Wisconsin Today: Morning News

A museum in Two Rivers is facing a backlash after it canceled artist residencies with little notice. State agencies are working to prevent a tree-killing invasive pest from gaining a foothold in Wisconsin. And, we'll visit the oldest Lionel railroad club in the world. It's just outside of Milwaukee.

A decades-old theater in the Northwoods is shutting its doors. It's not the only Wisconsin cinema facing hard times. The University of Wisconsin-Madison is launching a new major in public policy. And, we'll hear from a Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter from Appleton who is out with her first solo album.

Two lawsuits aiming to force Wisconsin to redraw its congressional maps will be heard by panels of three judges. Their decision could reshape the state’s political representation. Hear why your […]

The woman who as a sixth-grader stabbed a classmate to please the fictional "Slender Man" is likely headed back to Wisconsin after police say she cut off her ankle monitor and fled to Illinois. The Trump administration is investigating claims that a Milwaukee insurance company discriminated against a white man. And, scientists say this could be a severe flu season. Only one-quarter of Wisconsinites have gotten flu shots.

The Trump administration has downgraded nurses and nurse practitioners from "professional" status when it comes to student loans. They'll face new caps on federal student loans. The Wisconsin Democratic Party is way ahead in the fundraising race. And, a new proposal would raise fees for hikers and bikers on Wisconsin trails.

A Madison-based biotech company that employs thousands will have a new owner. It's a deal worth $23 billion. And, archaeologists say fragments of a canoe found in Lake Mendota are the oldest ever found in the Great Lakes region.

Emotions ran hot at a hearing about a bill that would institute a sandhill crane hunt in Wisconsin. Farmers say the birds deliver millions in crop damage every year. A proposal to expand sports betting in Wisconsin won't move forward. And, we hear from a man whose memoir tells the story of his time in prison and how he changed his life.

The U.S. stopped minting pennies last week. But Wisconsin banks and retailers aren't all on the same page about what comes next. The Menominee Nation buried the remains of dozens of ancestors taken from a burial site. And, Wisconsin Republicans took aim at a partial veto by the governor that funded schools for 400 years.

A report on Wisconsin's prison system is recommending changes in the use of solitary confinement. It also says prisons are overcrowded and plagued by high staff turnover among guards. A former conservative Supreme Court nominee has a new role as a U.S. Attorney in the Trump administration's Department of Justice. And, a coal terminal on Lake Superior is closing after 50 years due to plummeting demand.

The debate over how to use federal food assistance moves to the Wisconsin Assembly this week with a GOP bill that would ban SNAP for soda and candy.a program to disperse funding for electric vehicles resumes after a legal battle with President Donald Trump's administration. And, WPR's WhySconsin answers an audience question about the COVID vaccine.