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Democratic Gov.-elect David Crowley says he'd sign a bill creating new congressional voting districts if Democratic leaders in the state Legislature send one to his desk.
The new Braille Trail at Havenwoods State Forest in Milwaukee aims to be accessible to those with blindness or low vision by incorporating audio, braille and tactile features throughout.
State law says when a vacancy in the office of county executive occurs, the chairperson of the county board assumes the duties of the office initially.
A Cumberland man caught a record-setting lake sturgeon in northern Wisconsin this fall that measured 89.5 inches long or over 7 feet in length.
Far-northern Washburn County will spend thousands on top-level cybersecurity monitoring months after an attack took the county government's entire network down.
It replaces a nearly century-old crossing known as the Black Hawk Bridge that was demolished last December after multiple closures over safety concerns.
State regulators approved electric rate increases for two of the state’s biggest utility companies on Thursday, but the size of the rate hikes came in lower than the utilities requested.
A Wisconsin State Trooper, who was born in South Africa and later came to the United States as a teenager, has been detained by federal immigration authorities.
A historic 2026 election victory by Democrats sets up expectations for a sea change.
David Crowley held a press conference on putting together a transition team for 2027.
Democratic candidates beat Republican incumbents in the 1st and 3rd districts.
The 2026 ballot operations at Milwaukee’s Central Count were conducted on high alert.
State and federal agencies partnered to launch a goose reduction program at Horicon Marsh starting in the mid-1960s. Its goal was to drive away the geese in the wider area by flying airplanes, lighting exploders and driving airboats.
On Election Day, some waited over three hours to cast their vote. New machines could streamline the process.
Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley will be the next governor of Wisconsin. He spoke to WPR about his priorities.
Tammy Baldwin on Democrats winning majorities in both chambers of Congress in 2026.
Deputies could be wearing the new cameras as soon as summer 2027, following training and a bidding process to buy the devices, a spokesperson for the sheriff's office said.
The superintendent of Union Grove High School was charged Thursday with two counts of possession of child pornography.
Minnesota-based 3M announced Tuesday it will spend more than $7 billion over the next nine years to settle injury claims tied to PFAS, and some Wisconsin residents may be eligible for compensation.
Scholar Nancy Siegel’s book, “Political Appetites,” reveals how people without political rights were shaping culinary traditions and American identity around the time of the American Revolution.
David Crowley on actions and rhetoric by the federal government under Donald Trump. Transcript Gov.-elect David Crowley: The Republican Party is Trump’s
For the first time in 36 years, a public school district in Wisconsin will dissolve.
It's the first measles-associated death in the state in more than 35 years, according to the Wisconsin Department of Health Services.
Democrats won a trifecta with David Crowley and majorities in the state Legislature. Transcript Shawn Johnson: If there was a
Mark Pocan on a Democratic majority in Congress and the scope of Donald Trump’s influence. Transcript Zac Schultz: What’s
Rob Stafsholt on Republicans working with David Crowley on Wisconsin’s 2027-29 budget. Transcript Steven Potter: Senator, what are your thoughts and
For the first time in 16 years, Democrats will have full control of the Wisconsin state Legislature after Tuesday night’s election flipped both the Senate and Assembly.
Tuesday's lopsided election was not the kind that left people guessing about the general mood of the country. And if you were a Republican on the ballot, there's a chance you felt its sting.
Voters in some Wisconsin municipalities have rejected public safety referendums that would have added police and fire staffing to their local departments.
Agricultural exports were at the highest level on record for the first half of 2026, totaling more than $2 billion dollars and representing a 5 percent increase from 2025 levels.
The Royal Liverpool Philharmonic honors the Spanish composer on his 150th birthday.
Milwaukee Public Schools lost $450,000 in a bank impersonation fraud scheme this week when the district was targeted by an external scam.
President Donald Trump was a major factor in Tuesday's "blue tsunami" that wiped out GOP majorities in the Wisconsin Legislature, U.S. House and U.S. Senate. It's more complicated for Badger State Republicans still reeling from election night.
A Wisconsin-based food bank says if suffered "significant" vandalism overnight.
Thompson and former Democratic Gov. Jim Doyle sat down with "Wisconsin Today" to reflect on state politics and offer advice to both parties after Tuesday’s election.
The superintendent of Union Grove High School was taken into custody Wednesday for alleged possession of child sexual abuse material, according to the Kenosha County Sheriff's Office.
Wisconsin's congressional delegation will be split 4-4 next year after Democrats flipped two U.S. House seats.
Wisconsin voters approved two new constitutional amendments and rejected a third put on the ballot by the Republican-controlled Legislature.
Democrats have won both houses of the Wisconsin Legislature for the first time in 18 years, setting up single-party control of state government.
Democrat Yee Leng Xiong will be the first Hmong American in the nation to serve in a statewide office after winning the race for Wisconsin State Treasurer.
Democrat Mitchell Berman has defeated incumbent Republican U.S. Rep. Bryan Steil to win Wisconsin's 1st Congressional District.
Eau Claire Democrat Rebecca Cooke defeated Republican incumbent Derrick Van Orden in one of the nation's most closely watched congressional races.
Michael Alfonso, a political newcomer and son-in-law of a Trump Administration secretary, has won Wisconsin’s 7th Congressional District seat. He will be the youngest member of Congress in the nation.
Lawsuits against the Trump administration were a dominant issue in a rematch race for Wisconsin attorney general.
Democrat David Crowley, the Milwaukee County executive, will be Wisconsin's next governor, making history as the first Black person to hold the office in the history of the state.
The Dredged Material Management Facility opened in October 2026 to hold tons of contaminated sediment dredged up from rivers in southeast Wisconsin.
The U.S. Department of Justice announced Tuesday it would be monitoring elections in all 50 states, including Wisconsin, with federal election monitors deployed in Milwaukee and Madison.
It's Election Day, and voters in Wisconsin will choose Wisconsin's next governor. Their votes also could shift control in the state Legislature, where Republicans have held control for two decades.
Writer’s second short story collection blends Northland settings, eccentric characters with a healthy dose of mayhem and mischief. His newest offering continues a literary journey nearly 40 years in the making.
At the Wausau Curling Club in Wisconsin, ice maker Pete Susens reveals the surprising science, precision and daily work behind perfect curling ice, where even a single human hair can ruin a shot.
Direct admission and high school dual enrollment programs kept overall enrollment figures from dropping significantly this year across at the state’s four-year public universities, despite a drop in international students.
Alliant Energy will receive more than $5 billion in federal loans to help the company modernize and build natural gas and energy storage infrastructure.
Polls are open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. as Wisconsinites choose their next governor.
In the final hours of their campaigns, Democrats running for governor and Congress spoke outside of an Amazon warehouse in Kenosha about workers’ rights to take time off work to vote.
Republican U.S. Rep. Tom Tiffany and Democratic Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley made their final pitches to voters on why they should be governor during their final day of dueling bus tours ahead of Tuesday's election.
The two fraternity members arrested at the Alpha Epsilon Pi house in Madison after an alleged hazing incident in September will not face charges.
More than 2 million patient visits at Wisconsin hospitals last year involved unpaid care, according to an annual survey of Wisconsin hospitals.
Musicians have been performing at Lake Superior Big Top Chautauqua in Bayfield for 40 years, but it faces uncertainty as the nonprofit group that runs the venue grapples with a nearly $1 million shortfall.
A study found a Wisconsin program that pays producers for measured reductions in phosphorus runoff was more cost-effective than a popular federal conservation program.
Before the advent of agriculture and monotheistic religions, humans around the world had a less adversarial relationship to wolves according to scholar Renée Worringer.
Every October, Houdini fans honor the legendary escape artist, whose death remains a mystery, even a century later.
With only a few days to go until Election Day, hundreds of thousands of Wisconsinites have already turned in their absentee ballots — and overwhelmingly, they’re doing it in-person.
Democratic committees hoping to flip the state Legislature raised more money than their GOP counterparts in the closing weeks of the campaign. But, thanks to major cash cushions, the GOP groups outspent them.
Tonja Johnson, a senior vice chancellor in the University of Alabama System, will become the next president of the Universities of Wisconsin.
Wisconsin’s 17th Senate District race reflects a wider fight over the state Legislature. Transcript Frederica Freyberg: As to the state
Charles Franklin on polling in the final weeks before the November 2026 election. Transcript Frederica Freyberg: What will turnout look
Milwaukee's downtown streets are packed with Brewers fans ahead of Friday morning's World Series victory parade and rally.
Artist Mike Bass has worked his way through the well-known Wisconsin cryptids. Now, he seeks out the state’s more obscure legends, from the many monsters that live in Wisconsin’s lakes, down to a phantom flock of chickens haunting a country road west of Green Bay.
Wisconsin residents may have put a lot of thought into who they plan to vote for in the race for governor. And when they cast that vote, they’ll also be selecting a second person, for a role they may not have thought about at all.
It would be illegal to operate all-terrain and utility-terrain vehicles while intoxicated under a proposed addition to state regulations.
Many Wisconsin voters will again be asked to approve tax increases for their local public schools on Tuesday's ballot.
Political parties believe the support of Hispanic voters is up for grabs once again. Transcript Frederica Freyberg: We are just
Stretching from the Minnesota border just south of the Twin Ports to Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, Wisconsin’s 74th Assembly District seat flipped to the GOP after the retirement of Democratic Rep.
Anglers won’t be able to catch as many lake trout around the Apostle Islands on Lake Superior after the Wisconsin Natural Resources Board approved a 15 percent cut as the lake trout population has declined.
Learn about the election administrators who work behind the scenes to keep our votes safe and secure in Wisconsin.
WPR’s Lee Rayburn recently spoke with Liliana Espejel, a soon-to-be graduate of the Voices and Dreams Academy. Espejel said the Voices and Dreams Academy gives her a community. It’s also driven her to search for spaces where other women can speak up, share their stories and inspire others.
As many communities struggle to meet demand for housing, some Wisconsin congregations are redeveloping their old properties into new community centers, complete with apartments.
Wisconsin's next governor will oversee Wisconsin's Department of Corrections, one of the state's largest agencies with more than 10,000 employees and an annual budget or roughly $1.8 billion.
Richard Godfrey says his wife, Wendy Mendez, is safe in Costa Rica after ICE detention.
For the first time in franchise history, the Milwaukee Brewers are World Series champions.
“Endeavor” is the latest release in a planned five-part series from the Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra.
The owners of a proposed $1 billion gas-fired power plant in northern Wisconsin are officially calling it quits on the Nemadji Trail Energy Center in Superior.
The Antigo School Board this week voted 5-2 to fund operations for the pool. The vote came after hours of budget discussion at multiple board meetings, the resignation of the former school board president and the election of new officers to the board.
Sean Hanish is the director and producer of the documentary “Just a Bit Outside: The Story of the 1982 Milwaukee Brewers.” He told WPR about the moment the Brewers made it to the World Series and seeing Games 1 and 2 with his son.
Warming temperatures have blurred, lengthened and worsened pollen seasons here in Wisconsin. The result is more people — including those who haven’t previously experienced bad bouts of hay fever and sinus pressure — sharing in the misery.
The final Marquette University Law School poll ahead of Wisconsin's Nov. 3 election shows Democrat David Crowley leading Republican Tom Tiffany by 7 percentage points in the race for Wisconsin governor.
Voters in Wisconsin Rapids have elected a new alder to their local board, after the former District 7 representative sent a personal email to a local business over anti-data center signs.
Voters in Wisconsin Rapids have elected a new alderman to their local board, after the former District 7 representative sent a personal email to a local business over anti-data center signs.
Wisconsin has passed groundwater standards for so-called forever chemicals known as PFAS.
The policy-setting board for the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources is set to vote Wednesday on whether the agency can begin crafting groundwater standards for roughly two dozen pesticides.
From prisons to funding for police, Wisconsin’s next governor will face a lot of decisions related to criminal justice. WPR's Sarah Lehr explains how the candidates plan to address crime and punishment.
Author Lily Comp celebrates Wisconsin's treasure trove of outdoor spaces in her new book, “Scenic Natural Wonders of Wisconsin.”
The powerful tornado that tore through Menasha in July damaged hundreds of homes. But informal community resource hubs emerged from the rubble. Menasha residents continue to support each other through the community-driven resource hub, Hope Fridge.
The Trump administration is narrowing longstanding interpretations of what it means to harm plants and animals protected under the Endangered Species Act.
The demand for bikes during the pandemic gave Trek the best years in the company’s history. But after COVID, the bike bubble popped, leaving sales in the red. The Waterloo-based company had its most recent round of layoffs in October.
An Oshkosh middle school teacher has been detained by federal immigration authorities after being ordered to leave the country.
The latest numbers stand out because Tiffany had previously outraised Crowley nearly 2-1 throughout the campaign.
As sports bettors are putting money on the line for the world series, two art museums are using a different currency — Claude Monet paintings.
Siren, Dodgeville, Gillett and Winter school districts could all dissolve without increasing operational revenue.
Under the model Diny favors, the mayor would remain the elected chief executive but delegate much of the daily management to an appointed administrator. That person could oversee department heads, coordinate operations and carry out priorities established by elected officials.