Wisconsin Today

1 week ago | wpr.org | Anya van Wagtendonk

Amid ongoing budget shortages and facing potential federal funding cuts, Wisconsin Public Radio has notified at least 15 staff members that they will be laid off.

1 week ago | wpr.org | Courtney Everett

Marsha Crooks fondly remembers spending her childhood summer days at the McKellar Park Pool in the village of Blanchardville. "It was a place to see your friends in the summer, for high school kids to have jobs, for our fire and EMS to have dive training," Crooks told WPR's " Wisconsin Today." "Many of us learned how to swim [there], myself included."For six years, the community has gone without this summer gathering spot.

1 week ago | wpr.org | Danielle Kaeding

The clock is ticking for Wisconsin homeowners who want to take advantage of tax credits for clean energy and home energy efficiency as Republicans in Congress seek to phase out those incentives. The most recent federal data shows more than 73,000 families in Wisconsin have taken advantage of the tax credits. However, those incentives would disappear as soon as the end of this year under the House budget bill and six months after a bill is passed in the Senate version introduced this week.

1 week ago | wpr.org | Evan Casey

Vanessa Davis has lived in Milwaukee her entire lif, but has never been to the city's annual Juneteenth celebration. This year, she decided to change that. "I have a sense of peace and a sense of calmness and just a sense of community," Davis said while standing near the end of the parade route with her daughter and best friend at her side.

1 week ago | wpr.org | Anya van Wagtendonk

In the hours after a man shot two Minnesota lawmakers in their homes on Saturday, Wisconsin's legislative leaders issued a rare joint statement. Assembly Speaker Robin Vos, R-Rochester, and Senate Majority Leader Devin LeMahieu, R-Oostburg, were joined by Assembly Minority Leader Greta Neubauer, D-Racine, and Senate Minority Leader Dianne Hesselbein, D-Middleton, in condemning political violence after reports that the shootings were a politically targeted assassination and assassination attempt.