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Wisconsin residents who were previously denied unemployment benefits while receiving Social Security Disability Insurance could be eligible for financial compensation for past benefits. Here’s ...

A $20 million boost from the Legislature is expanding oral health training programs, aiming to ease a dental worker shortage.

Unemployment among young U.S. workers is the highest it’s been in nearly four years. The World Health Organization ended the COVID-19 pandemic’s “global health emergency” status on May 5, 2023.

The state ranked 46th in its share of public colleges considered affordable. As Wisconsin lawmakers spend less on higher ...

Worried about private equity ownership, residents explore purchasing parks and running them as cooperatives. Wisconsin doesn’t make it easy.

Standard driver’s licenses are not proof of U.S. citizenship. Enhanced driver’s licenses, which require documents such as a birth certificate or passport, provide proof. Intended for use in U.S.

After Democratic Gov. Tony Evers signed two bills on nuclear energy policy into law this summer, one Republican lawmaker is pursuing another proposal to reduce costs for energy companies.

Although President Donald Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” offers new tax deductions and credits across different income levels, low-income households – the bottom 20% of income earners – are ...

A Milwaukee County Circuit Court judge has ruled that the Social Development Commission’s property corporation defaulted on mortgage payments for its North Avenue buildings and faces foreclosure.

Wisconsin cheesemakers produced over 1 billion pounds of specialty cheese in 2024. Here’s how it became so popular.