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How Rough Are Wisconsin's Roads?

WisContext

Wisconsin faces a long-in-the-making crisis of aging, deteriorating roads and major shortfalls in transportation funding.

Series: The Opioid Epidemic In Wisconsin

New Opioid Policies Face Structural Obstacles, Entrenched Attitudes

Scott Gordon

WisContext

One barrier to more doctors prescribing medications to treat opioid addiction? Many are confused about how to navigate the regulations, or they're not addiction specialists and are intimidated at the prospect of trying to treat patients with substance use disorders.

Series: Food Security And Assistance In Wisconsin

What Gets Overlooked In Wisconsin's Food Stamp Conversation

Scott Gordon

WisContext

With the release of Gov. Scott Walker's 2017-19 budget proposal, Wisconsin is again debating how distribution of food stamps should work.

Series: The Dairy State Economy

Series: Wisconsin Ag And Global Trade

The Origins Of Wisconsin's Kerrygold Underground

Scott Gordon

WisContext

At least one Wisconsinite drives to Nebraska and back to buy Ireland's most famous non-alcoholic export: grass-fed Kerrygold butter. Fans can't buy this product in Wisconsin because a state law enacted in the 1970s.

Series: Drinking Water Quality

Series: Extreme Precipitation And Wisconsin's Climate

Series: Climate Science And Wisconsin

More Rain Means More Bacteria And Viruses In Northern Wisconsin's Groundwater

Scott Gordon

WisContext

A Florida State University professor looked to Wisconsin to investigate how climate change might make people more vulnerable to groundwater-borne pathogens in the decades ahead.

Series: Phosphorus In Wisconsin's Land And Water

Invasive Species Are Game Changers In Great Lakes' Phosphorus Problems

Scott Gordon

WisContext

Phosphorus has always been a big part of just about any water-quality discussion, including those about its levels in the Great Lakes. It also intersects with another big ecological problem in the lakes: invasive species.

Series: Waukesha And Lake Michigan Water

Series: Phosphorus In Wisconsin's Land And Water

Phosphorus Offers A Window Into Complexity Of Waukesha Water Deal

Scott Gordon

WisContext

The city of Waukesha takes pride in its wastewater treatment plant.

Series: Growing Cranberries In Wisconsin

Series: Wisconsin Ag And Global Trade

Amid A Boom, Wisconsin Cranberry Growers Look To Future Markets

Scott Gordon

WisContext

Wisconsin growers produced between 5.85 and 5.9 million barrels of cranberries in 2016, according the Wisconsin State Cranberry Growers Association. That harvest would come close to a record they set in 2013.

Great Lakes Mostly Open Water In Winter 2016-17

Danielle Kaeding

Wisconsin Public Radio

The Midwest may be in the throes of winter, but most of the Great Lakes are open water.

Series: Refugee Resettlement In Wisconsin

Burma's Complex Crisis Fuels Refugee Resettlement In Wisconsin

Scott Gordon

WisContext

Few people outside the world of government agencies and refugee-resettlement non-profits note that Burma accounts for Wisconsin's largest incoming refugee group. This community rarely takes the spotlight in political discussions or media coverage of refugees in the state.