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Series: Health Insurance And The ACA

ACA Enrollment Spikes Before, After Presidential Election

Shamane Mills
Wisconsin Public Radio
The future of President Barack Obama's Affordable Care Act may be in doubt, but so far it doesn't seem to be affecting enrollment underway on HealthCare.gov, the federal marketplace used to purchase health insurance in Wisconsin and other states.

A Potential Wild Rice Comeback In Green Bay

Patty Murray
Wisconsin Public Radio
There's an effort to restore native wild rice to the bay of Green Bay after years of dredging has taken place in the lower Fox River as part of an effort to restore the contaminated waters.
Series: Wisconsin In The 2016 Presidential Election

The Same River Twice: Getting Voter Poll Questions Right

Kristin Runge
UW-Extension
In 1948, four national polling firms infamously predicted that Thomas Dewey would win the presidential election by a comfortable 5 to 15 percentage points rather than the 4.4 percentage point victory won by President Harry Truman. This error brought the young polling industry to its knees.
Series: Wisconsin In The 2016 Presidential Election

The Same River Twice: Election Polling Challenged By Accurate Sampling

Kristin Runge
UW-Extension
The 2016 presidential election results took many people of all political stripes by surprise. It will be a while before it is fully understood why figures released by many reputable state and national polls were off, some by a wide margin. Until then, history may offer some potential explanations.

Northern State Forests Set For More Timber Harvests

Danielle Kaeding
Wisconsin Public Radio
Under the last state budget, lawmakers directed the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources to make more northern state forestland available for timber harvests.
Series: The Varied Forms Of Farm To School

How Farm To School Is Taking Root In Columbia County

Kathleen Haas
UW-Extension
What happens when more Wisconsin school districts collectively buy locally grown food? Students and staff benefit by eating nutritious and fresh meals.
Series: Health Insurance And The ACA

What A Trump Victory Means For The ACA's Future

Shamane Mills
Wisconsin Public Radio
With Donald Trump as the next president, President Barack Obama's Affordable Care Act has a higher chance of being repealed or rolled back.
Series: Wisconsin In The 2016 Presidential Election

Wisconsin's Politics Foreshadowed A Visceral National Divide

Scott Gordon
WisContext
As the nation woke up to a new president-elect on Nov. 9, Kathy Cramer was as stunned as just about anyone who analyzes U.S. politics for a living, and especially those people with confidence in the accuracy of public opinion polls.
Series: Drinking Water Quality

Milwaukee To Offer Free And Discounted Water Filters To Households With Lead Lines

Chuck Quirmbach
Wisconsin Public Radio
Free water filters will be available to thousands of people in Milwaukee who live in homes with lead water service lines.
Series: Refugee Resettlement In Wisconsin

The Hmong Community Marks 40 Years In Wisconsin

Scott Gordon
WisContext
Hmong refugees fleeing war in Vietnam and Laos began arriving in the United States in 1976 — many of them after fighting alongside Americans in the Vietnam War, or losing loved ones in that conflict Over the ensuing four decades, Wisconsin has become home to the nation's third-largest Hmong population following California and Minnesota.