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Why Wisconsin Presents A 'Perfect Opportunity' For A Measles Outbreak

WisContext

Measles is back, and at a level not seen for a quarter-century, meaning a generation of healthcare workers have little experience with the disease.

Women Are Helping Offset Wisconsin's Gradual Decline In Fishing

Erin Burkett

Michigan Technological University

Richelle Winkler

Michigan Technological University

Fishing is an enduring pastime in Wisconsin. Who is out on the water is changing, however, as is the total number of anglers in the state.

Series: The Dairy State Economy

Wisconsin Farms See Upturn In Women And Millennial Producers... And Goats

Will Cushman

WisContext

The United States Department of Agriculture census documents a large and diverse farming economy in Wisconsin, but also one in flux.

Series: Wisconsin Historical Society Press Excerpts

What A 1977 Inferno In The North Woods Left In Its Wake

Bill Matthias

The drought-parched spring of 1977 was a particularly dangerous season of wildfire, with a trio of big burns in west-central Wisconsin and the Five Mile Tower Fire in the state's northwest corner.

Series: The Dairy State Economy

Series: CAFOs, Manure And Water

7 Trends That Explain The Contours Of Wisconsin's Deepening Dairy Crisis

Will Cushman

WisContext

A maelstrom of economic and demographic forces are hammering Wisconsin's dairy farmers. But what's causing such exceptional distress in one of the state's iconic industries?

Series: The Dairy State Economy

Wisconsin's Place In A Bewildering Milk Pricing System

Will Cushman

WisContext

While the economic and human toll wrought by low milk prices have been documented, the factors that determine those prices can feel enigmatic or perhaps even baffling for people outside of the industry.

Wisconsin's 2019 Supreme Court Voters Hit New Peak Of Partisanship

Aaron Weinschenk

UW-Green Bay

When it comes to the political division between Republicans and Democrats, elections for Wisconsin Supreme Court often appear quite similar to races for the Legislature or Congress or governor or even President, even though these seats are technically non-partisan.

Series: Disparities And Equity In Wisconsin

What Happens When Milwaukee 53206 Residents Can't Go Where The Jobs Are

Will Cushman

WisContext

One important issue contributing to and compounding 53206 residents' woes is a lack of transportation options from the urban center to the suburbs, where the Milwaukee metro area's job growth has been centered for decades.

Series: Disparities And Equity In Wisconsin

Where In Wisconsin Is Income Inequality Most Pronounced?

Steven Deller

UW-Madison

Tessa Conroy

UW-Madison

Matthew Kures

UW-Madison

Income inequality has been rising since the 1980s, both in Wisconsin and nationally, and economists and policymakers have become increasingly aware of and concerned about this trend.

Series: Climate Science And Wisconsin

I Don't Think We're In Wisconsin Anymore

Will Cushman

WisContext

By the time children born in the 2010s reach retirement age, many Wisconsin communities may feel something like late-20th-century Kansas City or Philadelphia, at least in terms of seasonal temperatures and precipitation.