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Wisconsin in Focus — 282 episodes

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Wisconsin Elections Commission Proposes New Office of Election Transparency, Compliance

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Wisconsin Congressmen Want Answers About Dane County’s ‘Non-cooperation’ Policy

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Wisconsin Supreme Court Hears Arguments Against Racine Voting Van

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Kennedy Files Lawsuit to Remove His Name From Wisconsin Ballot

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Wisconsin DPI Changing Test Standards, Scores Expected to Skyrocket

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Committee Exploring Option to Spin off University of Wisconsin-Madison

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Republican Senator Frustrated With No Officers in Milwaukee Public Schools

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Wisconsin Lawmaker Wants Cellphones Banned From Classrooms

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Wisconsin Ballot Full of Other Presidential Candidates

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Milwaukee Teachers’ Education Association Wants Answers After Failed School Board Recall Effort

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University of Wisconsin President: University Needs $914M More Next Year

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New Legal Challenge to Wisconsin’s Personalized License Plate Restrictions

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128K More Enrolled in Wisconsin Medicaid Four Years After COVID

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Call for Hearings in Wisconsin Following Ballot Confusion in Douglas County

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Wisconsin Voters Approve of Evers, Not Legislature

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Transportation Utility Fees in Wisconsin May Be in Danger After Court Decision

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Brandtjen: Fake Military Voters Remain on Wisconsin Voters Rolls

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Election Day Disruptions Top Worry List for Wisconsin Commissioners

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Wisconsin State Superintendent Calls for More Money for Student Mental Health

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Evers Names Education Firm to Head Milwaukee Public Schools Audit

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Wisconsin DNR to Repeal Fisherman Gun-Ban Rule

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Wisconsin Congressman Calls for Harris to Invoke 25th

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Wisconsin Per-Pupil Spending up Over Past Decade

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Poll: Economy, Personal Finances Most Important Issues to Wisconsin Voters

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Wisconsin Congressman Claims Assault at RNC, Others Differ

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Report: Wisconsin’s August Amendments Could Have Big Impact

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Reform, Challenges Ahead for Public Higher Ed System

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Oversight, Accountability Sought in Prison System

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Drinking Water Systems Have Sterling Pass Rate

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League of Women Voters of Wisconsin Urges ‘No’ Vote on August Constitutional Amendments

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Nearly 30% of Wisconsin Public Schools to Get Less in State Money

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Audit: Wisconsin Crime Labs Not Meeting New DNA Testing Deadline

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Madison Public Schools to Ask for $600M More From Taxpayers

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Priebus: Milwaukee RNC Funding ‘Solid’

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MU Poll: Wisconsinites Worried About State Economy, Fewer Living Comfortably

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Steil: Wisconsin Republicans Must Play by Election Rules as Written

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Wisconsin Monitoring Bird Flu in Animals Ahead of Summer Fair Season

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Lawmakers Say MPS Troubles Costing Their Schools

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Reformers Demand Legislative Action on Plan to Change Wisconsin Test Score Designations

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UW President Promises New Focus on Free Speech, Civil Dialogue

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Milwaukee Parents, Activists Launch School Board Recall

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Wisconsin AG Charges Former Trump Aides in Alternate Electors Case

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Thompson: MPS Needs to Be Split Up or Taken Over

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IRG: Nothing Changed With ACT10 Since Last Challenge

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Wisconsin Launches $100M Wisconsin Investment Fund

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Wisconsin Threatens to Withhold Millions From Milwaukee Public Schools

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GOP Lawmaker Wants Changes After AG’s Grant-Hired Environmental Prosecutor

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Human Rights Campaign to Target Wisconsin in Push for Equality Voters

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Poll: Uninstructed Voters Claim to Control Biden’s Wisconsin Fate

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UW President ‘Disappointed’ in UW-M’s Agreement With Protesters

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Wisconsin Ballot Drop Box Case Focuses on What Voting Law Says

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Johnson Presses RNC Security Concerns

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UW President: Campus Tents ‘Will Ultimately Be Gone’

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Biden Touts Microsoft AI Data Center in Racine

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Wisconsin Legislature Launches DEI Audit

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MPS’ Proposed Position Cuts Not Necessarily People Cuts

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Trump Talks RFK Jr Support Ahead of Wisconsin Rally

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UW-Madison Chancellor: Protests Can Continue Now With Tents Gone

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High School NIL Proposal Voted Down in Wisconsin

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Higher Prices, Mortgage Rates Hurt Home Affordability in Wisconsin

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U.S. Fish and Wildlife Keeps Lake Sturgeon off Endangered List

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Brandtjen: Threats to WEC Chief Don’t Help

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Report: Wisconsin’s Finances in Best Shape in Decades

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Wisconsin’s Largest Business Group Sues Over Evers’ 400-Year School Funding Veto

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Republicans File Election Complaint Over Poll Worker Balance

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Stroebel: Remaining Test Free at UW Schools ‘Denying Reality’

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Report: 60% of Wisconsin School Tax Hike Questions Have Passed This Year

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Republicans Denounce Evers’ Veto Wave

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‘Zuckerbucks’ Ban Passes, MPS Tax Hike Likely Approved

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Evers Vetoes Legislation to Keep Trans Athletes Out of Girls Sports

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UW to Raise Tuition Again

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Wisconsin Bans AI Porn, Child Sex Dolls

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House Republicans’ Advantage Even Thinner With Gallagher Resignation

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Brandtjen Unsure of Defense in Milwaukee Military Ballot Trial

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WILL Launches Tax Hike Price Calculator to Oppose MPS Referendum

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Green Party’s Jill Stein Looks to Snag Anti-Genocide Vote in Wisconsin

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Recall Vos Supporters Turn In More Than 10,000 Signatures

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Evers Promises to Veto Plan to Keep Trans Athletes Out of Girls Sports

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GOP Lawmakers Blast State as Committee OKs New Reading Standards

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Vos: Republicans Not Afraid of Running Under Evers’ Maps

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Republican Lawmaker Wants Local Voice on Wind, Solar Projects

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Evers Signs Child Care Tax Credit, Vetoes Other Tax Cuts

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Evers Promises PFAS Veto, Demands Lawmakers Release PFAS Money Anyway

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WILL: UW Continues to Prioritize Race on Campus

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Expansion of Teacher Apprenticeship Program Awaits Evers’ Decision

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Hovde Defends California Connections, Questions Baldwin’s California Fundraising

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Wisconsin Assembly Okays Plan That Splits Choice School Funding From Public Schools

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Wisconsin Governor Signs Into Law Maps He Drew, Says ‘Right Thing to Do'

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Accusations Fly as Wisconsin Senate Approves Evers’ Maps

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Wisconsin Senate Approves Parental Bill of Rights; Veto Expected

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Gallagher’s Retirement Opens Competitive Race for Congress in Wisconsin

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Evers Promises Help for Chippewa Valley Health Care Workers, Congressman Wants More

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Wisconsin Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Evers’ Challenge to Legislature

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Gallagher Defends No Vote on Mayorkas Impeachment

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Wisconsin’s Other School Choice Option Opens Next Week

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Wisconsin Governor Vetoes Legislative Maps He Mostly Drew

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WILL Sues to Preserve Act 10

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Report: Choice Schools Score Better in Reading, Math

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Assembly Republicans Approve 99% of Evers’ Maps; Democrats Vote No

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Evers Again Pitches Medicaid Expansion, More Spending in State of State Speech

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Priebus: Paths Limited for DeSantis, Haley Post-Iowa

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Challenge Filed Against Wisconsin Congressional Maps

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Survey: Confidence in Wisconsin Economy Slipping

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Vos Calls Recall Effort ‘Waste of Time’

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Conservative Senators Push Back Against ‘Wedding Barn Rules’ for Used Cars in Wisconsin

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GOP Medical Marijuana Pitch Faces Criticism From Both Sides

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Judge: Wisconsin Absentee Ballots Without Complete Addresses Can Be Counted

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Chair: Hearings Look To Get Answers From Evers Administration

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Wisconsin Congressmen Sound Alarm Over Immigration Following Letter From Police Chief

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Vos Says Evers Wants ‘Lap Dogs’ in Map Drawing Process

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Madison Democrat Pitches Statewide Office of Violence Prevention

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Audits: Many State, UW Offices Empty as Employees Work From Home

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Critics Question Need for Monday Ballot Count Law

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Evers, Wisconsin Democrats Slam UW Regents’ Second Vote on DEI Deal

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Judge Strikes Down Wisconsin Abortion Law, DA Promises Quick Appeal

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Evers Signs Brewer Ballpark Funding Plan

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Walker: Ending Act 10 Would Give Wisconsin Schools Back to Union Bosses

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Wisconsin Congressman Warns of Possible Chinese Port Spying

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Report: Wisconsin Truancy Rates Soar in Past Decade

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Group Files Request for Wisconsin Governor’s Secret Emails

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Evers Administration Rejects Idea of Emergency in Wisconsin School Choice Lawsuit

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Vos: No Movement on UW Raises Without DEI Changes

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Education Reformers Question Wisconsin Schools’ Expectations

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Wisconsin Senate Oks Brewer Ballpark Funding Plan

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Wisconsin Republicans Turn Eyes Toward UW Changes

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Advocates, Wisconsin Democrats Pitch Free School Lunch For All

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Poll: Biden Tops Trump, Loses Wisconsin to Other Republicans

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Report: Wisconsin Families Shrinking Faster Than Rest of US

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Wisconsin Republicans Push Free Speech Punishments for UW Schools

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Wisconsin Governor Sues Republicans Over Stalled UW Raises, Conservation Projects

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Wisconsin Proposed Voter ID, Private Money Ban Amendments Get Hearing

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Brewer Ballpark Funding Plan Faces Opposition in Wisconsin Senate

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Wisconsin Republicans Focus on Child Care Regulations, Not Money

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Lawmakers Call UW Regional Campus Decisions Unfortunate, Unsurprising

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Wisconsin School Choice Supporters Promise to Fight Lawsuit

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Plan Would Keep Children Out Of, Away From Madison’s Naked Bike Ride

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Wisconsin Public School Students Struggle With Reading, Math

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Milwaukee Mayor’s Pay Raise Proposal Met With Criticism at Wisconsin Capitol

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Wisconsin Health Boss: We Made Mistakes With COVID Response

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Poll: Majority of Wisconsin Voters Want Brewers’ Ballpark Solution

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Wisconsin State Superintendent, Lawmakers Condemn Girls Only Sports Plans

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Wisconsin’s Other Baseball Teams Support Brewers’ Ballpark Deal

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Wisconsin LGBTQ+ Caucus Condemns Proposed Ban on Sex Change Surgeries for Children

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Wisconsin Republicans Pitch Election Constitutional Amendments

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Wisconsin GOP Lawmakers Pitch ‘Right to Garden’ Law

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Brewers’ President: Ballpark Ask Big, Needed

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Wisconsin Democrats Propose New Regulations for School Vouchers

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Wisconsin GOP: We Listened to Evers With Next Tax Cut Plan

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Wisconsin Speaker Wants Impeachment Advice From Ex-Supreme Court Justices

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Supporters: Choice Schools More Cost-Effective Than Public Schools

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Wisconsin Democrats Launch Effort to Defend Protasiewicz From Impeachment Talk

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Wisconsin’s Evers Promises to Veto Republican’s Second Tax Cut

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Speaker: New Brewers’ Ballpark Funding Plan Centers on Players’ Taxes

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GOP Lawmakers Talk Impeachment of New Wisconsin Supreme Court

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Republican Senator Hopes for Skepticism in Possible Wisconsin Utility Rate Hikes

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Lawmakers Want Audit Follow-up Answers About Wisconsin Coronavirus Spending

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Wisconsin Hosts First Republican Presidential Debate

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Evers’ Professional Service Veto Panned as ‘Defending’ Bureaucracy

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Biden Touts Jobs, Manufacturing in Milwaukee Visit

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Milwaukee County Eyes Revived Stadium Tax for Brewers’ Ballpark Funding

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Wisconsin GOP, RNC Want to Join Ballot Dropbox, Absentee Lawsuit

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Evers Calls Workforce Special Session; Republicans Call It a Stunt

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Sales Tax Raised in Milwaukee County This Week

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Report: Wisconsin’s State Debt Load $2,226 Per-Person

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Protasiewicz Sworn in, Changing Makeup of Wisconsin Supreme Court

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Top Senate Democrat Again Pushes for ‘Menstrual Equality’

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Milwaukee County to Raise Sales Tax

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Republican Lawmakers Pitch Constitutional Amendment to Keep Wisconsin Churches Open

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Gov. Evers Signs Wisconsin Reading Overhaul

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Republicans and Governor Evers Still Divided on State’s Next Biennial Budget

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Employers Expecting Slowdown in Wisconsin Economy

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University of Wisconsin to Review Supreme Court Affirmative Action Ruling

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Gov. Evers Guts Republican Tax Cuts, Signs New $99 Billion State Budget

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Wisconsin Speaker Vos: Gov. Evers Broke Campaign Promises, Killed Negotiations With Education Funding Change

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Marquette Law School Poll: Trump vs. DeSantis Tight, Gov. Evers 60% Approval

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Wisconsin Senate Okays $99 Billion, Two-Year State Budget

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Wisconsin Speaker Vos: Milwaukee’s Threatened Shared Revenue Lawsuit ‘Disappointing’

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University of Wisconsin President: All Options on the Table Amid Funding Debate

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Wisconsin Democrats Angry Over Proposed University DEI Cuts

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Wisconsin Lawmakers Begin Shared Revenue Fast Track, Despite Democrats’ Opposition

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Retention Policy Requirement in Wisconsin Education Proposal Draws Opposition

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Report: Wisconsin Losing People to Zero, Flat Income Tax States

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Wisconsin’s Delegation in Congress Split on Debt Ceiling Deal

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Wisconsin Faces Paying Back Millions in COVID Relief Dollars

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Green Bay Lawmakers Propose $2 Million in State Help for NFL Draft

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Milwaukee Democrats Warn of Dire Cuts Without Shared Revenue Agreement

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New Milwaukee Food Truck Rules Rile Free Marketers

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Police Memorial Resolution Turns Into Gun Debate in Wisconsin Assembly

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Wisconsin Speaker Robin Vos: Shared Revenue Plan Is Pretty Much Take It or Leave It

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Milwaukee County Committee: No Local Money for Brewers’ Ballpark Fixes

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St. Croix County Deputy Fourth Wisconsin Officer Killed in 2023, Most in 20 Years

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Wisconsin Republicans Talk Shared Revenue Negotiations, Democrats Talk Veto

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Details in Wisconsin's Shared Revenue Plan Draw Rebukes

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Wisconsin Attorney General: Abortion Challenge Will ‘Take a While to Play Out'

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Republican Lawmakers Prepare Shared Revenue Plan

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Wisconsin Flat Tax Pitch ‘The First Step'

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Wisconsin Republican Leaders Not Embracing Latest Flat Tax Proposal

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Wisconsin Lawmakers Turn Focus to Pot on 4/20

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Waukesha Legislator Pushing for Concealed Carry in Schools

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Wisconsin Senator Stroebel: Families That Can, Should Pay for School Lunches

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Wisconsin Budget Hearings See Steady Streams of People Asking For More

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Protasiewicz Wins Wisconsin Supreme Court Race in Landslide

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University President Frames 5% Tuition Hike as Part of ‘War for Talent'

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Report: Governor Evers Building Plan Includes $62 Million in ‘Pork Barrel’ Projects

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Assembly Republicans Move Crime Legislation at Wisconsin Capitol

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Wisconsin Supreme Court Debate: Abortion, Claims of Lying, and Politics

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Questions Asked About Wisconsin's Broadband Spending

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Early Retirement, Disability Plan for Jail Guards Moving at Wisconsin Capitol

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Wisconsin Republican Budgeteers Claim New LFB Analysis Backs-up GOP Budget Warnings

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Wisconsin’s New Meningitis, Chickenpox Vaccine Rules in Legislative Crosshairs

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Business Leaders, Conservatives Form Coalition to Support Brewer Ballpark Deal

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Wisconsin Lawmakers Return Focus to Public School Reading Struggles

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WILL Report: Ghost Students Cost Taxpayers Nearly $360 Million

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New Wisconsin State Budget Won’t Include Flat Tax or Governor’s Spending Priorities

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Report: Police Calls to Milwaukee Public Schools Spiked Last Fall

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Wisconsin Supreme Court Election: Protasiewicz and Kelly Advance

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WILL Wins Race-Based Discrimination Lawsuit Against Comcast’s ‘Woke Corporate Policies’

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Gov. Evers Proposes $104 Billion State Budget, Republicans Declare It DOA

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Episode 64: Gov. Evers Pitches Plan to Remove Lawmakers From Some Conservation Decisions

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Episode 63: Most of Wisconsin’s Final Coronavirus School Stimulus Money Unspent

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Episode 62: Schools, Mental Health Lead Evers’ Second Term Spending Initiatives

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Episode 61: Assembly Republicans Approve Bail Reform Amendment

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Episode 60: Opponents Try to Stop Wisconsin Bail Reform Amendment

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Episode 59: More Abortion Access, More State Spending Top Evers’ Priorities in Second Term

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Episode 58: Wisconsin 2022 Year in Review

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Episode 57: Wisconsin State Audit Raises More Questions

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Episode 56: State Audit Raises New Questions About Wisconsin’s Coronavirus Supplemental Spending

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Episode 55: Unionized Red Cross Workers in Wisconsin Vote to Strike During Holiday Blood Drive

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Episode 54: Legislative Audit Finds Significant Waste in Two Wisconsin Coronavirus Grant Programs

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Episode 53: Wisconsin Budget Surplus Spurs Debate in Madison

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Episode 52: Waukesha Christmas Parade Killer Gets Life Sentence, No Parole

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Episode 51: Balance of Power Retains Status Quo at Wisconsin Capitol

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Episode 50: Poll Shows Wisconsin’s Races for Governor, U.S. Senate Tied

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Episode 49: Waukesha Christmas Parade Suspect Darrell Brooks Jr. Found Guilty

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Episode 48: Government Transparency Advocates Celebrate Win in Mequon-Thiensville Email Suit

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Episode 47: New Federal Questions About Milwaukee’s Get-Out -The-Vote Effort

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Episode 46: Milwaukee Public Schools Requiring FAFSA Application Before Kids Can Graduate

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Episode 45: Wisconsin Republican Party Sues Over Milwaukee Get-Out-The-Vote Effort

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Episode 44: Politics and Money Dominate Wisconsin’s State of Education Speech

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Episode 43: Lawsuit filed over national voter registration form in Wisconsin

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Episode 42: Republicans bash Elections Commission request for internal inspector

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Episode 41: Gov. Evers pitches $600 million tax cut, price cut plan ahead of November election

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Episode 40: Wisconsin elections chief looking for election security balance ahead of expected record turnout

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Episode 39: Michels beats Kleefisch in Republican race, sets up November showdown with Evers

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Episode 38: Wisconsin Republicans focus on taxes, crime in final governor’s debate

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Episode 37: Gov. Evers, A-G Kaul sue companies over PFAS pollution

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Episode 36: WEC administrator says the voter is the one required to mail their ballot

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Episode 35: Kevin Nicholson drops out of Gov.’s race, says 'no path' to victory

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Episode 34: Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce focus on energy worries

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Episode 33: WE Energies & Alliant Energy reverse green course, will keep coal plants open

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Episode 32: Judge rips Gableman for 'disruptive conduct, misogynistic comments' orders fines

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Episode 31: Governor Evers brags about school rankings from the Walker era

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Episode 30: Dane County Judge says Zuckerbucks not specifically banned under Wisconsin law

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Episode 29: Milwaukee school counselor under state investigation for opposition to transgender ideology

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Episode 28: Dane County judge questions Zuckerbucks lawsuit

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Episode 27: Wisconsin Family Action promises it won't 'back down' after Madison arson

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Episode 26: No state enforcement if abortion becomes illegal in Wisconsin

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Episode 25: Marquette Law School poll shows voters have more trust in 2022 election

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Episode 24: Wisconsin state superintendent defends lessons on race, books on LGBTQ issues

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Episode 23: Wisconsin Supreme Court to hear ballot drop box, absentee ballot arguments

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Episode 22: U. Wisconsin-Madison researchers studying what dogs like watching on television

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Episode 21: Some Wisconsin election managers ignoring Wisconsin Supreme Court ruling on absentee ballots

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Episode 20: Milwaukee looks to continue ballot drop boxes, Madison won’t

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Episode 19: Gableman investigation extended, Trump weighs in

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Episode 18: Lawmakers, lawyer promise more investigations after Gableman report

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Episode 17: Wisconsin Parents Bill of Rights faces challenges, likely veto

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Episode 16: Republican lawmakers bicker over election reforms, WEC talks election ‘conspiracies’

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Episode 15: State superintendent, state rep dismiss parents' concerns in Wisconsin schools

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Episode 14: Wisconsin education leaders against new financial literacy requirement for high schools

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Episode 13: Kevin Nicholson officially enters Republican race for Wisconsin governor

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Episode 12: Voces De La Frontera calls Gableman subpoena 'McCarthyite,' 'white supremacist'

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Episode 11: Wisconsin Senate hearing on vaccine mandates, natural immunity gets heated

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Episode 10: New proposals would impose mandatory-minimum bails on some crimes in Wisconsin

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Episode 9: Wisconsin ends year with $1.8 billion record surplus

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Episode 8: Senator Bernier, out-of-state lawyers criticize Gableman investigation as 'pseudo-audit'

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Episode 7: Wisconsin governor sends $14 million in coronavirus relief to minor league teams, theaters, and summer camps

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Episode 6: Wisconsin in Focus

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Episode 5: Wisconsin in Focus

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Episode 4: Wisconsin in Focus

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Episode 3: Wisconsin in Focus

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Episode 2: Wisconsin in Focus

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