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How Americans Forgot And Rediscovered The Values Of Farmers' Markets

PBS Wisconsin

In a highly connected age of smartphone shopping and new automated grocery delivery services, a trip to a local farmers' market can seem like an anachronistic journey to the past.

Series: Special Elections And Legislative Vacancies

Wisconsin's Special Elections Fight Leaves Loose Ends

Scott Gordon

WisContext

The last week of March brought an exhausting whirlwind to Wisconsin's courts and statehouse as Gov. Scott Walker and his Republican allies fought against calling special elections in two vacant state legislative districts and sought to quickly rewrite a portion of state's elections law.

Series: Special Elections And Legislative Vacancies

A Series Of Unprecedented Events

Kristian Knutsen

WisContext

Over the course of three months, a seemingly mundane state personnel matter snowballed into a string of inaction and action across all three branches of government that was unprecedented in Wisconsin's political landscape.

Series: Wisconsin's Diverse Waves Of Immigration

Series: Wisconsin Historical Society Press Excerpts

Immigration, Documentation And The Growth Of Wisconsin's Mexican-American Communities

Sergio M. González

UW-Madison

Mexican immigrants and their descendants born in the United States comprise a growing and increasingly visible group of communities around Wisconsin.

Series: Phosphorus In Wisconsin's Land And Water

Slowing The Growth Of Slime In Central Wisconsin's Waters

Scott Gordon

WisContext

It's never an easy conversation to have in Wisconsin: Phosphorus pollution afflicts bodies of water all over the state, and its primary source is agriculture.

Series: The Flu And Wisconsin's Public Health

Struggling Through A 21st Century Flu Season With 1940s Science

Hayley Sperling

WisContext

The 2017-18 influenza season is well underway across the United States, and it's proving to be a rough one.

Series: Drinking Water Quality

Milwaukee's Long-Festering Lead Problem Becomes Politically Toxic

Scott Gordon

WisContext

When longtime city of Milwaukee Health Commissioner Bevan Baker resigned on Jan. 12, it brought renewed attention to the city's broader struggle to address the problem of lead poisoning.

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: Foxconn In Wisconsin

From Lake Michigan To Foxconn's LCD Screens

Hayley Sperling

WisContext

No one knows yet for sure how much water Foxconn's planned electronics manufacturing plant in Mount Pleasant will need for its daily operations, but just getting it there will be a big job.

Series: Wisconsin's 21st-Century Workforce

When A City Loses Its Best Jobs

Hayley Sperling

WisContext

When economic recession struck in 2008, big banks weren't the only industry dealt a blow. Manufacturers suffered major setbacks, too, particularly automakers. Their struggles sent a ripple effect across the United States, but were felt in one Wisconsin city in particular.