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Last Friday, Wisconsin Democrats announced legislation to fully legalize cannabis.This isn’t the first time Democrats have proposed this kind of legislation.However, Republicans have rejected other versions of this policy.
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The Wisconsin state Senate's chief clerk has resigned in the face of an undisclosed allegation, the chamber's top Republican announced Monday
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About 20 students were on a school bus in Rib Mountain when it went off the road Monday morning as students claim the driver passed out
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A liberal watchdog group is suing a secret panel investigating the criteria for impeaching a Wisconsin Supreme Court justice.
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The Great Lakes’ frigid fresh water used to keep shipwrecks so well preserved that divers could see dishes in the cupboards
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The leader of the Everest Metro Police Department, Chief Clay Schulz, is reported to be the subject of an investigation into sexual harassment within the department.
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New polling suggests most Americans support nationwide efforts to boost renewable energy capacity under the threat of climate change, and a local government leader from Wisconsin said municipalities are doing what they can, even with some challenges in their way
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An agreement will help protect human remains found near Community Presbyterian Church in Lac du Flambeau
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This summer, the Environmental Protection Agency announced a proposal for stricter lead dust rules.If passed, they’d lower what amount of lead is considered hazardous and what requires clean-up, or abatement.
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