Ethan Robert of Eisenhower Middle School in New Berlin and Arnav Vempati of Kromrey Elementary School in Middleton advanced to the Scripps National Spelling Bee May 26-28.
- JOHN HART, STATE JOURNAL
Wisconsin's top grade school and middle school spellers vie for a chance to represent the state in the Scripp's National Spelling Bee in Washington D.C. during competition at the Mitby Theater in Madison Saturday.
Would it be Wisconsin without a Saturday tailgate? The 52 spellers competing in the 2026 Badger State Spelling Bee at Madison College’s Mitby Theater were invited to bring their families and join community supporters at a tailgate ahead of the 1 p.m. spelling bee.
Fifty-two champion spellers from Wisconsin’s public and private schools will be competing on Saturday in the annual Badger State Spelling Bee.
- KIMBERLY WETHAL
The state budget provides school districts with an increase of $504.7 million more for special education funding over the previous budget.
Hunting is a time-honored Montana tradition, but poachers are costing Montanans money and our natural resources.
- CHRIS RICKERT
Federal Impact Aid is allotted to school districts that include large amounts of tax-exempt, federally owned land and that educate large numbers of “federally connected” children.
Dorota Grejner-Brzezinska last September stepped into the top UW-Madison research role with big plans.
UW-Madison would be part of “dual-use” defense research — some of which is already happening on campus.
The Jefferson County case was tossed in 2021 but then revived after the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2023 ruling that banned considering race in college admissions.
DPI plans to launch a streamlined database of all revoked and surrendered educator licenses and is exploring ways to make additional information public, Underly said.
While a court order relieved some pressures for college campus food pantries, student demand isn’t slowing.
UW-Eau Claire College Republicans face backlash for Halloween costumes depicting ICE agent making an arrest, labeled as racist and distasteful.
24 districts in the study have largely reverted to compensation systems that only consider how many years of experience and what degrees a teacher has.
Following a 23-month-long expansion and renovation project, Sun Prairie Public Library's visitors explore the facility's newly-opened indoor and outdoor spaces.
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The winter of 2007-08 was Madison's snowiest on record, with Mother Nature dumping a cumulative 101.4 inches of snow in the city. (For comparison, the previous record was 76.1 inches in the winter of 1978-79.) The record snowfall included a lot of middling storms that added up over time, as …
"Congress gave the Kennedy Center its name, and only Congress can change it," U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper wrote.
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President Donald Trump said Friday he would soon decide on a deal to extend the ceasefire with Iran. The White House said the meeting concluded but didn't provide information.
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Congressman and Republican gubernatorial candidate Tom Tiffany spoke on the failed surplus deal during a WisPolitics-State Affairs luncheon. "We should return all of the surplus to the tax payers. That was the difference of opinion that I had with Governor Evers," Tiffany said. "[Evers] was …
Congressman and Republican gubernatorial candidate Tom Tiffany spoke on the failed surplus deal during a WisPolitics-State Affairs luncheon. "We should return all of the surplus to the tax payers. That was the difference of opinion that I had with Governor Evers," Tiffany said. "[Evers] was …
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WisPolitics-State Affairs hosted a luncheon at The Madison Club for a discussion with Assembly Democratic Leader Greta Neubauer on the two-year legislative session and the 2026 elections. Rep. Neubauer also spoke about the failed surplus deal.