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Over the course of many decades, synthetic chemicals like bisphenol A became ubiquitous in American life.
Efforts to have science inform law have played out vividly over the past 20 years of disputes over high-capacity groundwater wells in Wisconsin.
While perceived social and political divides between the urban and rural areas of Wisconsin remains a frequent topic of discussion, gaining a better understanding of the relationships between the two is very influenced by where people work.
Immigration is an engine of change that has shaped Wisconsin throughout its history, reflecting the broader story of newcomers building new communities around the United States.
The opioid crisis is a grave and growing burden on local governments, in one way or another.
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.
With the summer of 2017 in the record books, many parts of Wisconsin are still feeling the impact of the season's wet weather.
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.
The concept of flood recurrence intervals is a classic example of a communication gap that can form between scientists and the public.
In 2016, there were an estimated 255,000 more Wisconsin residents with health insurance compared to in 2013.