Wisconsin Today

20 hours ago | wpr.org | Joe Schulz

WPR reporters are diving into the development of data centers around Wisconsin and the impacts they could have on the communities where they're being built and the state as a whole. This story is part three in a four-part series. Two decades ago, the city of Port Washington was home to manufacturers whose operations provided plenty of well-paying, blue-collar jobs. Its property tax burden was balanced between businesses and residents.

1 day ago | wpr.org | Sarah Lehr

A federal grand jury indicted Milwaukee County Circuit Court Judge Hannah Dugan Tuesday after determining there was probable cause to bring charges against her in a pending case. Prosecutors allege she broke federal law by helping a man evade immigration enforcement last month. She's charged in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin with obstructing or impeding a proceeding, a felony, and concealing an individual to prevent his discovery and arrest, a misdemeanor.

1 day ago | wpr.org | Joe Schulz

The owner of a shuttered nuclear power plant in northeast Wisconsin is working with the state's largest utility company to explore the potential for bringing new nuclear energy generation to the site. Utah-based nuclear company EnergySolutions owns the Kewaunee Power Station in Kewaunee County. The company announced Tuesday that it is working with WEC Energy Group, the parent company of We Energies and Wisconsin Public Service, on the effort.

2 days ago | wpr.org | Evan Casey

Eddie Edwards was getting ready for work Sunday morning when he heard the sound of glass shattering. "All I could hear was glass breaking, nothing but glass breaking," Edwards said. "Then I just hear people screaming, 'You got to get out of the building.'" After smoke billowed into his apartment when he opened his front door, he told his 16-year-old daughter and his girlfriend that they would have to climb down the back balcony. "I said, 'We got to go out the balcony way,'" he said.

2 days ago | wpr.org | Anya van Wagtendonk

As the Trump White House looks to reduce federal spending, Wisconsin lawmakers have begun the process of writing the state budget. State Republicans who hold the powerful Joint Finance Committee, which writes Wisconsin's biennial budget, say they're not worried about national uncertainty. In an appearance on WISN-TV over the weekend, Rep. Mark Born, R-Beaver Dam, said the budget committee navigates changes in federal funding all the time. "They've made changes in previous budgets.