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The Blatnik Bridge carrying Interstate 535 between Duluth, Minnesota and Superior, Wisconsin, as viewed from Enger Park. (Wikimedia Commons)

More than 150 projects to upgrade and repair Wisconsin roads receive federal funding

Wisconsin voters reject Republican efforts to restrict emergency aid

Wisconsin tornados

New program will help repair farm roads, boosting Wisconsin’s rural communities

Wisconsin farm roads

Wisconsin airports receive funding for upgrades from infrastructure law

Milwaukee Airport

New research farm will help make Wisconsin’s dairy farms more resilient

The new U.S. Dairy Forage Research Center facility shown in this rendering will be one of 18 buildings that will house robotic milking systems, chambers for measuring greenhouse gas emissions, an advanced animal nutrition unit and state-of-the-art laboratories for agronomy and dairy science, as well as offices and a visitor center.

Wind turbines are seen in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Oct 15, 2021. (STRF/STAR MAX/IPx)

Inflation Reduction Act has led to a clean energy boom, new reports show

Solar electric panels are viewed outside of a home in the Wedgefield neigborhood, Monday, June 24, 2024, in Orlando, Fla. (Phelan M. Ebenhack via AP)

Thousands of Wisconsin residents claimed home energy tax credits

Republican vice presidential candidate Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio, speaks at a campaign rally at Radford University, Monday, July 22, 2024, in Radford, Va. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson)

J.D. Vance said parents should ‘have more power’ than people without children

Susan Adams stands at the wall of five-gallon water jugs her family of five now depends on for drinking, eating and brushing teeth due to PFAS contamination in their community. (Olivia Herken)

Fight in Legislature over ‘forever chemical’ funds stalls help for Wisconsin communities

An electric car being charged at a charging station.

State grants more than $23 million to help businesses build EV charging stations

A Lion electric school bus is seen on display in Austin, Texas, Feb. 22, 2023. The Transportation Department is awarding almost $1.7 billion in grants for buying zero and low emission buses, with the money going to transit projects in 46 states and territories. The grants will enable transit agencies and state and local governments to buy 1,700 U.S.-built buses, nearly half of which will have zero carbon emissions. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)

Wisconsin schools get federal funds for new clean school buses

Mazomanie Downtown Historic District on Octover 7, 2012.

Evers administration touts road investments as Wisconsin’s construction season begins

Tammy Baldwin

Sen. Tammy Baldwin announces new infrastructure funds for Wisconsin brownfield cleanup

President Donald Trump participates in a Foxconn groundbreaking cermony, Thursday, June 28, 2018, in Mt. Pleasant, Wis. From left, Trump, Foxconn Chairman Terry Gou, and Speaker of the House Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump’s promised ‘manufacturing miracle’ failed to materialize

Amtrak train.

Amtrak adding second daily train across Wisconsin

Joe Biden

Biden announces workforce hub in Wisconsin

Homelessness is getting worse in Wisconsin. What are communities doing to address it?