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Chippewa Falls court reveals new details concerning Lily Peters’ death
By Nadia Tijan | May. 7The criminal complaint reveals that Peters’ death was premeditated.
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ACLU files federal discrimination complaint against Oshkosh schools
By Zoey Belliveau | May. 6Two students told the ACLU that racial harassment in Oshkosh schools has been consistent since kindergarten.
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A draft majority opinion indicates the Supreme Court will vote to overturn abortion rights. Here’s what that means for Wisconsin.
By Ian Wilder | May. 3"Roe was egregiously wrong from the start," Justice Samuel Alito wrote in the draft decision.
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Activists, Madison East students hold rally for undocumented immigrants’ rights at state Capitol
By Tyler Katzenberger | May. 2“If you live here and call Wisconsin home, you are a Wisconsinite,” Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes declared to a packed rotunda.
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Drug Take Back Day successfully recovers excess medications in Wisconsin
By Alexander Tan | May. 2Wisconsinites were asked to drop off their prescription medications at designated drop boxes this past Saturday to prevent drug misuse and water contamination.
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Alex Lasry narrows Mandela Barnes' lead in the Democratic Senate primary race
By Annabella Rosciglione | Apr. 29As the Wisconsin midterm election approaches, a new poll from Marquette University Law School highlights the closeness of the Democratic Senate race and unchanged wariness surrounding the 2020 election.
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Juvenile arrested in connection to murder of ten-year-old Chippewa Falls girl
By Claire LaLiberte | Apr. 28A 14-year-old male was arrested Tuesday on charges of first-degree intentional homicide of ten-year-old Iliana Peters.
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'No Mow May' spreads across the country as communities seek to protect bee populations
By Ian Wilder | Apr. 28“No Mow May is just a simple initiative to give our bees and other pollinators a leg up and a healthy start to the growing season,” Del Toro said.
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Body of missing Chippewa Falls girl found
By Annabella Rosciglione | Apr. 26The body of 10-year-old Iliana “Lily” M. Peters, who went missing Sunday night, has been found in Chippewa Falls Monday morning.
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Wisconsin legislature hears bill aimed at legalizing medical marijuana
By Ian Wilder | Apr. 25It was the first time the state legislature heard debate on any form of marijuana related legislation.
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Evers announces new Office of Environmental Justice
By Tyler Katzenberger | Apr. 22Evers announced a new office to ensure environmental justice for underserved communities during his Earth Day press conference on Friday.
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Gov. Evers releases the state’s first-ever clean energy plan
By Alexander Tan | Apr. 21“Our Clean Energy Plan can help us create good paying jobs that don’t require a college degree and bring talented workers to Wisconsin while saving money, reducing energy costs and building the sustainable future we want for our state,” Evers said.
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Absentee ballots handled inconsistently in Wisconsin’s April 5 election
By Zoey Belliveau | Apr. 19In the face of one-time restrictions adopted by the Wisconsin Supreme Court, clerks ran last week's election radically differently from one municipality to the next.
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Gov. Evers' 'Get Kids Ahead Initiative' grants Wisconsin school districts $15 Million to provide school-based mental health support
By Alexander Tan | Apr. 12Nearly every school district in Wisconsin, including over 450 local education agencies, will be awarded funds to provide mental healthcare through the governor’s “Get Kids Ahead” initiative.
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Q&A: UW alum and U.S. Senate candidate Steven Olikara wants to change the game
By Annabella Rosciglione | Apr. 11Olikara hopes to represent a “new way” of doing politics.
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Milwaukee elects Cavalier Johnson, city’s first elected African American mayor
By Ian Wilder | Apr. 7"This city for the first time in our 176-year history has elected its first Black mayor. We did it," Johnson said.
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New strain of highly contagious avian flu detected in wild birds
By Rhys Gerboth | Apr. 5A highly pathogenic strain of avian flu originally found amongst domestic birds has been confirmed in Wisconsin for the first time since 2015.
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Oshkosh Corp. rebuffed by Foxconn to manufacture postal trucks, will proceed with moving work to South Carolina
By Zoey Belliveau | Apr. 4Some U.S. politicians have raised concerns that the move to South Carolina was done to avoid using union labor, and a committee is currently investigating the issue.
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Madison Starbucks to become third unionized store in Wisconsin
By Ian Wilder | Apr. 3“We will not give in to one-sided corporate decision-making when right outside our doors Wisconsinites have gathered for over a century to protest for what they believe in,” said a signed letter from the Capitol Square Starbucks.
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Low-income students struggle to find a sense of belonging at UW-Madison
By Tyler Katzenberger | Mar. 31Reminders of wealth inequality exist across campus, but students with lower incomes most frequently cite unreasonable housing costs as their greatest anxiety.
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