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Mapping a history of covenants and segregation in Milwaukee

Researchers and volunteers with the Mapping Racism and Resistance project in MIlwaukee County are examining millions of documents to chronicle where and how racial covenants shaped the community.

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Josh Schoemann on the 2026 primary for governor of Wisconsin

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Tom Tiffany on the 2026 primary for governor of Wisconsin

Barry Burden on lawsuits over Wisconsin’s congressional maps

Barry Burden on lawsuits over Wisconsin's congressional maps

Miles Tokheim points his left index figure while facing José Ruiz as both stand on either side of a rolling tool chest, with Oscar Haro Rodriguéz crouching with this right foot on a tire resting on its side while under the bottom of a vehicle with detached tires that is elevated on a car lift, in a room with a concrete floor and other vehicles and equipment in the background.

For Wisconsin high schools to offer more college credit options, more teachers must go to grad school

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Wisconsin Supreme Court agrees to hear lawsuit on whether local jails can hold immigrants for ICE

Kevin LeGrow and three out-of-focus people seated to his right sit at a table facing mounted microphones, with a wood podium and other people seated on its far side in the background.

The Wisconsin Civics Games looks to cultivate new generations of public servants

Eugene Hasenfus stands in front of a stone wall with multiple lines of letter sign text with names and dates.

Eugene Hasenfus, key figure in the 1980s Iran-Contra affair, dies at 84

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Wisconsin legislators want to tighten the state's margarine laws

Mandela Barnes smiles while standing in front of the out-of-focus stripes of a U.S. flag.

Mandela Barnes enters 2026 race for Wisconsin governor

Stacey Murillo Martinez holds a smart phone with a vertical wedding portrait of her and husband Miguel on its screen while sitting at a wood table in a room with wood flooring and with shelves with food containers in the background on one side and another room with chairs, lamps, wall art and other items to the other side.

Local courts in Wisconsin are left with loose ends when ICE detains criminal defendants

A group of people sit on the outside of four tables with metal legs and laminate surfaces arranged in a square, with plates of food, beverage containers, phones, papers and paper name plats on their surfaces, in a room with a large monitor mounted on a wall next to a metal and glass door, with a table with food and beverages on its surface in front of a window on an adjacent wall.

Community Living Room aims to foster connection, fight loneliness in the Fox Valley

A ceiling-mounted brass enclosed letter sign with the words Judge Hannah C. Dugan and the number 615 is overhead in a hallway with fluorescent lighting outside the wood-paneled entrance to a room, with other signs affixed on and next to the door.

Federal judge says Dugan trial will proceed as planned

A still image shows Josh Schoemann seated on the 'Here & Now' satellite set featuring a gradient background.

Josh Schoemann on the 2026 primary for governor of Wisconsin

A still image shows U.S. Rep. Tom Tiffany seated on the 'Here & Now' satellite set featuring a gradient background, with a graphic at the bottom that reads 'Tom Tiffany' and '(R) Candidate for Governor.'

Tom Tiffany on the 2026 primary for governor of Wisconsin

Barry Burden on lawsuits over Wisconsin’s congressional maps

Barry Burden on lawsuits over Wisconsin's congressional maps

Miles Tokheim points his left index figure while facing José Ruiz as both stand on either side of a rolling tool chest, with Oscar Haro Rodriguéz crouching with this right foot on a tire resting on its side while under the bottom of a vehicle with detached tires that is elevated on a car lift, in a room with a concrete floor and other vehicles and equipment in the background.

For Wisconsin high schools to offer more college credit options, more teachers must go to grad school

Metal filigree double doors with brass doorknobs and lock mechanisms open into an antechamber with an illuminated overhead light fixture, commercial floor mats and a set of wood double doors with oval glass windows opening into a room with a judicial bench with two sets of seats faced by a low table and multiple rows of wood and leather chairs in a room with marble masonry and a large painting.

Wisconsin Supreme Court agrees to hear lawsuit on whether local jails can hold immigrants for ICE

Kevin LeGrow and three out-of-focus people seated to his right sit at a table facing mounted microphones, with a wood podium and other people seated on its far side in the background.

The Wisconsin Civics Games looks to cultivate new generations of public servants

Eugene Hasenfus stands in front of a stone wall with multiple lines of letter sign text with names and dates.

Eugene Hasenfus, key figure in the 1980s Iran-Contra affair, dies at 84

A pixelated photo illustration shows a variety of different types of butter, margarine and other dairy products on refrigerated shelves in a grocery store.

Wisconsin legislators want to tighten the state's margarine laws

Mandela Barnes smiles while standing in front of the out-of-focus stripes of a U.S. flag.

Mandela Barnes enters 2026 race for Wisconsin governor

Stacey Murillo Martinez holds a smart phone with a vertical wedding portrait of her and husband Miguel on its screen while sitting at a wood table in a room with wood flooring and with shelves with food containers in the background on one side and another room with chairs, lamps, wall art and other items to the other side.

Local courts in Wisconsin are left with loose ends when ICE detains criminal defendants

A group of people sit on the outside of four tables with metal legs and laminate surfaces arranged in a square, with plates of food, beverage containers, phones, papers and paper name plats on their surfaces, in a room with a large monitor mounted on a wall next to a metal and glass door, with a table with food and beverages on its surface in front of a window on an adjacent wall.

Community Living Room aims to foster connection, fight loneliness in the Fox Valley

A ceiling-mounted brass enclosed letter sign with the words Judge Hannah C. Dugan and the number 615 is overhead in a hallway with fluorescent lighting outside the wood-paneled entrance to a room, with other signs affixed on and next to the door.

Federal judge says Dugan trial will proceed as planned

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Brittany Koteles on the market value of land and its meaning

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Local Wisconsin News

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A still image shows a finger pointing to a map of Milwaukee on the wall, the map has speckles of green showing where racial covenants historically existed in the city.

Mapping a history of covenants and segregation in Milwaukee

Kroger closing automated fulfillment centers in Wisconsin, two other states

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