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Royce Podeszwa

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  1. Article · Sep 23, 2026 · Royce Podeszwa

    Wisconsin land trusts continue preservation efforts, even without Knowles-Nelson funding (opens the original)

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    Wisconsin’s land trusts are moving forward with expanding protection efforts, despite the loss of a major state preservation program. For nearly 40 years, the Knowles-Nelson Stewardship Grant Program provided state funding for nature preservation projects around Wisconsin. Trusts would often see Knowles-Nelson cover about 50 percent of the cost of acquiring land. In June this year, Knowles-Nelson’s funding expired after the state Legislature failed to extend it. WPR’s “Wisconsin Today” newslette

  2. Article · Sep 15, 2026 · Royce Podeszwa

    Loosened EPA power plant regulations could negatively impact Wisconsin public health (opens the original)

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    The Environmental Protection Agency on Monday said in a statement it’s repealing a 2024 rule on power plant emissions to “unleash the full potential of America’s vast energy resources.” But the EPA removing its rules regulating emissions for coal and gas power plants won’t ultimately buck the economic trend toward cleaner fuels, according to Steph Tai, University of Wisconsin Law School professor and associate dean of the Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies. Tai recently spoke on WPR’s “W

  3. Article · Aug 19, 2026 · Royce Podeszwa

    DPI hopes federal grant will help stop ‘revolving door’ of Wisconsin special education teachers (opens the original)

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    Fewer than half of Wisconsin’s special education teachers remain in the profession after eight years, according to an April report from Wisconsin’s Department of Public Instruction. On Aug. 17, DPI announced being awarded a $10.5 million federal grant that the department hopes will help address a critical shortage of special education teachers in Wisconsin. Barbara Van Haren, the grant proposal’s author and a DPI education development consultant, told WPR’s “Wisconsin Today” that the ongoing hig

  4. Article · Aug 10, 2026 · Royce Podeszwa

    Wisconsin water utilities at risk from cyberattack wave sweeping the country (opens the original)

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    While a wave of cyberattacks against American water utilities hasn’t hit Wisconsin just yet, many of the state’s small water utilities are vulnerable. Chris Groh, executive director of the Wisconsin Rural Water Association, said small utilities don’t have the resources to defend against sophisticated computer attacks. “Small operations don’t have an IT person,” Groh told WPR’s “Wisconsin Today.” aid “They’ve probably got a clerk and one operator, maybe two, and neither one probably knows anythin

  5. Article · Aug 5, 2026 · Royce Podeszwa

    Old World Wisconsin celebrates 50 years of preserving the state’s early history (opens the original)

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    Wisconsin’s 19th-century history is on full display as Old World Wisconsin celebrates its 50th anniversary this year. Since the site’s opening in the summer of 1976, workers have been preserving log cabins, general stores and blacksmith shops from some of Wisconsin’s early settlers, capturing their lifestyles and stories for future generations to visit and explore. Old World Wisconsin Director Doug Raney recently told WPR’s “Wisconsin Today” that the site’s story really began in the 1960s, when

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