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Too Fast, Too Many: Ojibwe Bands Want Wolf Hunts Better Managed or Stopped
Nearly double the allotment of wolves were killed, even after tribal leaders decided not to hunt their portion.
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Reform Supporters Hope GOP Won’t Derail Bill Addressing Rape Kit Backlogs Again
Bipartisan bill died last year when Assembly Republicans attached language about voucher school and immigrants.
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Unemployment Office Finally Gets Approved for an Upgrade
Labor expert: It used to take 11 questions to apply for jobless help. Now it’s more than 120, using an understaffed office and an antiquated computer system.
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Legal Weed in Wisconsin? Not With This GOP Legislature.
Senate leader signals possible compromise on medicinal marijuana rather than full legalization. Lawmakers and governor staking out early ground on other state budget ideas.
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The True Story Behind Abolitionists Who Helped Joshua Glover Escape
“It’s a white hero rescuing Black people, and I think that that serves a very particular narrative.”
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Wisconsin Republicans Force Schools to Choose Between Safety and Money
Joint Finance Committee decides some federal funds will be reduced for school districts still holding classes online.
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Wisconsin’s Black History Is Complex and Largely Unacknowledged, Say Historians
“I think that we should ask Wisconsinites: Think about why very few people know this history when this is not hard to find.”
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Wisconsin Now Leading Country in Number of Vaccinations Given Daily
News comes as Evers announces state’s first community-based vaccine clinic in Rock County and politics over mask order continues in Legislature.
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Evers Is Trying to Bring Legal Weed to Wisconsin. Here’s Who It Would Help.
As part of biennial budget, revenue would go towards rural schools and underserved communities.
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5 Weeks Into the 2021 Legislature, Assembly Bill 1 Is Dead and Still No COVID Relief
As promised, Evers vetoes a measure loaded with restrictions on fighting the pandemic. Assembly Republicans blew up an earlier compromise between Evers and Senate GOP.
