Municipal clerks from opposite ends of the state said they believe there isn’t enough time before this year’s midterm elections to successfully pull off the demands in Trump’s order, even if they could be done.

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In a bill-signing Friday, Governor Tony Evers brought Wisconsin in line with more than 30 other states and the federal government in adopting a wide-ranging definition of antisemitism into law.

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Newcap, which served low-income residents in 10 counties for more than 50 years, announced the closure on Tuesday.

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Housing advocates say Newcap’s closure could lead to northeast Wisconsin losing more than $2.7 million in federal funding and leave more than 100 households at risk of losing housing.

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The bill that Gov. Tony Evers signed into law Monday to increase state funding for food assistance came after months of public debate over how to implement a key component of President Donald Trump’s signature One Big Beautiful Bill Act.

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Lawmakers want to expand the Work Opportunity Tax Credit which for three decades has rewarded companies that hire people with barriers to employment. New research shows it doesn’t work.

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The criminal justice system is often a top-down experience. Judges hand down sentences and, for the most part, people charged with crimes are expected to defer to the expertise of their lawyers. A group of people in Racine is turning that model on its head.

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A Wisconsin early childhood literacy nonprofit is helping parents and children make reading part of their daily routine, teaming up with libraries and clinics to give out “prescriptions to read” during medical checkups.

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