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Then-cohost Tom Clark, left, and Dr. Zorba Paster. J. Gill/WPR

The legacy of WPR’s ‘Zorba Paster On Your Health’

The Cenovus refinery in Superior cost $1.2 billion to rebuild. The refinery resumed operations in 2023.The Cenovus refinery in Superior cost $1.2 billion to rebuild. The refinery resumed operations in 2023. Danielle Kaeding/WPR

Wisconsin oil refinery faces dozens of alleged violations of state pollution control laws

Former Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation CEO Missy Hughes announced Sept. 29, 2025, that she is running in Wisconsin's 2026 race for governor. (Source: Matt Roth / Missy for Governor)

Former Wisconsin Democratic economic development head joins governor's race

Bill Berrien

Wisconsin Republican Bill Berrien quits governor's race amid fallout over sexually explicit links

FILE - People leave the The BlackRock investment company in the Hudson Yards neighborhood of New York, Tuesday, March 14, 2023. (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey, File)

Private equity sees profits in power utilities as electric bills rise and Big Tech seeks more energy

A farmer uses a combine to harvest soybeans Thursday, Oct. 8, 2020, near Lancaster, Wis. Angela Major/WPR

As Wisconsin soybean harvest begins, farmers are missing their biggest buyer

FILE - This undated photo shows the Madison South Health Center that is owned and operated by Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin, in Madison. (AP Photo/Kevin Wang)

Wisconsin Planned Parenthood pauses abortions amid federal Medicaid funding cut

Dana Wachs speaking at press conference

Berge, Wachs demand Van Orden withdraw bill to block federal funding

FILE - Vice President Mike Pence talks to Wisconsin seventh district Republican Congressional candidate Tom Tiffany at the airport after visiting the GE Healthcare manufacturing facility April 21, 2020, in Madison, Wis. (AP Photo/Morry Gash, File)

US Rep. Tom Tiffany enters Wisconsin’s open governor’s race

Bill Berrien

Trump backer running for Wisconsin governor followed sexually explicit accounts online

Protesters gather outside of the Federal Building in Milwaukee to denounce the arrest of Circuit Court Judge Hannah Dugan. (Photo by Isiah Holmes/Wisconsin Examiner)

Wisconsin ICE arrests up 20%, increase largely from people charged but not convicted of crimes

FILE - Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers gives the annual State of the State address Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2025, at the state Capitol in Madison, Wis. (AP Photo/Morry Gash, File)

Gov. Evers, Microsoft Officials Announce New $4 Billion Investment in Mount Pleasant Datacenter

The Wisconsin State Capitol and the Forward statue. Photo by Ben Donahue.

Dem legislators reintroduce bill to protect free speech rights from frivolous lawsuits

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Democrat Francesca Hong promises to be 'wild card' in Wisconsin governor's race

Derrick VanOrden

After Charlie Kirk assassination, Wisconsin Rep. Derrick Van Orden fans the flames

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Searchers discover shipwreck of schooner that sank in Lake Michigan almost 140 years ago

Kelda Roys

Wisconsin Democrat Kelda Roys launches run for governor against 'extremists'

FILE - An employee surveys the damage at the Great Outdoor Provision Co. after it was flooded during tropical storm Chantal, Monday, July 7, 28, 2025, in Chapel Hill, N.C. (AP Photo/Chris Seward, file)

Trump approves federal disaster aid for storms and flooding in Wisconsin and other states

FILE - Wisconsin's Republican Assembly Speaker Robin Vos talks to the media after Gov. Tony Evers' State of the State speech at the state Capitol, Feb. 15, 2022, in Madison, Wis. Wisconsin Republican lawmakers on Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2023, proposed a nonpartisan redistricting plan they want to enact ahead of the 2024 election to preempt the liberal-controlled state Supreme Court from tossing the current GOP-drawn maps. (AP Photo/Andy Manis, File)

Wisconsin Republican leader says he doesn't want to 'fortify' the state Capitol

Photo of speaker at presentation

Fair Maps and Redistricting--a Long Term Solution for Wisconsin

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