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The U.S. Department of Agriculture extended its deadline for milk producers to apply for the Dairy Margin Protection Program — an insurance system to compensate producers if prices fall. What the program means for Wisconsin's dairy farmers?
A Wisconsin appeals court upheld a ruling approving the Badger-Coulee transmission line that spans the state from La Crosse to Madison. UW-Madison engineering professor Chris DeMarco discusses how transmission lines work and the state's energy needs.
The Bon-Ton family of department stores is the most recent casualty in the decline of malls around the country.
It's a waiting game for Wisconsin farmers as they watch the market to see how a trading spat between the United States and China will affect prices for their products.
Epic has become increasingly associated with the labor controversies that arise in the IT industry.
The United States Supreme Court ruled 5-4 in favor of Wisconsin health software giant Epic Systems, stating that the company can require employees to sign onto non-disclosure agreements.
A petition from lawyers and judges across Wisconsin asked the state Supreme Court to increase the pay for court-appointed attorneys doing public defender work. John Birdsall, a Milwaukee attorney and co-author of the request, discusses this issue.
It's a not-so-well-kept secret in Wisconsin that hickory nuts taste better when someone else shells them.
Economic trends in Wisconsin have recovered considerably a decade since the Great Recession. UW-Madison economics professor Noah Williams discusses what effects are on the workforce, particularly between rural and urban areas.
Wisconsin Attorney General Brad Schimel decided to allow farmers to extract CBD oil as part of the state's industrial hemp pilot project. Rob Richard of the Wisconsin Farm Bureau Federation discusses what this can mean for farmers.