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Transit Mobility And Voter ID Requirements Collide In Madison

WisContext

To understand why moving a couple of DMV locations in Madison would cause outcry, it helps to understand some of the finer points of getting around in Wisconsin's capital and second-most populous city.

Historic Photography Reveals Depths Of Civil Rights Struggle In Milwaukee

Hayley Sperling

WisContext

While much of the nation's eyes were turned toward the South, struggle for equal opportunities and accompanying social unrest also reached a boiling point in northern states, particularly in cities like Chicago, Detroit and Milwaukee.

Series: Refugee Resettlement In Wisconsin

Wisconsin's Dramatic Drop In Refugee Admissions In 2017

Scott Gordon

WisContext

As the United States increasingly closed its doors to refugees fleeing conflict and persecution around the world, resettlement numbers across the nation and in Wisconsin dropped by about two-thirds.

When A Bomb Cyclone, Polar Vortex And Warm Snap Squeeze Into One Week

Scott Gordon

WisContext

Extreme temperature shifts will keep happening even as the planet's average temperature gets warmer.

As Snow Disappears, A Family Of Dogsled Racers Can't Agree Why

Meera Subramanian

Inside Climate News

Northern Wisconsin is a frigid place come winter. But as the state has warmed, the certainty of snow gradually vanished, leaving the traditional winter dogsledding races frequently canceled for lack of good powder.

Poor Sleep Isn't Inevitable For Older Adults

Scott Gordon

WisContext

While sleep difficulties are a common factor in aging, older adults don’t need to resign themselves to a life of poor or erratic sleep.

12 Top WisContext Stories Of 2017

Scott Gordon

WisContext

Kristian Knutsen

WisContext

The past year at WisContext has been filled with looks at a variety of complex economic, environmental and demographic issues facing Wisconsin, along with a healthy side of bugs.

Series: Gerrymandering, Wisconsin And The Courts

Gaps, Guardrails And The Fast-Advancing Math Of Partisan Gerrymandering

Scott Gordon

WisContext

The arguments driving a potentially landmark court case over partisan gerrymandering in Wisconsin may already be outdated.

Series: Wisconsin's 21st-Century Workforce

Wisconsin Guesses At What Younger Workers Want

Scott Gordon

WisContext

Gov. Scott Walker and state economic development officials want to spend about $7 million on a marketing campaign to entice young, college-educated workers to move to Wisconsin.

Salvation Through Fermentation

Krista Eastman

Wisconsin People & Ideas

For more than 10,000 years, humans have harnessed the fermentative power of yeast to create beer, wine, cheese and bread. But yeasts are also critical to the process of generating other important products, including medicines such as penicillin and biofuels such as ethanol.