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Watch: 📺 🖥️ 💻 📱 Land Justice Futures Director Brittany Koteles considers the significance of the Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration land transfer to the Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians, reported in collaboration with @ict-news.bsky.social.
Brittany Koteles on the market value of land and its meaning
This report is in collaboration with our partners at ICT.
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November 21, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Watch: 📺 🖥️ 💻 📱 Land Justice Futures Director Brittany Koteles considers the significance of the Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration land transfer to the Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians, reported in collaboration with @ict-news.bsky.social.
Watch: 📺 🖥️ 💻 📱 Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration President Sue Ernster describes listening to experiences of Indian boarding school survivors and the group's interest in pursuing healing and reconciliation, reported in collaboration with @ict-news.bsky.social.
Sister Sue Ernster on the trauma of Indian boarding schools
This report is in collaboration with our partners at ICT.
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November 21, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Watch: 📺 🖥️ 💻 📱 Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration President Sue Ernster describes listening to experiences of Indian boarding school survivors and the group's interest in pursuing healing and reconciliation, reported in collaboration with @ict-news.bsky.social.
The Trump administration is steaming forward on its plan to dismantle the U.S. Department of Education, but the plan has drawn pushback from some state and school district leaders, who see no benefit and no hope for a seamless transition, reports @apnews.com.
Schools fear disruptions as the White House dismantles the Education Department
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration says its plan to dismantle the Education Department offers a fix for the nation's lagging academics — a solution that could free schools from ...
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November 21, 2025 at 8:41 PM
The Trump administration is steaming forward on its plan to dismantle the U.S. Department of Education, but the plan has drawn pushback from some state and school district leaders, who see no benefit and no hope for a seamless transition, reports @apnews.com.
Watch: 📺 🖥️ 💻 📱 Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources deer specialist Jeff Pritzl considers prospects for the state's 2025 gun deer hunt and what forecasts for the season's harvest mean for population management.
Jeff Pritzl on Wisconsin's 2025 gun deer hunt season outlook
Jeff Pritzl on prospects for Wisconsin's 2025 gun deer hunt and population management.
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November 21, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Watch: 📺 🖥️ 💻 📱 Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources deer specialist Jeff Pritzl considers prospects for the state's 2025 gun deer hunt and what forecasts for the season's harvest mean for population management.
A decision by the U.S. Department of Justice's Board of Immigration Appeals makes it easier for federal officials to toss thousands of asylum cases and send applicants to a "third country" where they have never lived, with the mechanism being used inconsistently, reports @wisconsinwatch.org.
Immigration appeals board ruling paves way for more deportations to a 'third country'
This story was produced and originally published by Wisconsin Watch, a nonprofit, nonpartisan newsroom. Milwaukee immigration attorney Anthony Locke spent the first weekend in November wrapping his he...
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November 21, 2025 at 4:36 PM
A decision by the U.S. Department of Justice's Board of Immigration Appeals makes it easier for federal officials to toss thousands of asylum cases and send applicants to a "third country" where they have never lived, with the mechanism being used inconsistently, reports @wisconsinwatch.org.
A Wisconsin Elections Commission report showed local clerks referred 46 instances of suspected fraud and voting irregularities to prosecutors related to the November 2024 election, with the total number of flagged cases a tiny fraction of the more than 3.4 million ballots cast, reports @apnews.com.
Wisconsin clerks referred 46 cases of suspected fraud, irregularities in the November 2024 election
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin election clerks referred 46 instances of suspected fraud and voting irregularities to prosecutors related to the November 2024 presidential election, a report showed, re...
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November 20, 2025 at 8:03 PM
A Wisconsin Elections Commission report showed local clerks referred 46 instances of suspected fraud and voting irregularities to prosecutors related to the November 2024 election, with the total number of flagged cases a tiny fraction of the more than 3.4 million ballots cast, reports @apnews.com.
The Wisconsin Historical Society announced that archaeologists have so far identified 16 canoes submerged in the lake bed of Lake Mendota in Madison, with the discoveries beginning in 2021 of vessels that range from 1,200 to 5,200 years old, reports @apnews.com.
Wisconsin archaeologists have found 16 ancient Indigenous canoes in Lake Mendota
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Archaeologists have identified more than a dozen ancient canoes that Indigenous people apparently left behind in a sort of prehistoric parking lot along a Wisconsin lakeshore. ...
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November 20, 2025 at 4:18 PM
The Wisconsin Historical Society announced that archaeologists have so far identified 16 canoes submerged in the lake bed of Lake Mendota in Madison, with the discoveries beginning in 2021 of vessels that range from 1,200 to 5,200 years old, reports @apnews.com.
Watch: 📺 🖥️ 💻 📱 Land Justice Futures Director Brittany Koteles describes how the Milwaukee-based group collaborates with orders of Catholic sisters to make plans for landholdings in pursuit of justice-centered works, reported in collaboration with @ict-news.bsky.social.
Brittany Koteles on social justice work with Catholic orders
Editor's note: This item is updated with the correct spelling of Brittany Koteles. This report is in collaboration with our partners at ICT, formerly Indian Country Today.
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November 19, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Watch: 📺 🖥️ 💻 📱 Land Justice Futures Director Brittany Koteles describes how the Milwaukee-based group collaborates with orders of Catholic sisters to make plans for landholdings in pursuit of justice-centered works, reported in collaboration with @ict-news.bsky.social.
Interim U.S. Attorney Brad Schimel said discussions are ongoing in the federal case against Milwaukee County Judge Hannah Dugan, who faces chargers of obstruction and concealing an individual to prevent arrest and is set to go to trial in December, reports @apnews.com.
Prosecutor says plea talks are ongoing with Milwaukee judge facing federal charges
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Plea negotiations with a Wisconsin judge accused of helping an immigrant evade federal agents are underway as her trial nears, the newly minted federal prosecutor overseeing ...
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November 19, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Interim U.S. Attorney Brad Schimel said discussions are ongoing in the federal case against Milwaukee County Judge Hannah Dugan, who faces chargers of obstruction and concealing an individual to prevent arrest and is set to go to trial in December, reports @apnews.com.
Splitting with anti-abortion members of the Republican Party, Wisconsin Assembly Speaker Robin Vos has refused to join 48 other states in ensuring that vulnerable women have access to potentially lifesaving care for up to a year after giving birth, reports @propublica.org.
Vos blocks bill to expand Medicaid funds for new moms in Wisconsin
This article was originally published by ProPublica, a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign up for The Big Story newsletter to receive stories like this one in your inbox. The most ...
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November 19, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Splitting with anti-abortion members of the Republican Party, Wisconsin Assembly Speaker Robin Vos has refused to join 48 other states in ensuring that vulnerable women have access to potentially lifesaving care for up to a year after giving birth, reports @propublica.org.
Kroger, the nation's largest grocer, says it will close automated fulfillment centers in Pleasant Prairie in Wisconsin as well as in two other states as the company finds it's faster and cheaper to complete grocery delivery orders at individual stores, reports @apnews.com.
Kroger closing automated fulfillment centers in Wisconsin, two other states
Kroger said Nov. 18 that it's closing three automated fulfillment centers as part of an effort to make its delivery operations faster and more profitable. The nation's largest grocer said ...
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November 18, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Kroger, the nation's largest grocer, says it will close automated fulfillment centers in Pleasant Prairie in Wisconsin as well as in two other states as the company finds it's faster and cheaper to complete grocery delivery orders at individual stores, reports @apnews.com.
Watch: 📺 🖥️ 💻 📱 State Sen. Jodi Habush Sinykin, D-Whitefish Bay, discusses working with different organizations to craft a bill to offer incentives for data centers in Wisconsin to increase use of renewable energy.
Sen. Jodi Habush Sinykin on data center energy incentives
Jodi Habush Sinykin on a bill for data centers to increase use of renewable energy.
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November 18, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Watch: 📺 🖥️ 💻 📱 State Sen. Jodi Habush Sinykin, D-Whitefish Bay, discusses working with different organizations to craft a bill to offer incentives for data centers in Wisconsin to increase use of renewable energy.
Watch: 📺 🖥️ 💻 📱 Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians President John Johnson discusses hopes to share Ojibwe culture with the Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration following a land back transfer, reported in collaboration with @ict-news.bsky.social.
President John Johnson on shared Ojibwe and Catholic beliefs
This report is in collaboration with our partners at ICT, formerly Indian Country Today.
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November 18, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Watch: 📺 🖥️ 💻 📱 Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians President John Johnson discusses hopes to share Ojibwe culture with the Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration following a land back transfer, reported in collaboration with @ict-news.bsky.social.
Watch: 📺 🖥️ 💻 📱 U.S. Rep. Scott Fitzgerald, R-5th Congressional District, discusses the funding deal that ended the 2025 federal government shutdown, the future of the ACA and prospects for another standoff in 2026.
US Rep. Scott Fitzgerald on 2025 government shutdown fallout
Scott Fitzgerald on the funding deal that ended the 2025 federal government shutdown.
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November 17, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Watch: 📺 🖥️ 💻 📱 U.S. Rep. Scott Fitzgerald, R-5th Congressional District, discusses the funding deal that ended the 2025 federal government shutdown, the future of the ACA and prospects for another standoff in 2026.
Watch: 📺 🖥️ 💻 📱 State Sen. Jodi Habush Sinykin, D-Whitefish Bay, discusses a bill that would regulate energy use, water use and labor practices of data centers with dozens of facilities in the works across Wisconsin.
Sen. Jodi Habush Sinykin on a bill to regulate data centers
Jodi Habush Sinykin on a bill to regulate water and energy used by data centers.
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November 17, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Watch: 📺 🖥️ 💻 📱 State Sen. Jodi Habush Sinykin, D-Whitefish Bay, discusses a bill that would regulate energy use, water use and labor practices of data centers with dozens of facilities in the works across Wisconsin.
Watch: 📺 🖥️ 💻 📱 Wisconsin Department of Administration Assistant Deputy Secretary Diana Maas discusses the status of the Wisconsin Home Energy Assistance Program with federal funding delayed as utility costs rise.
Diana Maas on funding for energy assistance in Wisconsin
Diana Maas on the Wisconsin Home Energy Assistance Program's federal funds being delayed.
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November 17, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Watch: 📺 🖥️ 💻 📱 Wisconsin Department of Administration Assistant Deputy Secretary Diana Maas discusses the status of the Wisconsin Home Energy Assistance Program with federal funding delayed as utility costs rise.
Watch: 📺 🖥️ 💻 📱 U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wisconsin, explained why most Democrats held out during the 2025 federal government shutdown for funding that included extension of Affordable Care Act enhanced tax credits.
Baldwin describes focus on health care during the shutdown
Tammy Baldwin explained why most Democrats held out during the 2025 government shutdown.
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November 17, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Watch: 📺 🖥️ 💻 📱 U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wisconsin, explained why most Democrats held out during the 2025 federal government shutdown for funding that included extension of Affordable Care Act enhanced tax credits.
Watch: 📺 🖥️ 💻 📱 Here's what guests on the Nov. 14 episode of "Here & Now" said about fallout from the federal government shutdown, a new bill seeks to regulate data centers, and funding delays for consumer energy bill assistance.
'Here & Now' Highlights: U.S. Rep. Scott Fitzgerald, State Sen. Jodi Habush Sinykin, Diana Maas
Republican U.S. Rep. Scott Fitzgerald blamed Democrats for extending the 2025 federal government shutdown, and indicated that proposals on extending certain ACA tax credits is a major issue to sort .....
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November 17, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Watch: 📺 🖥️ 💻 📱 Here's what guests on the Nov. 14 episode of "Here & Now" said about fallout from the federal government shutdown, a new bill seeks to regulate data centers, and funding delays for consumer energy bill assistance.
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security announced the deportation of Eduardo Flores-Ruiz, who was arrested outside the Milwaukee County Courthouse — a judge who federal prosecutors say helped him leave a courtroom through a private door is set to stand trial in December, reports @apnews.com.
Immigrant in Milwaukee judge case has been deported
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — An immigrant who was arrested after a Milwaukee judge allegedly helped him dodge federal agents has been deported. Eduardo Flores-Ruiz, 31, pleaded guilty in September to ...
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November 17, 2025 at 2:25 PM
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security announced the deportation of Eduardo Flores-Ruiz, who was arrested outside the Milwaukee County Courthouse — a judge who federal prosecutors say helped him leave a courtroom through a private door is set to stand trial in December, reports @apnews.com.
Watch: 📺 🖥️ 💻 📱 Confronting the painful legacy of Indian boarding schools, an order of Catholic sisters sold a plot on Trout Lake in northern Wisconsin to the Lac du Flambeau tribe as part of the land back movement, reported in collaboration with @ict-news.bsky.social.
Why Catholic sisters sold land back to the Lac du Flambeau
This report is in collaboration with our partners at ICT, formerly Indian Country Today. Signed, sealed and delivered — the Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration are the first known Catholic ...
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November 14, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Watch: 📺 🖥️ 💻 📱 Confronting the painful legacy of Indian boarding schools, an order of Catholic sisters sold a plot on Trout Lake in northern Wisconsin to the Lac du Flambeau tribe as part of the land back movement, reported in collaboration with @ict-news.bsky.social.
Anthropic has announced a $50 billion investment in computing infrastructure, including new data centers in Texas and New York, while Microsoft has announced a new data center in Georgia, to be connected to another in Wisconsin to form a massive supercomputer, reports @apnews.com.
Anthropic, Microsoft announce new AI data center projects as construction continues
Artificial intelligence company Anthropic announced a $50 billion investment in computing infrastructure on Nov. 12 that will include new data centers in Texas and New York. Microsoft also on Nov. ...
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November 13, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Anthropic has announced a $50 billion investment in computing infrastructure, including new data centers in Texas and New York, while Microsoft has announced a new data center in Georgia, to be connected to another in Wisconsin to form a massive supercomputer, reports @apnews.com.
Hours after the U.S. House of Representatives passed a funding bill on a mostly party-line vote, President Donald Trump has signed the measure to end a record 43-day-long federal government shutdown that magnified partisan divisions, reports @apnews.com.
Trump signs a funding bill that ends the record 2025 federal government shutdown
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump signed a government funding bill on the night of Nov. 12, ending a record 43-day shutdown that caused financial stress for federal workers who ...
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November 13, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Hours after the U.S. House of Representatives passed a funding bill on a mostly party-line vote, President Donald Trump has signed the measure to end a record 43-day-long federal government shutdown that magnified partisan divisions, reports @apnews.com.
Watch: 📺 🖥️ 💻 📱 The River Food Pantry volunteer Kevin Rak describes how the number and needs of people seeking help from the River Food Pantry in Madison are growing as grocery prices continue rising with inflation.
Kevin Rak on higher need at the River Food Pantry in Madison
Kevin Rak on the number of people seeking help from the River Food Pantry is growing.
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November 12, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Watch: 📺 🖥️ 💻 📱 The River Food Pantry volunteer Kevin Rak describes how the number and needs of people seeking help from the River Food Pantry in Madison are growing as grocery prices continue rising with inflation.
Watch: 📺 🖥️ 💻 📱 Southwestern Wisconsin Community Action Program Head Start Director Tawny Hardyman describes how the 2025 federal government shutdown impacted staff retention and recruitment for the organization.
Tawny Hardyman on losing staff during a government shutdown
Tawny Hardyman on the 2025 government shutdown impacting staff retention and recruitment.
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November 11, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Watch: 📺 🖥️ 💻 📱 Southwestern Wisconsin Community Action Program Head Start Director Tawny Hardyman describes how the 2025 federal government shutdown impacted staff retention and recruitment for the organization.
Residents of two Michigan communities bordering other states have voted to ban or limit shops that sell cannabis products — in Menominee, on the Upper Peninsula's border with Wisconsin, voters approved limiting its number of marijuana shops to nine, reports @bridgemi.com via @apnews.com.
Residents of Menominee in Michigan vote to limit the city's number of cannabis stores
In the summer, the board in mostly rural Niles Township gave a preliminary OK to 21 cannabis stores along one road currently dotted with businesses and surrounded by farmland. On ...
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November 11, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Residents of two Michigan communities bordering other states have voted to ban or limit shops that sell cannabis products — in Menominee, on the Upper Peninsula's border with Wisconsin, voters approved limiting its number of marijuana shops to nine, reports @bridgemi.com via @apnews.com.