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Wisconsin’s Medicaid postpartum protection lags most of the country

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In fight over voter rolls, Wisconsin’s top judges can’t agree on sensitive data

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10 guards, 900 inmates: Wisconsin prisons see dire results of ignored warnings

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A Grand Chute police recruit alleged she was sexually assaulted. Days later she lost her job.

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Sheboygan recruit accused of sex assault had potential red flag

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PayPal shielded donors who gave to Wisconsin-based health misinformation outlet

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Oshkosh police cite ‘Marsy’s Law’ to withhold names of officers who shot suspects

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Wisconsin’s ‘death grip with alcohol’ is killing more residents

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How alcoholism derailed former Wisconsin running back Montee Ball’s football career

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Hot pursuit: Milwaukee police chases now top 1,000 per year. Some prove deadly.

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AI is starting to affect our elections. Wisconsin has yet to take action.

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JusticePoint offers incarceration alternatives in Milwaukee. Two judges tried to cancel its contract.

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Misinformation, Disinformation: A guide to sorting fiction from reality

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Walmart pulls Milwaukee Tool gloves allegedly made by Chinese prisoners

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Wisconsin billionaires quietly bankroll effort to shrink state’s social safety net

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Republican lawmakers reject proposal to help Wisconsin communities access federal grant programs

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Wisconsin towns brace for next fight on local control over large farms

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Midwest drought: Corn and soybeans suffer as forecasters expect no quick relief for farmers

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Wisconsin law still refers to husband and wife, a reminder to LGBTQ+ families that their rights are at risk

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‘They die so quickly’: Fentanyl killing 1,000+ people in Wisconsin each year

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Some Milwaukee County parents leaving workforce due to sky-high child care costs

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Rising cost of living in northeast Wisconsin has many working families treading water

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Wisconsin students with disabilities often denied public school choices

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‘Unwanted and unwelcome’: Anti-LGBTQ+ policies common at Wisconsin voucher schools

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How would widening Milwaukee’s I-94 affect residents near the highway?

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Federal, state law permit disability discrimination in Wisconsin voucher schools

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Wisconsin eviction process: What happens to a tenant’s property?

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Voting has gotten harder in Wisconsin. Organizers have found ways to help

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Wisconsin Republicans clear out projects stalled by secretive ‘pocket veto’

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False choice: Wisconsin taxpayers support schools that can discriminate

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Chinese prisoners: We were forced to make Milwaukee Tool gloves for cents each day

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Whistleblower claims Milwaukee doctor performed unneeded surgeries

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Republicans can’t simply remove a Wisconsin Supreme Court justice

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Why some Wisconsin residents with mental disabilities lose voting rights — and how they can restore them

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Bill could help ‘innocent purchasers’ clean up contaminated Wisconsin land

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Anti-trans ads favoring Wisconsin Supreme Court candidate Daniel Kelly peddle fear, false info

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Mega donors fuel record-shattering $45M Wisconsin Supreme Court race

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Medical malpractice in Wisconsin: Could Supreme Court election change precedent?

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Dane County election review finds dozens of ineligible voters who cast ballots

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Wisconsin Supreme Court’s ‘fractured opinions’ leave state without clear guidance

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In Wisconsin Supreme Court race, ad spending for Kelly ekes past Protasiewicz after she led in ads 23-to-1

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Can formerly incarcerated people legally vote in Wisconsin? It depends.

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‘There’s no transparency’: Secretive ‘pocket veto’ scuttles Wisconsin projects

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Why fish consumption advisories in Great Lakes states like Wisconsin carry their own risks

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‘Election integrity’ proposals do not address most common voting infraction in Wisconsin

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‘Driver’s licenses for all:’ Why some advocates call for expanding access in Wisconsin

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Great Lakes pollution threatens Ojibwe treaty rights to fish

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What EPA’s nationwide PFAS rule means for Wisconsin drinking water

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Widespread sexual harassment draws discipline, resignations in Wisconsin police department

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Top Sheboygan officials lacked key details on police department sexual harassment probes

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Wisconsin’s population is trending older. Where will non-drivers find transportation?

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After rejecting staffing requests, Wisconsin Republicans approve DSPS audit

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Tired of turmoil, Kiel residents rebuke far-right school officials

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In rural Wisconsin, former employees lift curtain on troubled crypto mine

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From ‘dream’ property to nightmare: Some Wisconsinites pay the price for pollution they didn’t cause

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‘You’re treated like a criminal’: Wisconsin eyes fixes for emergency mental health system

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Pandemic support fading for 1 in 12 Wisconsinites who were food insecure

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What should I do about PFAS in my water?

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Evers beats Michels for Wisconsin governor; Johnson defeats Barnes in U.S. Senate race

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Security seals and documentation: The life cycle of Wisconsin election ballots

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Many in Wisconsin GOP drop ‘stop the steal’ talk, play up inflation, crime

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Two couples sue former UW child abuse doctor for alleged misdiagnoses

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As Midwest summers get hotter, Milwaukee’s most at risk have an unmet need: air conditioning

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Wisconsin’s 173-year-old ban allows only life-saving ‘therapeutic abortions.’ No one knows what that means.

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‘I had to speak up’: Two Northwoods friends push Wisconsin DNR to protect lakeshore forests

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As universal free school meals end, are Wisconsin families ready for it?

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Federal food aid in Wisconsin has evolved, but users still face decades-old barriers

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15 years later, Wisconsin university’s massive Lake Michigan seawall frustrates downstream neighbors

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Oshkosh Defense sent a big contract to the non-union South. Will it keep future jobs in Wisconsin?

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‘When it’s rigid, it breaks’: How federal rules and market dominance fueled Wisconsin’s baby formula shortage

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Wisconsin’s ‘chronic Lyme’ patients embrace alternative treatments, rack up big bills

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Are abortions ever medically necessary? Wisconsin doctors say yes.

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Wisconsin faces a ‘tangled series’ of abortion laws dating back to 1849 as it heads into a possible post-Roe future

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‘Toxic work environment’ in Dane County Medical Examiner’s Office pushes employees to the brink

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‘They can bring so much’: Despite barriers, Afghan evacuees enrich Wisconsin’s workforce

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‘They can bring so much’: Despite barriers, Afghan evacuees enrich Wisconsin’s workforce

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A controversial doctor. A disputed abuse diagnosis. Two convicted Wisconsin men say they are innocent.

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‘Blurring of lines’: Private lawyer plays starring role in taxpayer-funded Wisconsin election probe

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‘We’ve got to get gaming out of our blood’: Pandemic shock pushes Wisconsin tribes to diversify economy

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The history of Lyme disease has a Wisconsin chapter. It’s still being written.

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Doctors debate, patients suffer: The fight over chronic Lyme disease in Wisconsin

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‘I don’t know what will happen’: After months at Ft. McCoy Afghan family resettled in separate states

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Embattled former UW child abuse pediatrician resigns Alaska position

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‘We were robbed’: Alaska couple loses custody of kids after erroneous abuse diagnosis from former UW doctor

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Wisconsin debates cash bail changes in wake of Waukesha parade tragedy — as some states ditch system entirely

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MATC broadens access for Milwaukee students amid historical inequities, dropping enrollment

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‘This is a charade’: GOP senator, voting experts urge Wisconsin Republicans to halt election attacks

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Wisconsin state parks battered as Lake Michigan shrinks beaches, smashes boardwalks

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Wisconsin caregiver spent eight years, $250,000 in legal bills to exonerate herself from abuse charges

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Child abuse cases sparked by Dr. Barbara Knox rejected by Wisconsin judge, jury and prosecutor

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Parents recount terror of wrongful child abuse diagnoses from former University of Wisconsin doctor

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Mass exodus at Alaska child abuse clinic as former Wisconsin doctor accused of bullying, misdiagnoses

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Jury rejects child abuse charge triggered by former University of Wisconsin doctor

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As Lake Michigan shoreline vanishes, Wisconsinites try to fight waves with walls

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‘The water always wins’: Calls to protect shorelines as volatile Lake Michigan inflicts heavy toll

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Wisconsin imprisons 1 in 36 Black adults. No state has a higher rate

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‘Something has to be done’: Living along Madison’s Starkweather Creek, one of Wisconsin’s most polluted waterways.

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‘It’s criminal’: Milwaukeeans call for speedier lead pipeline removal to cut childhood poisoning

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A national debt: Should government compensate for slavery and racism?

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Wisconsin schools called police on students at twice the national rate — for Native students, it was the highest