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It's been 10 years since a bat-killing fungus was first discovered in the northeastern United States. The white fungus and the disease it causes — white-nose syndrome — is now found in 31 states, including Wisconsin.
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With the Health Insurance Marketplace open enrollment period approaching, Covering Wisconsin certified healthcare navigator Adam VanSpankeren discusses changes to the process under the Trump administration.
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As incidents, investigations and a lawsuit related to Lincoln Hills School continue, former corrections officer Doug Curtis shares an inside account of the juvenile detention facility, and state Sen. LaTonya Johnson, D-Milwaukee weighs in with her perspective on addressing the issue.
Marathon County joined a growing list of Wisconsin counties suing pharmaceutical companies their promotion of opioids. Marathon County supervisor Sara Guild discusses the growing cost of addiction in central Wisconsin.
A hill in Vernon County was overrun with red cedar and prickly ash, it contained a secret past. It was once a hillside prairie and an oak savanna.
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As flu season begins and pharmacies start offering flu vaccinations, the perennial question of whether or not to get a shot arises.
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Two federal healthcare policy changes allow smaller, cheaper plans to be sold across state lines, and end payments for cost-sharing reductions. Bobby Peterson of ABC for Health and Brian Potter of the Wisconsin Hospital Association sort through what these changes mean for Wisconsin.
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A circuit court judge ruled against a Wisconsin Attorney General opinion that directed the state Department of Natural Resources to not consider the cumulative impact of high-capacity wells. Carl Sinderbrand, lead attorney for Clean Wisconsin in its lawsuit, discusses the case.
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As the U.S. Supreme Court hears arguments in the Gill v. Whitford lawsuit over partisan gerrymandering, WPR capitol bureau chief Shawn Johnson breaks down the case and shares his insight on where the justices are leaning.
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How might proposed tightening of U.S. immigration policy affect farmers in Wisconsin? Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism managing editor Dee Hall discusses about how farm workers in Wisconsin who are undocumented would fare under proposed changes to deportation policy.