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Local officials are rallying behind the Milwaukee Job Corps Center, as the facility faces possible closure under a Trump administration proposal.

In recent years, Wisconsin high schools have seen a steady increase in enrollment in hands-on technical education courses. It’s a change, after years of declining enrollment nationwide in the 1990s and 2000s.

How Wisconsin’s K-12 students are learning math is changing. On WPR’s “Wisconsin Today,” a panel of math educators discussed the state of mathematics education in Wisconsin. 

Jobs could be cut, but the budget could increase for the federal VA. Here’s how this could affect Wisconsin VA centers.

After announcing a major workforce reduction at the beginning of the year, Air Wisconsin is planning another round of layoffs affecting more than 100 people.

In 2016, Wisconsin’s neighboring state created the first in-prison trade school, and it has since been replicated across the nation. Gov. Tony Evers wants to turn Waupaun’s prison into a similar facility.

Some fired federal workers in Wisconsin are already receiving back pay after being reinstated, but other employees are still awaiting payment or have been placed on paid leave.

One hundred and fifty miles apart, Grant County and Clark County sheriffs discuss similar challenges with recruitment, enforcement against illegal drugs and emergency transportation for people living unhoused.

Probationary employees have been the first to be fired as President Donald Trump and the Elon Musk-led Department of Government Efficiency seek to slash the federal workforce.

After taking office, President Donald Trump froze federal grants and programs, including under the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and Inflation Reduction Act. WPR wants to hear if you’ve been affected.