Wisconsin is at the center of Gill v. Whitford , a lawsuit related to legislative redistricting heard by United States Supreme Court in October 2017. Malia Jones of the University of Wisconsin Applied Population Laboratory discusses how partisan gerrymandering works.
The interactive Wisconsin Health Atlas reveals obesity rates around the state, and how different the needs of two ZIP codes within the same county can be.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture extended its deadline for milk producers to apply for the Dairy Margin Protection Program — an insurance system to compensate producers if prices fall. What the program means for Wisconsin's dairy farmers?
Midwest Environmental Advocates is pursuing a legal action in opposition to Foxconn's proposed use of Lake Michigan water. Lawyer Jimmy Parra discusses the legal arguments related to the language of the Great Lakes Compact.
A Wisconsin appeals court upheld a ruling approving the Badger-Coulee transmission line that spans the state from La Crosse to Madison. UW-Madison engineering professor Chris DeMarco discusses how transmission lines work and the state's energy needs.
The United States Supreme Court ruled 5-4 in favor of Wisconsin health software giant Epic Systems, stating that the company can require employees to sign onto non-disclosure agreements.
Wisconsin is experiencing an upward trend of both deer ticks and Lyme disease. Scott Gordon of WisContext discusses how there's still a lot to learn about how widespread infections are in the state.
