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Beet juice is seen on a mixing tank used in the making of coloring at Sensient Technologies Corp., a color additive manufacturing company, in St. Louis, on Wednesday, April 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

How bugs and beet juice could play roles in the race to replace artificial dyes in food

FILE - Students and parents rally at the Ohio Statehouse in support of possible changes that would increase eligibility for taxpayer-funded school vouchers to K-12 students statewide, May 17, 2023, in Columbus, Ohio. (AP Photo/Samantha Hendrickson, file)

Republican-led states keep adding school voucher programs even as critics worry about cost

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Upper Midwest braces for severe weather with the potential for strong tornadoes

President Donald Trump, escorted by Col. Paul Pawluk, Vice Commander of the 89th Airlift Wing, and first lady Melania Trump, walk to board Air Force One for a trip to attend the funeral of Pope Francis, Friday, April 25, 2025, at Andrews Air Force Base, Md. Derek Rea is left. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

The Latest: Trump calls Pope Francis ‘a fantastic kind of guy’ while leaving for his funeral

People gather to demonstrate the arrest of Judge Hannah Dugan, outside the Federal courthouse in Milwaukee on Friday, April 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Devi Shastri)

Who is Judge Hannah Dugan?

A sign is posted outside Judge Hannah Dugan courtroom at the Milwaukee County courthouse, on Friday, April 25, 2025 in Milwaukee. (Scott Bauer via AP)

Responses to the arrest of Judge Hannah Dugan

Traffic passes the Federal courthouse in Milwaukee on Friday, April 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Devi Shastri)

Update - Milwaukee Judge Hannah Dugan is accused of helping a man evade immigration agents and is arrested

President Donald Trump stands on the North Lawn of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, April 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

The Latest: Federal judge temporarily blocks Trump’s push to end DEI in K-12 public schools

Wisconsin’s Name-Change Law Raises Safety Risks for Transgender People

President Donald Trump speaks with reporters as he participates in a ceremonial swearing in of Paul Atkins as chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission, in the Oval Office of the White House, Tuesday, April 22, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Federal judge expresses deep skepticism over Trump law firm executive order

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Army suspends Wisconsin training base's first female commander after Trump portrait flipped to wall

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Menomonie City Council Sells $2.8 million in promissory notes

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Wisconsin libraries brace for steep drop in services under federal funding cuts

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

Wisconsin governor's guidance on dealing with ICE agents draws GOP backlash

Pope Francis appears on the central lodge of St. Peter's Basilica to bestow the Urbi et Orbi (Latin for to the city and to the world) blessing at the end of the Easter mass presided over by Cardinal Angelo Comastri in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican Sunday, April 20, 2025.(AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

The death of Pope Francis

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Small plane crash in Illinois kills all 4 on board from Menomonie

President Donald Trump speaks as he signs executive orders in the Oval Office of the White House, Thursday, April 17, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

The Latest: Federal judge to pause the Trump administration’s plans for mass layoffs at the CFPB

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

Evers can lock in 400-year school funding increase using a veto, court says

Environmental Protection Agency director Lee Zeldin arrives before President Donald Trump speaks during an event to announce new tariffs in the Rose Garden at the White House, Wednesday, April 2, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

The EPA can't end grants from $20 billion Biden-era fund for climate-friendly projects, a judge says

Democrat Ann Jacobs speaks at a Wisconsin Elections Commission meeting on Nov. 2, 2023, in Madison, Wis. (AP Photo/Scott Bauer, file)

Wisconsin election officials' discussion of uncounted ballots devolves into shouting match

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