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Dr. Ryan Westergaard on hepatitis B vaccination for newborns

Dr. Ryan Westergaard on hepatitis B vaccination for newborns

Wisconsin Department of Health Services state epidemiologist Dr. Ryan Westergaard describes continuing guidance to vaccinate newborns for hepatitis B after a federal panel changed its recommendations.

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Wisconsin congressional redistricting lawsuits may not resolve by 2026 midterms

Ron Johnson stands and speaks inside a building with out-of-focus marble masonry and pillars with Composite order capitals in the background.

Sen. Ron Johnson asks federal government to investigate Wisconsin judge in former Trump attorney's case

How farmers at risk for suicide can find mental health help

How farmers at risk for suicide can find mental health help

Mary Roberts on discriminatory language in racial covenants

Mary Roberts on discriminatory language in racial covenants

A brass-enclosed letter sign with the words Judge Hannah C. Dugan and the number 615 is mounted in a ceiling next to a Wi-Fi router in a hallway with fluorescent lighting.

What to know as the trial of Judge Hannah Dugan begins

Joel Brennan poses for a portrait in front of a photo backdrop.

Joel Brennan enters the 2026 race for Wisconsin governor

A judicial bench with two sets of seats, one leather and another wood and leather, is between the U.S. and Wisconsin flags and below a large painting mounted on a wall with marble masonry and illuminated brass light fixtures in wall niches.

How states other than Wisconsin select their Supreme Court justices

Derek Handley on racial covenants harming Black Milwaukeeans

Derek Handley on racial covenants harming Black Milwaukeeans

Anne Bonds on covenants and Milwaukee’s racial segregation

Anne Bonds on covenants and Milwaukee's racial segregation

An overhead skylight illuminates marble masonry and two columns with Composite order capitals that flank a carved sign above reading Supreme Court.

Unlimited donations, weak recusal rules led to record Wisconsin Supreme Court campaign spending

A sign reading County Courthouse and a stylized flat, wire sculpture of Lady Justice are mounted on the masonry wall of a Brutalist-style building with a row of pillars in front of glass windows.

Dane County judge refuses to step aside as requested by former Trump attorney

Barry Burden on congressional redistricting going into 2026

Barry Burden on congressional redistricting going into 2026

A sign reading County Courthouse and a stylized flat, wire sculpture of Lady Justice are mounted on the masonry wall of a Brutalist-style building, with multi-story brick and metal-sided buildings across an intersection and on either side of a street, with the Wisconsin State Capitol in the background under a clear sky.

Wisconsin congressional redistricting lawsuits may not resolve by 2026 midterms

Ron Johnson stands and speaks inside a building with out-of-focus marble masonry and pillars with Composite order capitals in the background.

Sen. Ron Johnson asks federal government to investigate Wisconsin judge in former Trump attorney's case

How farmers at risk for suicide can find mental health help

How farmers at risk for suicide can find mental health help

Mary Roberts on discriminatory language in racial covenants

Mary Roberts on discriminatory language in racial covenants

A brass-enclosed letter sign with the words Judge Hannah C. Dugan and the number 615 is mounted in a ceiling next to a Wi-Fi router in a hallway with fluorescent lighting.

What to know as the trial of Judge Hannah Dugan begins

Joel Brennan poses for a portrait in front of a photo backdrop.

Joel Brennan enters the 2026 race for Wisconsin governor

A judicial bench with two sets of seats, one leather and another wood and leather, is between the U.S. and Wisconsin flags and below a large painting mounted on a wall with marble masonry and illuminated brass light fixtures in wall niches.

How states other than Wisconsin select their Supreme Court justices

Derek Handley on racial covenants harming Black Milwaukeeans

Derek Handley on racial covenants harming Black Milwaukeeans

Anne Bonds on covenants and Milwaukee’s racial segregation

Anne Bonds on covenants and Milwaukee's racial segregation

An overhead skylight illuminates marble masonry and two columns with Composite order capitals that flank a carved sign above reading Supreme Court.

Unlimited donations, weak recusal rules led to record Wisconsin Supreme Court campaign spending

A sign reading County Courthouse and a stylized flat, wire sculpture of Lady Justice are mounted on the masonry wall of a Brutalist-style building with a row of pillars in front of glass windows.

Dane County judge refuses to step aside as requested by former Trump attorney

Barry Burden on congressional redistricting going into 2026

Barry Burden on congressional redistricting going into 2026

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Sister Sue Ernster on the trauma of Indian boarding schools

Sister Sue Ernster on the trauma of Indian boarding schools

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Brittany Koteles on the market value of land and its meaning

Brittany Koteles on the market value of land and its meaning

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Wisconsin archaeologists have found 16 ancient Indigenous canoes in Lake Mendota

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Sister Sue Ernster on the trauma of Indian boarding schools

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Nilsa Cruz on helping patients appeal health claim denials

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Sec. Nathan Houdek on consumer confusion about health plans

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In Focus with Chris Kolakowski: Honoring Wisconsin veterans

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Mary Roberts on discriminatory language in racial covenants

Mary Roberts on discriminatory language in racial covenants

Derek Handley on racial covenants harming Black Milwaukeeans

Anne Bonds on covenants and Milwaukee's racial segregation

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Kevin Rak on higher need at the River Food Pantry in Madison

Kevin Rak on higher need at the River Food Pantry in Madison

Tawny Hardyman on losing staff during a government shutdown

Tawny Hardyman on closure of Head Start classes in Wisconsin

Legal loopholes in Wisconsin laws regulating THC products leave consumers vulnerable

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Why Catholic sisters sold land back to the Lac du Flambeau

Why Catholic sisters sold land back to the Lac du Flambeau

A prescribed burn in Superior provides pride and healing

Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald in Lake Superior still resonates 50 years later

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John Rosenow on dairy workers and immigration enforcement

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Chris Lindner and Joe Green on sharing school district costs

Joe Green and Chris Linder on school district consolidation

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Tawny Hardyman on losing staff during a government shutdown

Tawny Hardyman on losing staff during a government shutdown

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