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State superintendent, northeast Wisconsin school leaders call for K-12 funding boost in next budget

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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Susan Crawford wins Wisconsin Supreme Court race as Democrats take stand against Donald Trump, Elon Musk

Dane County Judge Susan Crawford has won a seat on the Wisconsin Supreme Court, preserving liberals’ 4-3 majority after a hard-fought, highly politicized contest that attracted national attention and shattered spending records.

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Wisconsin joins states suing to block termination of $11B in health funding

Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul and Gov. Tony Evers announced the state is among a group of Democratic attorneys general and governors from 23 states that is suing the Trump administration for abruptly cutting off about $11 billion in public health funding.

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Trump administration suspends USDA grants for College of Menominee Nation in Wisconsin

In the wake of sweeping federal funding cuts by the Trump Administration in recent weeks, U.S. Department of Agriculture grants that fund tribal colleges and universities in Wisconsin and beyond have vanished.

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Elon Musk plans Wisconsin visit to give $2M to 2 people ahead of state Supreme Court race

Billionaire Elon Musk says he’ll visit Wisconsin to personally give $2 million to two people ahead of the state Supreme Court election, despite a state law that explicitly bans giving people anything of value in exchange for voting. Wisconsin Attorney General filed a lawsuit in Dane County Circuit Court Friday seeking to stop the event.

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Debates over Wisconsin voter ID law go back years. What does the evidence show?

Voters can't escape ads for the Wisconsin Supreme Court race on April 1, but the same election will also decide whether a voter ID requirement should be enshrined in the state constitution. We know more now about how the requirement impacts voting than we did when it was passed as a law 14 years ago.

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