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More than 80 percent of Wisconsin counties with known wintertime habitats for bats now have bats infected with white-nose syndrome.
The Manufacturing and Agriculture Tax Credit was passed in 2011 and will cost the Wisconsin $1.5 billion over its first seven years. Some are calling the credit's worth into question as the state Legislature considers how to pay for roads and schools.
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The book Janesville: An American Story explores the effects of the GM plant's 2008 closure in the southern Wisconsin city. Author Amy Goldstein discusses the short- and long-term impacts of the community losing this employer.
A change in Canadian trade policy led a dairy processor to cancel its contracts with dozens of Wisconsin farmers. Wisconsin Farmers Union district director Chris Holman discuses the growing production of milk and what effect it has on small and large dairy farmers.
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A state waiver request would require Medicaid recipients in Wisconsin to receive drug screenings, as well as limit benefits in certain circumstances and set new fees. Citizen Action of Wisconsin executive director Robert Kraig, a Medicaid advocate, discusses these proposals.
Seventy-five dairy farmers in Wisconsin learned they would have to find a new processor to buy their milk due to a new tariff from Canada on certain dairy imports. Mark Stephenson with the UW-Madison Program on Dairy Markets and Policy discusses the market conditions dairy producers face.
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In 1979, Milly Zantow and friend Jenny Ehl cashed in their life insurance policies and bought a commercial plastics grinder for $5,000 to start E-Z Recycling.
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As a result of shifting Canadian trade policies, a dairy processor canceled its contacts with 75 Wisconsin dairy farmers. Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection secretary Ben Brancel discusses the dispute and what officials are doing about it.
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A new import policy in Canada has led a Wisconsin dairy processor to drop dozens of farmers in the state. As a result, these farmers are scrambling to find a new customer for their milk.
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Thieves are illegally-harvesting birch trees in Washburn County and elsewhere around Wisconsin to sell for use as home decor. Washburn County forest administrator Mike Peterson discusses the effect of this theft on county land and the ecology of birch trees in the region.