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A newly introduced state bill would make Feb. 18 — the birthday of iconic civil rights activist Vel Phillips — a special observance day at public schools across Wisconsin. 

Agencies have fired thousands of federal workers since late last week, including probationary employees with the U.S. Forest Service and National Park Service in Wisconsin.

Milwaukee’s embattled public housing authority has failed to reimburse the city for staff who are on the payroll in another city department. It’s the latest financial miscue for the agency that oversees public housing properties across the city.

Lakes across Wisconsin this time of year are dotted in ice shanties, bonfires and bundled people brave enough to face the cold. They hang out in their huts all day […]

The Wisconsin Supreme Court’s liberal majority has dismissed a lawsuit claiming a Racine mobile-voting van is illegal, ruling that the Republican man who filed the challenge didn’t have legal standing to do so.

How reverse migration of Black Americans to the South continued to reshape the country.

Tracing the family trees of musician Rubén Blades and journalist Natalie Morales.

Perfect fried eggs; egg-cooking essentials; cold-brew iced coffee; fluffy yeasted waffles.

Wisconsinites are heading to the polls in the Feb. 18 election. Statewide, voters will narrow down the number of candidates in a primary race for state superintendent. In some communities, voters will see local races and proposals on their ballots, as well.

With Wisconsin’s Supreme Court election on track to be the most expensive judiciary election in history, neither candidate has pledged to recuse themselves from hearing cases involving the political parties backing their races.