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2 large-scale clean energy projects came online in Wisconsin in 2024, 2 more expected in 2025
The first utility-scale renewable energy project in southeast Wisconsin went into service in December, capable of generating enough electricity to power around 60,000 homes.
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New Medical College of Wisconsin program aims to train more doctors who stay in Milwaukee
The Health Equity Scholars Program has a simple goal — increase the number of physicians who train and practice in the city of Milwaukee.Â
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Online extremists influence kids like the Abundant Life shooter, grieving parents are trying to stop them
Police have yet to reveal a motive for the Abundant Life Christian School school shooting in Madison on Dec. 16, but researchers say shooter Natalie “Samantha” Rupnow had an online history that shows an obsession with violence and extremism. And photographs online show her wearing a t-shirt associated with Columbine.
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Wisconsin had a big political year. We look back on the top politics stories of 2024.
Wisconsin was front and center of politics for the majority of 2024. WPR Capitol Bureau Chief Shawn Johnson joined “Morning Edition” host Alex Crowe to sum it all up.
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SCOWIS critical of request to require municipal courts to appoint interpreters
The Wisconsin Supreme Court is poised to reject a proposal that would have required municipal courts to appoint interpreters for people with limited understanding of English.Â
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Medicaid provides new housing help for people struggling with addiction, mental health
Wisconsin’s health insurance program for people with limited income will soon offer help with housing for members with substance use or other mental health conditions.
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Wisconsin EV owners to pay more taxes to recharge on the road in 2025
The new 3 cent per kilowatt tax is expected to generate nearly $3.35 million in 2025.
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2024 in photos: Solar eclipse, campus protests, elections and more
Here are some of the photos that tell the story of Wisconsin in 2024.
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Jimmy Carter, 39th US president, Nobel winner, dies at 100
Jimmy Carter, the peanut farmer who tried to restore virtue to the White House after the Watergate scandal and Vietnam War, then rebounded from a landslide defeat to become a global […]
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‘Don’t look for just one magic cure’ to your seasonal depression
The leading researcher on seasonal affective disorder and a mental health expert from UW-Madison discuss how to get yourself through the winter blues.