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Frequent Changes In Management Policy Escalate Wolf Debate

WisContext

For Erik Olson, an assistant professor of natural resources at Northland College in Ashland, the biggest weakness in Wisconsin's policy toward wolves hasn’t been any one particular policy decision.

Series: Literacy In Wisconsin

Turning Off The Budget Autopilot To Ease Household Finances

Peggy Olive

UW-Extension

People who feel their paychecks are not keeping up with everyday expenses may be right — median household income is down for many families across Wisconsin.

The Uncertain State Of Road Funding In Wisconsin

Scott Gordon

WisContext

For well over a year, Wisconsin has been in a holding pattern about how the state should pay for building and repairing roads.

Series: Renewable Energy In Wisconsin

Embracing Solar Energy Can Be Fun And Fraught

Scott Gordon

WisContext

Bruce Johnson has put a great deal of time and money into changing the way he uses energy — his house on the east side of Madison sports three rooftop solar-panel installations.

Series: Wisconsin's Diverse Waves Of Immigration

Musician Raphael Baez One Of First Mexicans To Call Milwaukee Home

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Erika Janik

Wisconsin Public Radio

Trained as a classical musician in Mexico, Raphael Baez was recruited to come to the United States by the C.D. Hess Opera Company in the 1880s.

Series: Drinking Water Quality

DNR Lead Pipe Fund Doesn't Always Align With Greatest Needs

Scott Gordon

WisContext

A new Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources program might have difficulty targeting the Wisconsin communities experiencing the greatest lead contamination in terms of scale and intensity.

Zika Infection Not Likely To Be Problem In Wisconsin

PJ Liesch

UW-Extension

With mosquito season nearly upon us and all the headlines about Zika virus in the news, a big question at the moment is: Will Zika be an issue in Wisconsin?

Madison Alder Shiva Bidar-Sielaff (left) and Police Chief Mike Koval (right) speak about police oversight on Wisconsin Public Television's "Here And Now."

Series: Policing Practices And Accountability In Wisconsin

Madison's Police Oversight Debate Cools Down — For Now

Scott Gordon

WisContext

To watch Madison Police Chief Mike Koval and Alder Shiva Bidar-Sielaff, one might not immediately recognize the escalating tensions between the department and other portions of the city government.

Series: Civic Science In Wisconsin

Cerceris Wasp Biosurveillance Project Tracks Emerald Ash Borer

Tony Summers

UW-Extension

Invasive species are a familiar and persistent challenge across the United States. Kudzu is engulfing the South, gypsy moths have been consuming forests in the East, and the emerald ash borer is wreaking havoc on several species of ash trees here in the Midwest.

Series: Chronic Wasting Disease In Wisconsin's Deer

Monitoring Is Key In Debate Over CWD Testing

Scott Gordon

WisContext

The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources has identified thousands of deer infected with chronic wasting disease over the last 17 years. But the total number of animals affected and the geographic breadth of the disease is at the heart of policy differences over how to address the disease.