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Wisconsin voters cast court ballots under national spotlight

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin voters began casting ballots Tuesday in a state Supreme Court election that has become a proxy for the nation's political battles while attracting a massive amount of spending, led by groups affiliated with Elon Musk and other billionaires. Voters at the ...

UW-Green Bay designated as a ‘Research College and University’

GREEN BAY, Wis. – The University of Wisconsin-Green Bay was recently named a “Research College and University” by The Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education, one of 216 institutions nationwide to be honored with the designation. Of the six Wisconsin institutions with the classification, in addition to the Milwaukee School of Engineering, UW-Green Bay is one of five comprehensive universities in the state to receive the Research Colleges and Universities designation, alongside UW-La Crosse, UW-River Falls, UW-Stevens Point and UW-Superior. “We are very ...

Wisconsin to decide on education leader and voter ID

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The high-stakes race for Wisconsin Supreme Court has gotten most of the attention leading up to the April 1 election. But it is not the only issue voters will decide when early voting begins Tuesday. Also on the ballot is a race for the battleground state’s top education official who will guide policies affecting K-12 schools during President Donald Trump’s second term. There is also a measure that would place the state’s voter ID law into the state constitution. Both of those contests have sharp partisan divisions, even though the spending and ...

USPS agrees to work with DOGE, plans to eliminate 10K workers

WASHINGTON (AP) — Postmaster General Louis DeJoy plans to cut 10,000 workers and billions of dollars from the U.S. Postal Service budget and he'll do that working with Elon Musk 's Department of Government Efficiency, according to a letter sent to members of Congress on Thursday. DOGE will ...

Explorers discover ship that sank in Lake Superior in 1892

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Twenty years before the Titanic changed maritime history, another ship touted as the next great technological feat set sail on the Great Lakes. The Western Reserve was one of the first all-steel cargo ships to traverse the lakes. Built to break speed records, the ...