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Wisconsin is expected to receive at least $219 million as part of a landmark $17.1 billion multi-state settlement with Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, over allegations the social media platforms harmed children’s mental health. Attorney General Josh Kaul announced Wisconsin’s participation in the agreement, which was reached by a coalition of 52 […] Source: WRN.com

Weekend picks include Alabama Shakes at Breese Stevens; the Indian Association of Sun Prairie welcomes the community to Janmashtami. Source: Isthmus.com

How worried should we be about the nation’s mind-boggling deficit? The news dropped last week — the US national debt topped a record $40 trillion. Marquette University’s Dr. Margaret Hughes-Morgan says tariff refunds and maturing older debt have contributed to the exploding deficit. “These tariffs were ruled to be unconstitutional, and so they’ve had to […] Source: WRN.com

New names for three Madison elementary schools. The Madison school board approved the new names on Monday night. WIBA’s Robin Colbert reports: The former Elvehjem school will be Ada Deer elementary, in honor of the Wisconsin native who led the US Bureau of Indian Affairs. Elvehjem was a famed biochemist and former UW Madison president. […] Source: WRN.com

Shorewood Hills village administrator Brian Mooney has resigned, making it the ninth staff resignation from the village in the last year. Source: Isthmus.com