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What regulations can Wisconsin lawmakers put on data centers? A report from the Wisconsin Policy Forum suggests what elected officials could do.
This new season looks at the top issues in Wisconsin and how they’re motivating voters nationwide.
Here is a guide to help Wisconsinites vote in the Nov. 3 general election.
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Joy Powers/WUWMWilliams marked her 65th birthday this with a weekend-long celebration at Alice’s Garden. That’s where Lake Effect’s Joy Powers met up with her to chat about life at 65. -
Scott Van Blarcom/Stock AdobeA look at developments in the weeks ahead of the Nov. 3 election in Wisconsin: mail-in voting, endorsements and debates.
This WUWM series focuses on the challenges of food accessibility in Milwaukee and examines solutions.
Here's how to find WUWM stories and podcasts on NPR.org and the NPR app.
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Wisconsin Forward exam results show that Milwaukee Public Schools students saw slight increase in test scores. Gap between Black and white student test scores in Wisconsin persists. -
Lake Effect's Sam Woods sits down with Addison Lathers, real estate reporter for the Milwaukee Business Journal, for a monthly roundup of local commercial real estate news. -
Why do Midwestern cities have such strong associations with certain hot dogs or sausages? In Milwaukee, it’s the bratwurst. In Chicago, the Chicago dog. Detroit has the Coney dog.
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You can catch "Creepy Cosmos" on Fridays in the month of October, starting Oct. 9. -
Geo Rutherford's "Spooky Lake Month" highlights the world’s most eerie and unusual bodies of water —including some right here in Wisconsin. -
President Donald Trump has radically reshaped the immigration landscape in the U.S. In this episode, we look at how the shifting legal landscape is impacting migrants seeking safety in the U.S., including Milwaukee’s Rohingya refugee community. -
UWM English professor Derrick Harriell co-authored the autobiography of rap artist 2 Chainz. -
No risk, no reward. And the reward for UW-Madison physicist and professor Francis Halzen, after almost 40 years of studying the "ghost particle," is the Nobel Prize.
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