A group of rural Wisconsin lawmakers wants to speed up a plan that would expand broadband internet access to their communities. Laurel White reports.
Young people who graduate from college or technical school and then move to rural parts of Wisconsin could get some of their student debt forgiven under a proposal from state lawmakers.
A Syrian refugee has filed a federal lawsuit in Wisconsin to grant his wife and young daughter asylum. As Patty Murray reports, he says President Trump’s executive order on immigration is keeping his family apart.
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