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Jane McCauley

Jane McCauley is a student journalist with Here & Now.

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A screenshot of an X post from the account @NWSMilwaukee and with a profile image showing the logo of the National Weather Service shows a radar image of precipitation with different lines marking the projected path of an observed tornado, with text reading: 6:00 PM Tuesday: A confirmed tornado is on the ground just to the west of Edgerton along the Dane-Rock Co border. This is a very dangerous storm; seek immediate safe shelter if in its path!

Policy

Federal, state, local government agencies navigate a fractured social media landscape

Rising levels of disinformation and growing concerns over the mental health impacts of social media is prompting communicators at different levels of government to reconsider how they use different platforms to share updates with the public.

Thursday March 21, 2024

Nate Jung on the use of generative AI as an educational tool

Education

Nate Jung on the use of generative AI as an educational tool

UW-Madison professor and editor Nate Jung describes how students can approach using generative AI to improve reading and writing skills while remaining mindful of its limitations as a teaching tool.

Tuesday January 9, 2024

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Education

Professors, students tackle generative AI at UW-Madison

Use of generative AI programs is becoming more commonplace in higher education settings, prompting UW teachers and students to learn how to use the rapidly changing technology safely and ethically.

Friday January 5, 2024

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Budgets

Brodhead gets shared revenue boost but continues to pursue budget relief

An increase in funding directed from the state government to local municipalities is helping a small community in southern Wisconsin maintain its services, but struggles continue to keep up with higher costs amid slower growth in new development.

Thursday September 7, 2023

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Economy

Rural Wisconsin’s population growth and its relationship with tourism

Here & Now extra: A Wisconsin Policy Forum report details how the business of recreation plays a prominent role in places that saw a growing number of residents in the 2010s — Bayfield County exemplifies how the pandemic was but a blip in this trend.

Thursday July 13, 2023

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Economy

US blocks alleged Milwaukee Tool supplier, citing use of forced prison labor in China

As seen from above, Joe Biden gestures with both hands and speaks while standing behind a podium with the Seal of the President of the United States affixed to its front, on a temporary riser with two teleprompters, with two large U.S. flags displayed on either side and several people standing behind a waist-high set of pipes and drapes separating the stage area from multiple rows of seated people facing toward him, with rows of U.S. and Wisconsin flags in the background of a large room with steel beams, shipping boxes and manufacturing equipment.

Politics

Biden lauds Microsoft data center at same southeastern Wisconsin site where Foxconn project failed

A sign showing the word mark for the American Transmission Company along with an address and emergency phone number is attached to a diamond-mesh metal fence, with out-of-focus electric power equipment in the background.

Courts

Federal appeals court halts injunction against power line through Mississippi River refuge

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Education

Wisconsin's tech colleges are focused on DEI initiatives too

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Policy

Republican lawmakers vote to audit DEI efforts in state agencies

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Courts

Wisconsin wedding barns sue over state liquor law change requiring venue license

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