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In a highly competitive round of grant applications, the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction approved 26 awards totaling more than $17 million to plan, open, or expand charter schools in the state. The department received 45 grant applications, requesting $29.6 million, about $12 million more than was available for the first year of charter subgrant funding. In October 2017, the state won a $95 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education to support charter activities over the next five years. In this first round of grants for the 2018-19 school year, 10 charter schools received planning and implementation grants totaling $7.6 million to support planning activities for public charter

The contractor says work on the new state-of-the-art arena for the Milwaukee Bucks is 99 percent complete.  The basketball court is in place and the scoreboard is running.  Work on the entrance is being wrapped up.  There is no naming rights deal in place for the arena yet, but the Bucks say they expect to have one by the time the 524-million dollar palace opens its doors in two months.  The Bucks haven’t said what the first event to be held at the facility might be. Source: WRJC.com News At Other State Sites: [wp-rss-aggregator source=”87908,87904,713,696,676″]

Immigrant mom heads to court to demand immediate release of her 9-year-old son held in custody for 4 weeks. Source: WAOW.com News At Other State Sites: [wp-rss-aggregator source=”87908,87904,713,696,676″]

The National Weather Service says parts of Wisconsin could see heat indices reach nearly 110 degrees Friday.        Source: GreenBayPressGazette.com News At Other State Sites: [wp-rss-aggregator source=”87908,87904,713,696,676″]

On table-top flat farm fields. Trump and dignitaries will shovel dirt to herald a $10 billion project        Source: WisconsinRapidsDailyTribune.com News At Other State Sites: [wp-rss-aggregator source=”87908,87904,713,696,676″]