As Wisconsinites hit the beach this summer, a new report finds 77 percent of Great Lakes beaches in the state tested as potentially unsafe for swimming on at least one day last year.

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Homeowners and the city of Superior for the first time will be apply to apply for funding help to replace the city's lead pipes.

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The $111 billion budget recently signed by Gov. Tony Evers didn’t set aside money for key conservation and environmental priorities, including funding for the state’s land purchase program.

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Work at the University of Wisconsin-Madison on a revolutionary new tool that uses artificial intelligence to scan satellite images and quickly detect wildfires is set to run out at the end of this month due to delayed federal funding.

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The clock is ticking for Wisconsin homeowners who want to take advantage of tax credits for clean energy and home energy efficiency as Republicans in Congress seek to phase out those incentives.

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Johnson said progress has been made on the bill as GOP lawmakers seek to boost border security and defense spending. But he stressed that more time is needed to address the nation’s debt.

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Conservation advocates are petitioning the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources to list the gray wolf as a state-threatened or endangered species as Republicans in Congress seek to remove federal protections for the animal.

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As sweeping federal cuts loom, a new report from the Wisconsin Policy Forum finds Wisconsin ranks near the bottom of states in terms of receiving federal payments. Even so, cuts could pose widespread effects.

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Wisconsin might lose federal funding that supports state staff working to keep air, water and lands clean under proposed budget cuts to the Environmental Protection Agency.

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A Taylor County judge has denied a northern Wisconsin tribe’s request to temporarily bar state approval of a mining company’s plans to drill for copper and gold on Forest Service land near Medford.

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The Joint Committee on Finance voted Thursday to increase borrowing by $732.2 million under the state’s Environmental Improvement Fund, which includes the clean water fund and safe drinking water loan programs.

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The bill comes as GOP legislative leaders have cast doubt on the future of the state’s Knowles-Nelson Stewardship program.

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The U.S. Supreme Court has unanimously ruled that the Catholic Charities Bureau in Superior doesn’t have to pay unemployment tax to Wisconsin.

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Southern Wisconsin has been seeing some of the worst air quality in the nation Wednesday as smoke from Canadian wildfires continues to blanket much of the state.

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Enbridge's proposed Line 5 tunnel project would harm water and wetlands. But a draft environmental review released Friday by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers found most environmental effects would be short-lived.

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A lawsuit against a small northern Wisconsin town seeks to overturn a local ban on wake surfing, saying the regulation is illegal and unconstitutional.

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State and local officials celebrated the grand opening of a roughly $28 million dock restoration project in Superior on Wednesday, allowing one company to expand its operations.

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A proposal to hold Wisconsin’s inland trout opener a month earlier is reeling in support from the state’s conservation community.

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Gov. Tony Evers announced Tuesday that the Wisconsin Department of Health Services has finalized a regulation that aims to protect more kids from lead poisoning.

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The Clark County Sheriff’s Office seized more than 160 roosters and hens from an alleged cockfighting operation Thursday, according to an animal welfare group.

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