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Janet Protasiewicz won’t recuse from Michael Gableman disciplinary case
Gableman argued Protasiewicz shouldn’t participate because, as a Supreme Court candidate in 2022, she issued a press release calling his investigation “disgraceful.”
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Latest state aid making clean water projects possible for smaller Wisconsin communities
The state’s Safe Drinking Water Loan Program is allowing smaller Wisconsin villages to fund needed water projects they otherwise couldn’t afford.
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UW-Madison creating a new college for artificial intelligence
The College of Computing and Artificial Intelligence was approved on Thursday by the Board of Regents.
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Report: More than one-third of Wisconsin’s youngest students need reading intervention
About 36 percent of Wisconsin’s youngest students are below the 25th percentile for reading, according to the Department of Public Instruction’s first literacy screening.
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$1B in federal funds aims to deliver broadband to ‘every last location’ in Wisconsin
The projects will introduce a mix of internet technology to unserved areas: about 76 percent fiber, 10 percent fixed wireless, and 14 percent satellite.
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Marinette Marine lays off almost 100 workers a week after the Navy canceled ship orders
Fincantieri Marinette Marine laid off nearly 100 workers on Wednesday, about a week after the U.S. Navy announced it was canceling much of a multi-billion dollar order for ships that would have been built in Wisconsin.
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Settlement nears in Wisconsin lawsuit against Tyco, Johnson Controls over PFAS
A settlement is pending in the state’s case against a Marinette manufacturer of firefighting foam over alleged violations of the state’s spills law for failing to report PFAS contamination.
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Somali residents in Wisconsin uneasy following Trump comments, federal raids
Federal immigration “strike teams” are in Minnesota looking for undocumented Somali immigrants, after President Trump referred to them as “garbage” and said he doesn’t want them in the U.S.
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Oneida Nation initiative aims to bring third graders up to reading level
One year into the Oneida Reads program, reading proficiency among Native students in Brown and Outagamie Counties has improved.
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Bipartisan state bills would cap interest on payday loans, increase regulation
A pair of bipartisan bills in the state Legislature would cap interest rates on payday and installment loans, and implement new restrictions on short-term lending.
