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• Gov. Tony Evers and GOP lawmakers say a deal is within reach on addressing PFAS

  Policy

  26 Jan 2026

  The proposed amendments to the bills include protections for innocent landowners, funding for emergency bottled water, around $80 million in grants for local governments and $35 million for a grant program to replace or rebuild contaminated wells.

• Paper company named responsible for PFAS pollution offers bottled water to Stella

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  25 Jan 2026 | Wisconsin Public Radio

  “I do commend them. They are doing something now that they’ve been told they have to,” Crump said. “Something is better than nothing, which is what they were doing before. We just need to make sure that something is…what’s going to help our citizens the most.”

• High PFAS levels in Wisconsin eaglets may reduce their ability to fend off illness

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  7 Jan 2026 | Wisconsin Public Radio

  Samples also showed PFOS, one of the most widely studied PFAS chemicals, made up as much as 90 percent of the total PFAS. Dehnert noted fish consumption guidelines advise people not to eat fish that contain PFOS levels above 40 parts per billion.

• Wausau Council rejects PFAS payout deal, citing losses and lack of clear plan

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  26 Nov 2025 | Wausau Pilot & Review

  The future payment stream of $2,037,766 would be discounted to ‘present value’ and reduced further by fees, leaving the city with a final lump-sum payment of $1,571,135.

• Cleanup of PFAS could cost Wisconsin billions, regulators and lawmakers say

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  12 Nov 2025 | Wisconsin Public Radio

  The agency noted public water systems may face $12.6 million annually, or $252 million over two decades, to reduce PFAS levels to meet federal drinking water standards.

• Wisconsin moves to bring PFAS limits in line with contested federal standards

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  3 Oct 2025 | Wisconsin Public Radio

  Environmental advocates are urging state regulators to bring Wisconsin’s PFAS standards in line with federal drinking water standards despite an ongoing legal challenge to the federal rules.

• DNR and DHS issue new PFAS-based consumption advisory for ducks harvested on Green Bay

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  4 Sep 2025 | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources

  This advisory from the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources and Department of Health Services is in effect immediately, and hunters should be aware of this for the fall hunting season.

• Wisconsin Supreme Court rules spills law applies to PFAS

  Policy

  24 Jun 2025

  In a 5-2 ruling on Tuesday, the Wisconsin Supreme Court affirmed the Department of Natural Resources’ authority to regulate polluters who produce hazardous substances such as PFAS through the state’s toxic spills law.

• Wisconsin confronts PFAS crisis amid legislative debates, public health concerns

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  9 Apr 2025 | The Badger Herald

  Wisconsin is still grappling with the pervasive issue of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS, often referred to as “forever chemicals” due to their persistent nature in the environment and human body.

• Even as French Island makes progress on safe drinking water, effects of PFAS contamination remain

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  24 Mar 2025 | Wisconsin Public Radio

  Residents say they loved the taste of French Island water, look forward to drinking tap water again after new well comes in 2027.

• Who pays for PFAS? Governor, GOP lawmakers wrestle over cleanup liability

  Policy

  26 Feb 2025

  Competing proposals would protect “innocent landowners” — those who didn’t knowingly cause pollution — from liability.

• Evers calls for tax cuts, more PFAS testing and pushback on Trump's tariffs in his 2025 budget address

  Policy

  18 Feb 2025

  Wisconsin Democratic Gov. Tony Evers said the two-year spending plan he's proposing for the 2025-27 biennial state budget is designed to prepare for drastic cuts to vital programs at the federal level.

• Evers announces $145 million budget proposal to address PFAS pollution

  Policy

  4 Feb 2025

  Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers on Tuesday announced a $145 million budget proposal to address PFAS pollution across the state, an amount that more than doubles the money set aside in the last state budget to address the problem.

• Wisconsin Supreme Court justices question challenge to state authority in PFAS case

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  14 Jan 2025 | Wisconsin Public Radio

  State's largest business group sued state regulators in 2021 over their authority to force businesses to test and clean up PFAS.

• After failed attempts, Wisconsin lawmakers will try again to address PFAS

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  3 Jan 2025 | Wisconsin Public Radio

  Communities have waited more than 500 days to access $125M set aside for PFAS contamination.