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3 days ago | wuwm.com | David Lee

On Tuesday, the White House sent a formal rescission request to Congress, asking lawmakers to cancel $9 billion in previously approved federal spending. Among the proposed cuts is $1 billion designated for public media funding through the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) for federal fiscal years 2026 and 2027. If this proposal is enacted, this would effectively cut public media funding immediately and jeopardize local journalism and educational programming across the country.

5 days ago | wuwm.com | Chuck Quirmbach

The public comment period ends Monday on a federal ruling that could boost a plan to keep the Point Beach Nuclear Plant operating into the 2050s. Critics have several concerns, including what climate change may do to the plant north of Manitowoc that generates about 15% of Wisconsin’s electricity.

5 days ago | wuwm.com | Maayan Silver

Congress is trying to pass a tax and spending bill. Democrats say it's dangerously slicing down safety net programs. Some conservatives say it spends too much. JR Ross, editor of WisPolitics.com, explains how the bill works procedurally and how it could impact Wisconsin's budget process. This week's episode also goes into the latest on Wisconsin's political party leadership and the Wisconsin State Supreme Court decision that could come out any day on the 1849 law that some argue bans abortion.

6 days ago | wuwm.com | Mark Savage

Henry Ford once famously boasted folks could buy any color Model T they wanted, so long as it was black. We’ve progressed somewhat since then, now a buyer can have any color, or shade, of gray they desire. For Toyota, the newest shade is Cement. Not exactly a color I’ve ever considered a color, or something I’d want on anything but my driveway.

1 week ago | wuwm.com | Holly J. Morris

This week, vaccines took a hit from the Trump administration, the Trump administration took some hits from the court system, and some reality TV stars got pardoned. But only two of those topics are in the quiz — and you can bet the reality TV star pardon is one of them. And … if you take the quiz and think you could do better, now you can try. We're taking reader submissions for each week's bonus question. The submission form and instructions are below the quiz.