Communities across Wisconsin have discovered high levels of PFAS contamination in their water supplies. (Photo by Julian Emerson)
Starting All Over: Conservatives Close the Spigot on Groundwater Standards for ‘Forever Chemicals’

A Natural Resources Board hostile to addressing PFAS contamination forces the rules process to start all over again, wasting three years of work.

Communities across Wisconsin have discovered high levels of PFAS contamination in their water supplies. (Photo by Julian Emerson)
Wausau Finds Dangerous Chemicals in All City Water Wells

Wausau is just the latest Wisconsin city to detect elevated levels of PFAS in its water source.

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Doctors Slam GOP Proposals to Add New Barriers to Medical Assistance

Wisconsinites receiving medical assistance benefits would be subject to new requirements under two new bills.

Concerns about a proposed pipeline include potential spills, such as this July 2010 oil spill of approximately 840,000 gallons of crude oil into the Kalamazoo River in Battle Creek, Michigan, from a 30 inch-wide pipeline owned by Enbridge Energy Partners. (Photo by Bill Pugliano/Getty Images)
Analysis, Advocates say Northern Wisconsin Oil Pipeline Threatens Drinking Water, Lake Superior

The battlelines are drawn as activists attempt to sway the Department of Natural Resources to kill a proposed pipeline project. Activists and concerned citizens raised their voices Wednesday against the future of a gas and oil pipeline that runs across northern Wisconsin and through a native reservation.  Enbridge Inc., a Canadian oil company, wants to...

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Republicans Attempting to Dismantle Milwaukee Public Schools and Expand Vouchers

Critics label the effort to break up public schools “an attack on the foundation of our democracy: public schools.”

Twitter banned President Trump's account late Friday.
Jan. 6 Committee Subpoenas Wisconsin Republicans Over False Trump Electors

Two Wisconsin GOP members cast fraudulent Electoral College votes. Now Congress is investigating.

Aspires is a health care provider that operates multiple hospitals and clinics across northern and central Wisconsin.
Nurses Up North Push for Better Pay Amid Pandemic Demands

Nurses at a major Wisconsin health network are demanding higher wages and better working conditions after two years of a pandemic and staffing shortages.