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Wisconsin Guesses At What Younger Workers Want

WisContext

Gov. Scott Walker and state economic development officials want to spend about $7 million on a marketing campaign to entice young, college-educated workers to move to Wisconsin.

Growing Trees For Seasonal Holiday Is A Year-Round Job

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Zac Schultz

PBS Wisconsin

Picking the right Christmas tree can be the biggest choice of the season.

Series: Help For The Holidays

Make A List And Check It Twice To Balance Holiday Budgets

Peggy Olive

UW-Extension

As the winter holiday season arrives, many people travel to visit family and friends, give gifts and prepare traditional foods. But the many special occasions can place a strain on budgets.

Salvation Through Fermentation

Krista Eastman

Wisconsin People & Ideas

For more than 10,000 years, humans have harnessed the fermentative power of yeast to create beer, wine, cheese and bread. But yeasts are also critical to the process of generating other important products, including medicines such as penicillin and biofuels such as ethanol.

Series: Wisconsin In The 2016 Presidential Election

Economic Pessimism Among Rural Voters Isn't Clear-Cut In Marquette Poll

Scott Gordon

WisContext

Poll responses from self-identified rural voters about the economy and Donald Trump poke holes in the narrative of his victory as an uprising in so-called flyover country.

IV Bag Shortage Stretches On At Wisconsin Hospitals After Hurricane Maria

Scott Gordon

WisContext

One impact of Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico may continue to plague hospitals in the mainland United States for quite some time.

How Hospitals Are Managing IV Bag Shortage Following Hurricane Maria

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Frederica Freyberg

PBS Wisconsin

In the aftermath of Hurricane Maria, medical supply production in Puerto Rico ground to a halt. UW Health manager of patient care services Philip Trapskin discusses the scope of an ensuing IV shortage in Wisconsin and how healthcare providers are addressing it.

Series: Wisconsin's 21st-Century Workforce

Wisconsin's Push To Attract Younger Workers

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Frederica Freyberg

PBS Wisconsin

Wisconsin is making a full-court press with an ad campaign to try and attract a younger workforce into the state. Chris Reader of Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce breaks down the effort to bring in younger employees to the state.

A Century Of Vigorous Debate In The Wisconsin Capitol

Samantha Nash

PBS Wisconsin

The polarized nature of politics in Wisconsin is not a new development, and intense debate has been a common aspect of life in the state capitol building going back to its opening in 1917.

Ambition And Fire Fueled The Growing Scale Of Wisconsin's Capitol Buildings

Hayley Sperling

WisContext

A building intended to serve as a symbol of freedom and democracy marks its centennial in 2017. But before the Wisconsin State Capitol building rose in the center of Madison, two earlier state houses stood in its place.