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From Harvey to Irma to Maria, there have been no shortage of catastrophic hurricanes leaving parts of the U.S. and its territories under water and their residents on edge. But the technologies that track these storms is improving.
Wisconsin is at the center of what is shaping up to be a landmark legal decision about how electoral districts are determined and the role of partisanship in creating legislative district boundaries.
As students returned to classes around Wisconsin, uncertainty among school districts that rely on state funding lasted right up through the end of the Legislature's much-prolonged biennial budget process.
Health disparities between urban and rural populations don't quite hold when it comes to immunization rates in Wisconsin.
The rising popularity of "pizza farms" may seem like just another quaint foodie trend, but there's business sense behind the idea.
A memorial near the Gates of Heaven synagogue in Madison's James Madison Park was spray-painted with swastikas and a pro-President Donald Trump message in large red letters hours before Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year.
The indelible imprint of the Vietnam War and the myriad marks it left on the lives of those people who experienced it is impossible to miss in a series of veteran portraits by photographer James Gill.
As Foxconn pursues building a massive LCD manufacturing facility in southeastern Wisconsin, the state's biotechnology and medical-research communities are touting the possibilities of collaboration with the Taiwan-based company.
When it comes to the environmental impact of manufacturing electronics, there is an essential distinction between fabrication and assembly.
Climate change is projected to make the upper Midwest a wetter place as more frequent and intense rains hit the region.