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.
At a glance, Wisconsin's legislative district maps in place since 2011 do not reveal districts with the bizarre shapes and outlines that are classic markers of gerrymandering schemes. But a closer examination of the state's Assembly districts reveals a more sophisticated approach to this electoral stratagem.
Whether they are baked into a pie, folded into pancakes or eaten fresh, blueberries are a perennial favorite that tempt many gardeners with visions of growing their own bountiful supply of sweet indigo globules.
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 Upper Midwest and the northeastern regions of the United States are increasingly a carpet of Lyme disease cases each summer and autumn. But the southeastern part of the country — a vast expanse of hot and humid territory and certainly hospitable to the ticks that carry Lyme-causing bacteria — gets off relatively easy.
It's a time of profound change for Wisconsin's population — where it's concentrated, where it's moving, which age groups and racial and ethnic origins it reflects, and what kinds of lives all residents are seeking to live.
