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Wisconsin State Fair makes changes after melee to close 2026 fair
(The Center Square) – Managers at the Wisconsin State Fair want to avoid another fight on the fairgrounds.
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Underly blames Legislature in State of Education speech
(The Center Square) – Wisconsin’s top education official, Jill Underly, gave her State of Education address Thursday, calling for a new way of funding education in the state but failing to address her department’s lowering of education standards or backlog of 150 teacher license misconduct investigations.
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Evers' office, WEDC have not released Africa trade trip spending records
(The Center Square) – The office of Gov. Tony Evers and the Wisconsin Economic Development Corp. have not sent responsive records to The Center Square in the month and a half since the organization requested expense records for the WEDC and governor’s trade trip to Africa.
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High prices, fewer homes drive up Wisconsin home prices, drive down sales
(The Center Square) – Wisconsin’s high prices and lack of homes for sale looks to have finally cut sales off at the knees.
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Wisconsin lawsuit filed over forced union membership, dues
(The Center Square) – A Wisconsin employee has filed a class action lawsuit against the International Union of Painters and Allied Trades District Council 7 and Olympic Companies claiming the company and union continue to deduct dues from her paychecks even after she provided written notice of the termination of her union membership.
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Milwaukee mayor pitches tax, fee increases to fund $2.2 billion city budget
(The Center Square) – People living and visiting Milwaukee will likely be paying more under Mayor Cavalier Johnson’s latest spending plan.
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New dashboard tracks Wisconsin school spending, performance
(The Center Square) – Parents across Wisconsin have a new tool to track how well their kids’ or community’s school is doing.
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Milwaukee Election Commission warns of third-party voter registration forms
(The Center Square) – Milwaukee’s election managers are sounding the alarm over voter registration forms that some voters are getting in the mail.
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Wisconsin governor candidates unveil transparency, accountability plans
(The Center Square) – Wisconsin gubernatorial candidate Tom Tiffany unveiled a taxpayer accountability plan Friday, including additional state government audits and transparency measures after opponent David Crowley announced his own anti-corruption plan including bans on government officials stock trading and using inside information on prediction markets earlier in the week.
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Data centers a hot issue in Wisconsin's 3rd Congressional race
(The Center Square) – Data centers and oversight have become a hot topic in both state and congressional races across the country, including in Wisconsin’s 3rd Congressional District, where challenger Rebecca Cooke paid for a recent commercial claiming that incumbent Derrick Van Orden sold out taxpayers in the district on data center regulations.
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