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Studies have shown broadband creates jobs, boosts entrepreneurship, raises property values and creates taxpayers who contribute to the common good.

PFAS contaminations are being found across Wisconsin and raising alarm. Here's what you need to know and what Wisconsin is doing about the chemicals.

Wednesdays fatal shooting is Dovers second homicide of the year.

Studies have shown broadband creates jobs, boosts entrepreneurship, raises property values and creates taxpayers who contribute to the common good.

Disconnected In Kentuckys Silicon Holler and Wisconsins Northwoods, high-speed internet is creating jobs, and changing lives Rick Barrett, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Published 3:28 pm UTC Jun. 9, 2021 McKee, Ky. - Matt and Jennifer Muncy were dangerously close to becoming homeless.  They had lost their livelihood when a local factory sent work to Mexico. They barely subsisted on a string of low-paying jobs that followed. Raising their four children in a part of Appalachia with a median annua...

Lions and tigers and bears: Four things you need to know about owning an exotic animal in Wisconsin Rachel Ryan © Mark Hoffman / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Katelyn Bowman sprays a grizzly bear named Rocky Friday, June 4, 2021 at Valley of the Kings in Sharon, Wis. The most of the wild animals at the non-profit sanctuary come from government seizures during drug raids, zoo surplus and individuals calling her asking to take large cats off of their hands. When a federal jury rul...

The Democratic field is forming for next year's race to take on Republican U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson, who hasn't announced if he'll face re-election.

Disconnected Electricity transformed rural America nearly a century ago. Now, millions of people on farms and in small towns desperately need broadband. The true scope of the broadband access problem is unknown because federal data is widely known to underestimate coverage gaps. Rick Barrett, Kelli Arseneau and Christopher Miller, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Published 2:10 pm UTC Jun. 3, 2021 Athens, Wis. - As the last hour of daylight fades, Kat Becker parks across the street from the Peterson...

Already thin, Republican support for nonpartisan redistricting in Wisconsin may be fading.

Former Detective Mike Sandvick did work for Wisconsin's Republican Party and a tea party group. A federal judge said his report wasn't trustworthy.