A diverse array of potent synthetic drugs are becoming more prominent in the opioid crisis, creating difficulties for medical investigators and public health officials.
In the larger picture of Wisconsin's forest products industry, the volume of birch theft is very small. However, illegal cutting steals future revenue from forestland owners, and destroys trees that will never be legally cut and sold.
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.
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.
