Alliance for the Great Lakes
A new report from the Alliance for the Great Lakes finds agricultural runoff is driving nitrate contamination in Wisconsin’s drinking water.
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Courtesy of Sarah ChojnackiFat Body Hotties is a Milwaukee collective that regularly hosts free clothing swaps for fat folks. Since 2023, the group has built a welcoming community through its inclusive and accessible events. -
Courtesy of Ty MorseThe documentary 'No Packers, No Life' comes to Wisconsin theaters in mid October. WUWM talks to a filmmaker and some of the Japanese Packers fans.
About $320,000 of WUWM’s annual operating budget came from the CPB.
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Jeremy Novy is the artist behind Milwaukee's iconic koi fish. He also designed a new rainbow crosswalk installation that is set to be unveiled in Walker's Point on Oct. 6. -
Milwaukee Public Schools will not hire new international teachers after the Trump administration made changes to the H-1B visa program. -
With incumbent Gov. Tony Evers not running for reelection, it's a wide open field. -
A historical marker used to recognize one of the last remaining Native American burial mounds in Milwaukee County. For "Bubbler Talk," we learn why it was removed and what's next for the sacred burial site.
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MMSD senior project manager Bridget Henk calls the removal of contaminated sediments from Milwaukee's rivers and estuary a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to do right by our waterways. -
The High Road Strategy Center's "State of Working: Wisconsin" report explores what the economy is like for workers across our state and what the future could hold. -
Nearly 200 young people in Wisconsin are both deaf and blind, and they relied on the Wisconsin Deafblind Technical Assistance Project for help. Now the project has been defunded. -
Matt Wild from Milwaukee Record recaps his favorite new songs from local musicians this month. -
How is Gov. Tony Evers' executive order on vaccines affecting access to COVID shots? What to watch for as the race to replace him in 2026 shapes up.
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