Starting next year, every Wisconsin student will have to take a financial literacy class before they can graduate from high school. A $296,000 grant to school districts will help make that requirement more financially feasible.

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Oracle is planning to buy power that We Energies is purchasing from Wisconsin’s only active nuclear plant in a deal that the two say will save utility customers $300 million in fuel costs.

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Numbers crunched by the Associated Press show student loan defaults have increased sharply since last fall, including by 50 percent in Wisconsin. Advocates say they are worried this situation will worsen as borrowers are forced to leave the Saving on a Valuable Education plan.

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