On Tuesday, U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told a Senate committee there was a federal "team" in the city from the CDC's Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program. The Milwaukee Health Department disputed Kennedy's statement.

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Port Washington is one step closer to bringing a 1,900-acre data center campus to the city. The common council has voted to annex about one-third of that land, and zoned it as a "Technology Campus District."

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Democrat Randy Bryce, known as "Iron Stache," is once again running for Congress in Wisconsin's 1st Congressional District.

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Seven separate tornadoes streaked across Wisconsin on May 15, the National Weather Service confirmed over the weekend.

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A powerful line of severe thunderstorms caused significant damage in parts of western and east-central Wisconsin Thursday evening.

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Last week, President Donald Trump affirmed his support for "preventing the spread of invasive carp" in a White House memo that promised "deadline-oriented investments of taxpayer dollars" from the federal government.

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There is a dog in Wisconsin with a very unique talent — sniffing out endangered turtles.

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Almost 1,000 unionized nurses at UnityPoint Health-Meriter Hospital in Madison could go on strike later this month.

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What are data centers? How are local governments dealing with them? WPR has created a four-part feature series to explore the answers to those questions and more.

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Hundreds of man-hours were spent to remove it. Cold winter months have worn it down. Vandals have stripped its innards. Thick layers of graffiti have covered it. And yet, "Deep Thought," the boat stuck on Milwaukee's lakeshore since October, has endured. But its removal is coming.

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The cancellation of about $11.4 billion in Centers for Disease Control and Prevention grants to local health departments are having an effect in Milwaukee.

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According to a new report, more than 20,000 Wisconsin students were homeless during the 2023-24 academic year.

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Wisconsin could become a leader in nuclear technology and should consider building new nuclear reactors, scientists and lawmakers say.

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Employees of Anodyne Coffee Roasting Co. said management increasingly makes decisions with little communication with workers.

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Saturday marked the second time this month that thousands of people rallied across Wisconsin as part of a nationwide movement protesting President Donald Trump and his administration.

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In 2023, state lawmakers created three workforce housing programs they said would boost house construction around Wisconsin. They didn’t work as well as legislators hoped.

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A brewery on the banks of the Milwaukee River hosted a roundtable discussion between tool distributors, farmers, roofers, craft brewers and U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin on Monday.

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