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To Identify Elusive Opioids, Labs Pursue More Sensitive Equipment

WisContext

As more and more Wisconsinites die of opioid overdoses, public and private toxicology labs are ground zero for understanding an ever-evolving mix of illicit drugs.

Series: The Opioid Epidemic In Wisconsin

New Synthetic Opioids Test Limits Of Wisconsin's Drug Analysis

Scott Gordon

WisContext

Over the course of 2016, Richland County in southwestern Wisconsin had five drug overdose deaths, one of which involved a synthetic opioid. This latter case startled the county coroner's office.

Series: The Dairy State Economy

Series: Wisconsin Ag And Global Trade

4 Things To Know About Wisconsin's Dairy Export Controversy

Scott Gordon

WisContext

Wisconsin's dairy industry is dealing with a big shock after one processor, Grassland Dairy Products Inc., dropped its contracts to buy milk from dozens of farms, citing a new Canadian policy that favors that nation's domestic milk producers.

Series: The Dairy State Economy

Series: Wisconsin Ag And Global Trade

When Dairy Farms Don't Have Milk Buyers

Scott Gordon

WisContext

Kristian Knutsen

WisContext

Spring has brought gut-wrenching uncertainty to scores of dairy farms around Wisconsin. On April 1 a Clark County-based processor dropped their contracts, leaving them without a place to sell their milk.

Series: Tick-Borne Diseases In Wisconsin

Lyme Disease Is A Threat No Matter Wisconsin's 2017 Forecast For Deer Ticks

PJ Liesch

UW-Extension

The Midwest is home to over a dozen tick species. While only a few types are encountered regularly by people and pets, the medical concerns posed by some species can be quite significant.

Series: Health Insurance And The ACA

Wisconsin's Requests To Change Eligibility For Medicaid Recipients

Video:

Frederica Freyberg

PBS Wisconsin

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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.

Series: The Dairy State Economy

UW Agriculture Economist Explains Dairy Market Crisis

Video:

Frederica Freyberg

PBS Wisconsin

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.

Sauk City's Plastics Recycling Pioneer

Audio:

Erika Janik

Wisconsin Public Radio

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.

Series: The Varied Forms Of Farm To School

Farm To School Success Depends On Shared Knowledge

Kristian Knutsen

WisContext

The concept of farm to school — improving nutritional options and expanding educational opportunities for students through agriculture — has an inherently local character.

Series: Wisconsin In The 2016 Presidential Election

Perceptions Of Who Is Deserving, Disenfranchised Reshaped Wisconsin Politics

Samantha Nash

PBS Wisconsin

Political discontent in rural areas of the U.S. is regularly cited as a major factor in Donald Trump’s victory and Congressional and statehouse gains by other Republican candidates in the 2016 elections.