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Wisconsin has held onto its eight congressional seats, according to new U.S. Census Bureau reapportionment data. The state's population grew 3.6 percent over the past decade to nearly 5.9 million people. That growth rate exceeded the average for the Midwest of 3.1 percent. But it was well behind the 7.4 percent growth the nation saw as a whole as the U.S. population neared 331.5 million. It's also...