Articles by Frederica Freyberg

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Thieves are illegally-harvesting birch trees in Washburn County and elsewhere around Wisconsin to sell for use as home decor. Washburn County forest administrator Mike Peterson discusses the effect of this theft on county land and the ecology of birch trees in the region.
Schools in rural areas of Wisconsin with decreasing populations also face a decline in student enrollment, a trend causing budget anxieties for district administrators.
The amount of money a school district in Wisconsin receives from the state in a given year depends on a series of funding equations that factor in enrollment, student poverty, local property values, transportation needs and other criteria.
A budget proposal would provide more money to rural school districts depending on the population density of their students. But districts like Adams-Friendship, in rural areas but with more than 1,000 students, might not see as much funds as others.
When a federal policy change affects America's senior citizens, it's safe to say that rural Wisconsinites will feel it keenly.
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The Lincoln Hills and Copper Lake youth prisons are under federal investigation after current and former inmates have alleged abuse, neglect and sexual assault. Wisconsin Department of Corrections Secretary Jon Litscher discusses efforts to address problems at the institutions.
The AARP is lobbying hard against the GOP-supported American Health Care Act. AARP Wisconsin federal advocacy director Lisa Lamkins discusses the organization's concerns about its potential effects on the elderly.
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The advocacy group Youth Justice Milwaukee is calling for Lincoln Hills and Copper Lake juvenile prison facilities to be shut down. Jeffery Roman discusses the group's efforts to change how young people who have committed crimes are rehabilitated.
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The Congressional Budget Office released its projections of the effects of the proposed American Health Care Act. UW Population Health Institute researcher Donna Friedsam notes who is likely to benefit and likely to be hurt by its policies should it pass.
An effort by the city of Waukesha to source its drinking water from Lake Michigan is well over a decade in the making.