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Solar energy has the potential to supply up to 40% of the nation's electricity within 15 years — a 10-fold increase over current solar output, but one that would require massive changes in U.S. policy and billions of dollars in federal investment to modernize the nation's electric grid, a new federal report says.

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The Garden Prairie Intermediate School is a replacement of the Townview Elementary School in the Beloit Turner School District. The new 86,000-square-foot building has improved infrastructure, instructional settings and safety and security systems.

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Gov. Gretchen Whitmer on Wednesday proposed spending $200 million in federal pandemic relief funding to replace lead pipes throughout Michigan, where underground infrastructure was exposed by Flint's disaster.

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MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Sen. Steve Nass officially asked the Legislature’s Republican leaders Tuesday to sue the University of Wisconsin System after system officials refused to submit their COVID-19 protocols to his committee for approval. Nass sent a letter to ...

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A new report suggests people are buying much more alcohol as the COVID-19 pandemic drags on.

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Wisconsin Transportation Secretary-designee Craig Thompson last week concluded a term as president of the Mid America Association of State Transportation Officials.

The world’s largest masonry challenge, the SPEC MIX BRICKLAYER 500®, is coming to Fond du Lac Stone on Sept. 15.

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By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Chantia Lewis, a minister, member of the Milwaukee City Council and a Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate, was charged Tuesday with four felonies and one misdemeanor for allegedly stealing at least ...

As the CEO of Madison Boats, Tyler Leeper is "highly invested" in ensuring the many water bodies that define Madison stay healthy. Decades of rising chloride levels are threatening more than just Leeper's bottom line.

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Dale Greene grew up in north-central Minnesota, surrounded by wild rice, called manoomin in the Ojibwe language. The Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe member says wild rice is an important part of Anishinaabe history and culture.

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