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Series: The Dairy State Economy
Series: Wisconsin Ag And Global Trade
Series: The Novel Coronavirus, COVID-19 And Wisconsin: February 2020

Coronavirus Outbreak Takes A Toll On Recovering Milk Prices

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Hope Kirwan
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Wisconsin dairy farmers and other producers are feeling the impact of trade uncertainty caused by the novel coronavirus outbreak.
Series: Wisconsin Ag And Global Trade

Federal Farm Aid Boosts Personal Income Growth In Wisconsin In 2019

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Hope Kirwan
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Personal income grew in Wisconsin in 2019, due in part to federal aid for farmers hurt by increased tariffs.
Series: Extreme Precipitation And Wisconsin's Climate

Lake Michigan Shoreline Damage Churns Up Appeal For Federal Disaster Aid

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Frederica Freyberg
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Wisconsin is putting in for a FEMA assessment of Lake Michigan shoreline damage in Milwaukee, Racine and Kenosha counties following winter storms and lakeshore flooding. Racine County Emergency Management coordinator David Maack discusses the damage to public infrastructure.
Series: Wisconsin's Diverse Waves Of Immigration

Noon Wednesday: The Fears Over Changes To The Public Charge Rule

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Marisa Wojcik
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Advocates for immigrants are raising concerns over the effects of fear and confusion over changes to the federal public charge rule. Milwaukee's Sixteenth Street Community Health Centers director of patient and community engagement Caroline Gomez-Tom discusses the impacts of these fears.
Series: Renewable Energy In Wisconsin

Wisconsin Schools Asked To Plan For Solar Projects

John Davis
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The Solar on Schools program is asking K-12 schools in Wisconsin to consider installing solar panels as part of their energy mix.
Series: Challenges To Wisconsin's Rural Schools

Three Lakes, Phelps Teacher-Sharing Plan Points To Rural Districts' Future

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Rob Mentzer
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Two rural Northwoods school districts will share a chemistry teacher, and they say the blended online learning program could be a model for districts across the state.
Series: Homelessness Around Wisconsin

HUD: About 4.5K People Were Homeless In Wisconsin In 2019

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Danielle Kaeding
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The number of people who were homeless on a single night in 2019 declined in Wisconsin while the nation saw an overall increase, according to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's Annual Homeless Assessment Report.

Rising Inmate Population In Wisconsin Strains Local Jails

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Rob Mentzer
Wisconsin Public Radio
Keegan Kyle
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More people are being locked up in Wisconsin, and the increase in inmates in county jails and state prisons is costing taxpayers and straining capacity of corrections facilities in some places.

The History Of Ice Harvesting In Wisconsin

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Kealey Bultena
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When temperatures get cold in Wisconsin, that means the state's lakes start freezing over. Local historian Ann Waidelich shares the history behind ice harvesting - a big Wisconsin industry from yesteryear that relied on ice from the state's frozen lakes every winter.
Series: Disparities And Equity In Wisconsin

Noon Wednesday: Success and Shortcomings In Green Bay Equity

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Marisa Wojcik
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The population of people of color in Green Bay is projected to double or triple by 2040. Mohammed Bey, director of diversity and inclusion at Northeast Wisconsin Technical College, discusses what diversity and equity efforts looks like in the greater Green Bay area.