Wisconsin nonprofits scrambling over potential funding freeze, UW professor helps Bad Bunny

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Wisconsin nonprofits and some businesses say they're scrambling to understand what a potential federal funding freeze means for them. It's officially tax season, and Wisconsinites now have the option to do their federal and state taxes online for free. We'll have the details on that. And, the superstar rapper and singer Bad Bunny got some help on his new album release from a University of Wisconsin – Madison professor.

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Wisconsin nonprofits scrambling over potential funding freeze, UW professor helps Bad Bunny

Wisconsin Today: Morning News

Fler avsnitt från "Wisconsin Today: Morning News"

Trump administration stops EV charging stations, Wisconsin election official keeps job

Milwaukee Zoo closes aviary, Dangerous lead levels found in 2 schools

Anti-Trump protest in Madison, Superior business must relocate for bridge construction

Evers’ proposal on PFAS, Wisconsin Republicans introduce immigration bill

Waukesha County withdraws local sales tax plan, Advocate Health fighting medical debt

Family says health costs led to man’s death, Wikler loses DNC race

Hagedorn recuses from Act 10 case, Birkebeiner contingency plans

Wisconsin nonprofits scrambling over potential funding freeze, UW professor helps Bad Bunny

Calls for Supreme Court Justice Janet Protasiewicz to recuse from Act 10 lawsuit, ThedaCare Waupaca hospital closing labor and delivery

GOP lawmakers pushing to limit governor’s partial veto powers, American Family Field upgrades