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Jim Hoffman and another person, each wearing fluorescent safety vests, stand on either side of a stream among multiple logs spanning its breadth, in wooded area with mostly leafless trees, with a visible beam of sunlight in the foreground.

How ecosystem engineers are building mock beaver dams to help restore more wetlands in Wisconsin

Beaver dams analogs on small waterways around Wisconsin could help improve water quality, stabilize eroded stream banks, limit flooding and enhance wildlife habitat, but the state's process to get permits for building such structures is expensive and arduous.

A metal sign with the words Be Prepared to Show ID framed above and below by lines of four stars stands next to a swinging metal push and pull commercial door handle.

Wisconsin Legislature puts photo ID on spring 2024 ballot

Tony Evers sits at a wood table and uses a pen with his right hand to sign a piece of paper in a folder sitting on its surface, with another person seated next to the table and other people standing behind him in a room with wood-paneled walls and a painting in the background.

Evers creates new Wisconsin violence-prevention office after school shooting

Sunlight reflects off the dome of a Beaux-Arts style building with marble masonry and multiple gold statutes under a clear sky.

Power struggle in Minnesota Legislature before the start of its 2025 session echoes the 2011 clash in Wisconsin

Brad Schimel stands and speaks into multiple microphones, with out-of-focus microphones, microphone stands and the strips of a U.S. flag in the background.

TV ad spending begins in Wisconsin's 2025 state Supreme Court race

Chad Alan Goldberg and Frederica Freyberg sit facing each other on the Here & Now set.

'Here & Now' Highlights: Chad Alan Goldberg, Bobby Peterson, David Minor, Dale Knapp

A still image shows Dale Knapp seated at the 'Here & Now' set featuring wood paneling, with a graphic at bottom reading 'Dale Knapp' and 'Forward Analytics.'

Dale Knapp on a projected population decline for Wisconsin

A still image from a video shows Bobby Peterson seated in front of a blurred background with a graphic at bottom reading 'Madison,' 'Bobby Peterson' and 'ABC for Health.'

Bobby Peterson on removing medical debt from credit reports

A still image shows Chad Alan Goldberg seated at the 'Here & Now' set featuring wood paneling, with a graphic at bottom reading 'Chad Alan Goldberg' and 'UW-Madison Dept. of Sociology.'

Chad Alan Goldberg on populist politics and Jan. 6's legacy

David Minor on the Chippewa Valley’s health care needs, gaps

David Minor on the Chippewa Valley's health care needs, gaps

Christina Hubbell holds a plastic jug of laundry detergent up in the air while standing next to Eric Zieroth inside a room with a washing machine and dryer, a plastic recycling bin, a sink and a wall-mounted paper towel dispenser next to a bulletin board with a calendar and other items pinned to its face, with an open wood door showing a window in an adjacent room.

Wisconsin's rural homelessness crisis and the ongoing fight to do 'more with less'

Side-by-side photos show Brittany Kinser, Jill Underly and Jeff Wright posting for portraits.

Brittany Kinser, Dr. Jill Underly and Jeff Wright face off in the 2025 primary for Wisconsin state superintendent

A piece of paper with the title Acceptable Photo IDs and graphics of different forms of photo identification that is placed in a transparent display stands at the center of a table with papers and a 3-ring binder on its surface, with people standing in the background.

Republican lawmakers moving to add Wisconsin's voter ID requirement to the state constitution

A metal sign with the words Be Prepared to Show ID framed above and below by lines of four stars stands next to a swinging metal push and pull commercial door handle.

Wisconsin Legislature puts photo ID on spring 2024 ballot

Tony Evers sits at a wood table and uses a pen with his right hand to sign a piece of paper in a folder sitting on its surface, with another person seated next to the table and other people standing behind him in a room with wood-paneled walls and a painting in the background.

Evers creates new Wisconsin violence-prevention office after school shooting

Sunlight reflects off the dome of a Beaux-Arts style building with marble masonry and multiple gold statutes under a clear sky.

Power struggle in Minnesota Legislature before the start of its 2025 session echoes the 2011 clash in Wisconsin

Brad Schimel stands and speaks into multiple microphones, with out-of-focus microphones, microphone stands and the strips of a U.S. flag in the background.

TV ad spending begins in Wisconsin's 2025 state Supreme Court race

Chad Alan Goldberg and Frederica Freyberg sit facing each other on the Here & Now set.

'Here & Now' Highlights: Chad Alan Goldberg, Bobby Peterson, David Minor, Dale Knapp

A still image shows Dale Knapp seated at the 'Here & Now' set featuring wood paneling, with a graphic at bottom reading 'Dale Knapp' and 'Forward Analytics.'

Dale Knapp on a projected population decline for Wisconsin

A still image from a video shows Bobby Peterson seated in front of a blurred background with a graphic at bottom reading 'Madison,' 'Bobby Peterson' and 'ABC for Health.'

Bobby Peterson on removing medical debt from credit reports

A still image shows Chad Alan Goldberg seated at the 'Here & Now' set featuring wood paneling, with a graphic at bottom reading 'Chad Alan Goldberg' and 'UW-Madison Dept. of Sociology.'

Chad Alan Goldberg on populist politics and Jan. 6's legacy

David Minor on the Chippewa Valley’s health care needs, gaps

David Minor on the Chippewa Valley's health care needs, gaps

Christina Hubbell holds a plastic jug of laundry detergent up in the air while standing next to Eric Zieroth inside a room with a washing machine and dryer, a plastic recycling bin, a sink and a wall-mounted paper towel dispenser next to a bulletin board with a calendar and other items pinned to its face, with an open wood door showing a window in an adjacent room.

Wisconsin's rural homelessness crisis and the ongoing fight to do 'more with less'

Side-by-side photos show Brittany Kinser, Jill Underly and Jeff Wright posting for portraits.

Brittany Kinser, Dr. Jill Underly and Jeff Wright face off in the 2025 primary for Wisconsin state superintendent

A piece of paper with the title Acceptable Photo IDs and graphics of different forms of photo identification that is placed in a transparent display stands at the center of a table with papers and a 3-ring binder on its surface, with people standing in the background.

Republican lawmakers moving to add Wisconsin's voter ID requirement to the state constitution

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McCoshen & Ross on Wisconsin’s political outlook for 2025

McCoshen & Ross on Wisconsin's political outlook for 2025

Wisconsin Legislature’s leadership reflect on 2024 successes

Wisconsin Legislature's leadership reflect on 2024 successes

Four people sit behind microphones and a wooden podium with a Wisconsin flag in the background.

Wisconsin's 2024 electors cast ballots for Trump

In Focus with John Ridley: Storytelling, film and community

In Focus with John Ridley: Storytelling, film and community

In Focus with David Maraniss: Covering news, writing history

In Focus with David Maraniss: Covering news, writing history

In Focus with Gena Kakkak: Tribal politics and youth health

In Focus with Gena Kakkak: Tribal politics and youth health

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Brad Schimel stands and speaks into multiple microphones, with out-of-focus microphones, microphone stands and the strips of a U.S. flag in the background.

TV ad spending begins in Wisconsin's 2025 state Supreme Court race

Side-by-side photos show Susan Crawford and Brad Schimel posing for portraits while wearing judicial robes inside courtrooms.

Susan Crawford and Brad Schimel face off in the 2025 election for a Wisconsin Supreme Court seat

Plastic police tape sits on a lawn in front of an out-of-focus wood sign for Abundant Life Christian School, with out-of-focus trees and buildings in the background.

Judge maintains restraining order for California man who messaged the Abundant Life school shooter

Wisconsin Regional News

Southeast Region

Environmentalists cite Enbridge Line 6 leak in Line 5 debate

Environmentalists cite Enbridge Line 6 leak in Line 5 debate

Enbridge's Line 6 pipeline spills about 70,000 gallons of oil in Jefferson County

Watertown adopts more restrictive transgender student rules

Republicans Steil, Van Orden and Wied win Wisconsin US House seats in 2024 election

Southeast Region News

Northeast Region

A still image from a video shows Michael Alexander seated in front of three artworks depicting trees, buildings and a stadium reading 'University of Wisconsin Green Bay' with a graphic at bottom reading 'Green Bay,' 'Chancellor Michael Alexander' and 'UW-Green Bay.'

Chancellor Michael Alexander on the finances of UW-Green Bay

Republicans Steil, Van Orden and Wied win Wisconsin US House seats in 2024 election

Wisconsin Republicans look to reelect a US House incumbent and retain an open seat

Trump campaigns with former Packers quarterback Brett Favre at Green Bay rally

Northeast Region News

South Central Region

Plastic police tape sits on a lawn in front of an out-of-focus wood sign for Abundant Life Christian School, with out-of-focus trees and buildings in the background.

Judge maintains restraining order for California man who messaged the Abundant Life school shooter

Nearly 200 ballots went uncounted in Madison and officials want to know why

Community remembers 42-year-old teacher who was killed in the Abundant Life shooting

After shooting, Abundant Life Christian School and church embrace Christmas message for comfort and community

South Central Region News

Northern Region

Christina Hubbell holds a plastic jug of laundry detergent up in the air while standing next to Eric Zieroth inside a room with a washing machine and dryer, a plastic recycling bin, a sink and a wall-mounted paper towel dispenser next to a bulletin board with a calendar and other items pinned to its face, with an open wood door showing a window in an adjacent room.

Wisconsin's rural homelessness crisis and the ongoing fight to do 'more with less'

Wisconsin detects a human bird flu case in Barron County

US Supreme Court to hear case over Catholic Charities Bureau seeking Wisconsin unemployment tax exemption

Bad River Band and other groups move to block reroute plans for Enbridge's Line 5

Northern Region News

West Central Region

David Minor on the Chippewa Valley’s health care needs, gaps

David Minor on the Chippewa Valley's health care needs, gaps

US Supreme Court rejects challenge to an Eau Claire schools policy covering transgender students

Sydney Widell, Nancy Wedwick on floods, dams and community

Dave Eggen on opposing plans to remove dams in the Driftless

West Central Region News

Southwest Region

Sydney Widell, Nancy Wedwick on floods, dams and community

Sydney Widell, Nancy Wedwick on floods, dams and community

Dave Eggen on opposing plans to remove dams in the Driftless

Mark Erickson on assessing earthen dam stability and failure

Bob Micheel on plans to remove Coon Creek dams after floods

Southwest Region News

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