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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.

More than 500 people are expected to be laid off by Air Wisconsin Airlines as the company works through the end of an agreement with American Airlines.

After struggling for much of the last year, Menomonee Falls-based Kohl’s Corp. is reducing its corporate workforce by about 10 percent.

Master Lock will close its corporate headquarters in Oak Creek as part of an effort by its parent company to consolidate its offices in Illinois, essentially ending a more than century-old legacy in the Milwaukee area.

Many of Wisconsin’s rural dentists are retiring. Getting new dentists into all parts of the state is a challenge.

The report shows housing in the state’s capital city growing by 37 percent since 2005. The city had 138,000 new units last year.