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Series: Wisconsin's 21st-Century Workforce

A Place For Apprenticeships In Job Training

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President Donald Trump signed an executive order to authorize a $200 million expansion of job training and apprenticeships. Wisconsin Regional Training Partnership president Mark Kessenich discussed the role of apprenticeships in workforce development.

Series: Growing Rural Wisconsin's Economy

Broadband Internet Investments Critical For Rural Wisconsin

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Andy Soth

PBS Wisconsin

Wisconsin is making strides in improving broadband access for rural communities, but the state remains a checkerboard of digital haves and have-nots. In Pepin, though, residents are finding differing levels of access to high-speed internet connections.

Series: Wisconsin's 21st-Century Workforce

Wisconsin's Private Sector Job Growth Remains Static In 2016

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Zac Schultz

PBS Wisconsin

Wisconsin did not add many new private sector jobs in 2016. According to federal labor data, the state ranked 33rd in the nation. Wisconsin Public Radio capitol bureau chief Shawn Johnson discusses the state's job trends.

School Choice In Wausau Continues To Divide Educators

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Zac Schultz

PBS Wisconsin

Public and private schools in Wausau are adjusting to Wisconsin's expanded school choice programs. Educators who work in each system have differing perspectives on how the voucher system is affecting students and taxes.

Should The Forestry Mill Tax Get Axed?

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Frederica Freyberg

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Gov. Scott Walker proposed eliminating the forestry mill tax, a state-based property tax that funds forest management, preservation and fighting fires. Fred Clark of the Forest Stewards Guild and Tom Larson of the Wisconsin Realtors Association discuss its potential impacts.

Series: The Dairy State Economy

Series: Wisconsin Ag And Global Trade

The Cycle Of Overproduction And Wisconsin's Dairy Market Struggles

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Frederica Freyberg

PBS Wisconsin

A change in Canadian trade policy led a dairy processor to cancel its contracts with dozens of Wisconsin farmers. Wisconsin Farmers Union district director Chris Holman discuses the growing production of milk and what effect it has on small and large dairy farmers.

Series: Wisconsin's 21st-Century Workforce

The Economic Earthquake In Janesville

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Frederica Freyberg

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The book Janesville: An American Story explores the effects of the GM plant's 2008 closure in the southern Wisconsin city. Author Amy Goldstein discusses the short- and long-term impacts of the community losing this employer.

A Look At Wisconsin's Manufacturing, Agriculture Tax Credit

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Zac Schultz

PBS Wisconsin

The Manufacturing and Agriculture Tax Credit was passed in 2011 and will cost the Wisconsin $1.5 billion over its first seven years. Some are calling the credit's worth into question as the state Legislature considers how to pay for roads and schools.

Series: Health Insurance And The ACA

Wisconsin's Requests To Change Eligibility For Medicaid Recipients

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Frederica Freyberg

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A state waiver request would require Medicaid recipients in Wisconsin to receive drug screenings, as well as limit benefits in certain circumstances and set new fees. Citizen Action of Wisconsin executive director Robert Kraig, a Medicaid advocate, discusses these proposals.

Series: The Dairy State Economy

UW Agriculture Economist Explains Dairy Market Crisis

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Frederica Freyberg

PBS Wisconsin

Seventy-five dairy farmers in Wisconsin learned they would have to find a new processor to buy their milk due to a new tariff from Canada on certain dairy imports. Mark Stephenson with the UW-Madison Program on Dairy Markets and Policy discusses the market conditions dairy producers face.