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Reported attendance levels at the 2025 NFL draft in Green Bay surpasses expectations

Bringing the NFL draft to the league's smallest market was supposed to mean a smaller crowd, but Green Bay Packers fans had other ideas, with league officials announcing that the attendance hit 600,000 over the three days of the event, more than double one forecasted figure.

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How the 2025 NFL draft in Green Bay showcases Wisconsin

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US Rep. Tom Tiffany on tariffs, funding cuts and immigration

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Education

Michael Wagner on federal research grant cuts at UW-Madison

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Xia Lee on the start of Wisconsin's warm-weather tick season

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Martin O'Malley on Social Security staff reductions, delays

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Courts

Who is Milwaukee County Judge Hannah Dugan and what is she accused of doing?

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FBI arrests a Milwaukee judge accused of helping a man evade immigration agents

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Economy

Green Bay and Lambeau Field provide a festive setting for the 2025 NFL draft

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The rise and fall of Michael Gableman's career shows how the Wisconsin Supreme Court became hyper political

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Evers memo to state agencies on responding to ICE agents draws backlash from Republicans

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Politics

US Rep. Tom Tiffany on tariffs, funding cuts and immigration

A still image shows Michael Wagner seated at the 'Here & Now' set featuring wood paneling, with a graphic at bottom reading 'Michael Wagner' and 'UW-Madison School of Journalism.'

Education

Michael Wagner on federal research grant cuts at UW-Madison

Xia Lee on the start of Wisconsin’s warm-weather tick season

Health

Xia Lee on the start of Wisconsin's warm-weather tick season

A still image shows Martin O'Malley seated by a window with plants, with a graphic at bottom reading 'Martin O'Malley' and 'Former Social Security Commissioner.'

Budgets

Martin O'Malley on Social Security staff reductions, delays

A ceiling-mounted brass enclosed sign with the words Judge Hannah C. Dugan and the number 615 stands outside the wood-paneled doors to another room.

Courts

Who is Milwaukee County Judge Hannah Dugan and what is she accused of doing?

Two people holding handwritten cardboard signs with the words This Is Authoritarianism and Free Judge Dugan stand on a paved plaza next to flagpoles displaying the Wisconsin, U.S. and POW/MIA flags in front of a multi-story Beaux-Arts stone masonry building two rows of upper-floor windows, and a higher row of Composite order columns, with construction scaffolding erected in front of three arched entrances, with trees and other buildings to the side in the background.

Courts

FBI arrests a Milwaukee judge accused of helping a man evade immigration agents

Matthew Golden uses a phone attached to the end of a selfie stick to take a photo while a videographer holds a video camera up in the air to record footage and other people hold phones up in the air in a crowded space with lights mounted to overhead metal scaffolding.

Economy

Green Bay and Lambeau Field provide a festive setting for the 2025 NFL draft

A sign with the logo of Milwaukee Public Schools, the words Albert E. Kagel School and a graphic of a tiger mascot, along with an electronic sign reading para el otoño de 2025 en mpsmke.com on a masonry base stands on a lawn next to a flagpole and leafless in front of a multi-story stone masonry and brick building with arched doors and upper-level windows, with a playground, leafless trees and buildings in the background.

Education

Addressing lead contamination in Milwaukee schools is likely to be an extended process

Michael Gableman speaks while seated with his left hand resting on a piece of paper and right hand holding a pen, with out-of-focus people seated in the background.

Politics

The rise and fall of Michael Gableman's career shows how the Wisconsin Supreme Court became hyper political

Tony Evers gestures with his left hand while standing and speaking into a microphone mounted to the top of a wood podium, with two out-of-focus people seated in high-backed leather and wood chairs on a wood legislative dais in the background.

Policy

Evers memo to state agencies on responding to ICE agents draws backlash from Republicans

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Chancellor Jennifer Mnookin on 2025 headwinds for UW-Madison

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Chancellor Jennifer Mnookin on 2025 headwinds for UW-Madison

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Education

Mike Totoraitis on lead contamination in Milwaukee schools

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Thanh Bui-Duquette on the proposed elimination of Head Start

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Economy

Will Hsu on Wisconsin ginseng exports, tariffs and trade war

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Sen. Chris Kapenga on the scope of Milwaukee’s lead problem

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Sen. Chris Kapenga on the scope of Milwaukee's lead problem

Southeast Region

Rep. Ryan Clancy on funds for lead pipe removal in Milwaukee

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Rep. Ryan Clancy on funds for lead pipe removal in Milwaukee

Southeast Region

Kristen Payne on lifelong benefits of reducing lead exposure

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Kristen Payne on lifelong benefits of reducing lead exposure

Southeast Region

Marty Kanarek on persistent lead contamination in Milwaukee

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Marty Kanarek on persistent lead contamination in Milwaukee

Southeast Region

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Amanda Gennerman on student visa revocations in Wisconsin

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Bobby Peterson on Medicaid funding and budgeting blueprints

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Environment

DNR issues PFAS advisories for 50 more wells in Peshtigo

Lead levels and cleanup costs are high in Milwaukee schools

Budgets

Lead levels and cleanup costs are high in Milwaukee schools

Southeast Region

Chancellor Jennifer Mnookin on 2025 headwinds for UW-Madison

Education

Chancellor Jennifer Mnookin on 2025 headwinds for UW-Madison

A still image shows Mike Totoraitis seated inside with a wooden bookshelf with framed pictures and item in the background, with a graphic at bottom reading 'Milwaukee,' 'Commissioner Mike Totoraitis' and 'Milwaukee Health Department.'

Education

Mike Totoraitis on lead contamination in Milwaukee schools

A still image from a video shows Thanh Bui-Duquette seated in front of white background with the logo at top '60 Years of Results' with a graphic at bottom reading 'Independence,' 'Thanh Bui-Duquette' and 'Western Dairyland Head Start.'

Economy

Thanh Bui-Duquette on the proposed elimination of Head Start

A still image from a video shows Will Hsu seated in front of closed, beige curtains with a graphic at bottom reading 'Nanking, China,' 'Will Hsu' and 'Hsu Ginseng.'

Economy

Will Hsu on Wisconsin ginseng exports, tariffs and trade war

Sen. Chris Kapenga on the scope of Milwaukee’s lead problem

Budgets

Sen. Chris Kapenga on the scope of Milwaukee's lead problem

Rep. Ryan Clancy on funds for lead pipe removal in Milwaukee

Budgets

Rep. Ryan Clancy on funds for lead pipe removal in Milwaukee

Kristen Payne on lifelong benefits of reducing lead exposure

Health

Kristen Payne on lifelong benefits of reducing lead exposure

Marty Kanarek on persistent lead contamination in Milwaukee

Health

Marty Kanarek on persistent lead contamination in Milwaukee

A still image shows Amanda Gennerman seated at the 'Here & Now' set featuring wood paneling, with a graphic at bottom reading 'Amanda Gennerman' and 'Pines Bach Law Firm.'

Social Issues

Amanda Gennerman on student visa revocations in Wisconsin

Bobby Peterson on Medicaid funding and budgeting blueprints

Health

Bobby Peterson on Medicaid funding and budgeting blueprints

A Here & Now graphic shows a map of the city of Marinette highlighted with green lines surrounding and the Town of Peshtigo to the left and Green Bay to the right.

Environment

DNR issues PFAS advisories for 50 more wells in Peshtigo

Lead levels and cleanup costs are high in Milwaukee schools

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Lead levels and cleanup costs are high in Milwaukee schools

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How the 2025 NFL draft in Green Bay showcases Wisconsin

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Green Bay and Lambeau Field provide a festive setting for the 2025 NFL draft

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Green Bay prepares to host an offseason sports spectacle with the 2025 NFL draft

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Chancellor Jennifer Mnookin on 2025 headwinds for UW-Madison

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Chancellor Jennifer Mnookin on 2025 headwinds for UW-Madison

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Elections

Madison's mayor suspends city clerk over uncounted ballots

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Indigenous

Murder in Lac du Flambeau: An MMIP cold case gets renewed attention with DNA

Indigenous

Tribal sovereignty at center of Wisconsin road dispute

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Federal judge orders Lac du Flambeau roads to remain open

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

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Thanh Bui-Duquette on the proposed elimination of Head Start

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Sydney Widell, Nancy Wedwick on floods, dams and community

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