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Pros and cons continue to swirl around data centers — some in the planning stages, others already in motion in Wisconsin. A We Energies proposal is adding fuel to the fire. It would create a new energy rate for so-called “very large” customers, like data centers.
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Shane Morris/Adobe StockWisconsin's next election is Feb. 17. Here's a guide to help people vote in Wisconsin. -
Wikideas1/Wikimedia CommonsGrant County officials in southwestern Wisconsin aren’t divulging the developer interested in a $1 billion data center in the town of Cassville. -
Matt Wild from Milwaukee Record recaps his favorite new songs from local musicians this month. -
Image courtesy of Milwaukee FilmFor Black History Month, Milwaukee Film's Ty Williams has handpicked a variety of Afrofuturist films that reflect on and celebrate Black icons in fiction.
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Trivia starts at 6:30 p.m.
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Data Centers
Data centers are large facilities filled with computer servers that power the internet and everyday digital services and their rapid growth is sparking debate nationwide.
Status Pending
A podcast about how immigration has shaped Wisconsin, and how people are affected by today's rapidly changing immigration landscape.
Seeking Solutions: Keys to Homeownership
This WUWM series digs into systemic housing problems in Milwaukee and sheds light on solutions.
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Grasslyn Manor, a neighborhood within Milwaukee’s Sherman Park, has been grappling with flooded basements for decades. Despite the increasingly erratic weather climate change doles out, its residents are determined to curb their flooding problem. -
This week's Capitol Notes asks politics whiz JR Ross to lay out what's happening in Congress and how Wisconsin's representatives are approaching it. -
Subaru has pushed forward with its Wilderness models. These are Outbacks, Crosstreks and Foresters that push the off-roading envelope, just a tad bit harder than standard models.
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Sometimes we bottle things up, and it can get unhealthy for us. Often, it's better to just let it out. -
Marquette researcher John Johnson recently published data on Milwaukee's "baby bust." -
A new dance-theater work explores how communities under assault care for themselves. The show is made with — and for — the city’s BIPOC LGBTQ+ community. It focuses on the local “Ballroom” scene. -
Puerto Rican restaurants and cafes are serving Bad Bunny-inspired food and drinks ahead of the artist's Super Bowl halftime show Feb. 8. -
Over the past few years, Milwaukee police have used facial recognition technology in criminal investigations. But they did so without community input or documented procedures. All of that came to a head in a Fire and Police Commission meeting.
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