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The state’s prison and jail population is now at its lowest point in decades, with less than 30,000 people in custody. The lower number of inmates could translate to big savings for state and local governments.

There are some movies people just love to quote. For many of them, the film mirrors something in real life, but some movies are just so eminently quotable…

Growing up Avoca, Wisc., Emily Kuester felt like an outsider in her small town community. As a transracial adoptee, she navigated life without feeling…

This weekend in Milwaukee, festival-goers will celebrate a culture of laziness, drinking, and the sometimes unfocused thoughts that go along with both.And…

From 1882 until 1974, the Milwaukee County Poor Farm Cemetery served as the burial site of many of Milwaukee’s marginalized citizens. The cemetery became…

A report out earlier this month showed a 30% increase in overdoses from opioid use around the country in just the last year. In Wisconsin, the numbers are…

Actor Sean Astin finds a new appreciation for the Great Lakes as he makes a movie in Milwaukee.People along Milwaukee’s lakefront on Wednesday saw what…

Starting at adolescence, kids start looking at popular icons for inspiration. They want to grow up; they want to have independence and control. One…

What would our world be like if every emotion we had was visible on our bodies? If our triumphs, but also our indiscretions, were revealed to the naked…

Renewable energy, and the movement to make it more widespread, was partially pioneered in Central Wisconsin in the 1960s and 1970s. And from those first…