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How Can Farmers Adapt to Falling Milk Prices?

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PBS Wisconsin

WisContext reporter Will Cushman delves into what declining milk prices mean for Wisconsin dairy producers. He highlights specific counties in the state that have shown stark declines in herd numbers, and discusses what the outlook is for future milk prices.

Series: Challenges To Wisconsin's Rural Schools

Series: Wisconsin's Diverse Waves Of Immigration

Wisconsin's School Funding System For English Language Learners

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Marisa Wojcik

PBS Wisconsin

The funding system for English Language Learner education in Wisconsin schools with are facing challenges in places with high proportions of students needing these services, from urban districts like Green Bay to those in rural communities like Abbotsford.

Series: The Dairy State Economy

Series: CAFOs, Manure And Water

7 Trends That Explain The Contours Of Wisconsin's Deepening Dairy Crisis

Will Cushman

WisContext

A maelstrom of economic and demographic forces are hammering Wisconsin's dairy farmers. But what's causing such exceptional distress in one of the state's iconic industries?

Series: The Dairy State Economy

Wisconsin's Place In A Bewildering Milk Pricing System

Will Cushman

WisContext

While the economic and human toll wrought by low milk prices have been documented, the factors that determine those prices can feel enigmatic or perhaps even baffling for people outside of the industry.

Series: Challenges To Wisconsin's Rural Schools

Wisconsin Struggles To 'Pay Teachers What They're Worth'

Frederica Freyberg

PBS Wisconsin

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Frederica Freyberg

PBS Wisconsin

With an ongoing teacher shortage in Wisconsin, Unified School District of Antigo Superintendent Julie Sprague discusses the challenges faced in that district.

Series: Disparities And Equity In Wisconsin

What Happens When Milwaukee 53206 Residents Can't Go Where The Jobs Are

Will Cushman

WisContext

One important issue contributing to and compounding 53206 residents' woes is a lack of transportation options from the urban center to the suburbs, where the Milwaukee metro area's job growth has been centered for decades.

Series: Disparities And Equity In Wisconsin

Where In Wisconsin Is Income Inequality Most Pronounced?

Steven Deller

UW-Madison

Tessa Conroy

UW-Madison

Matthew Kures

UW-Madison

Income inequality has been rising since the 1980s, both in Wisconsin and nationally, and economists and policymakers have become increasingly aware of and concerned about this trend.

Series: Disparities And Equity In Wisconsin

New UW-Milwaukee Analysis Shows Challenges 53206 Faces

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Frederica Freyberg

PBS Wisconsin

One of Milwaukee's most impoverished ZIP codes is 53206. Marc Levine of UW-Milwaukee's Center for Economic Developments said the area feels the effects of multiple disadvantages, and while the job market is improving, many are working at poverty-level wages.

Democrats Will Flock To Milwaukee For 2020 Convention

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Frederica Freyberg

PBS Wisconsin

U.S. Rep. Gwen Moore, D-Milwaukee, says she is "over the moon" that the Democratic National Committee chose her home city as the location for its 2020 national convention.

Series: Food Security And Assistance In Wisconsin

Why It's Difficult To Gauge The Effects Of Wisconsin's FoodShare Work Rules

Will Cushman

WisContext

As work-related eligibility rules for Wisconsin's food stamp program expand, it remains unclear to what extent the requirements already in place are having their intended effect.