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Series: Wisconsin's Diverse Waves Of Immigration

Non-Profit Looks To Build Connections Between Midwestern Dairy Farms And Immigrant Workers

Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism

Roberto Tecpile often puts in 70 hours a week at the Rosenholm dairy farm in Cochrane — a village in Buffalo County where winter days are short and can be bitterly cold.

Series: Disparities And Equity In Wisconsin

Noon Wednesday: Higher Education Opportunities And Disparities

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Marisa Wojcik

PBS Wisconsin

Completing college substantially improves living standards, according to a report from the Center on Wisconsin Strategy, but there are also increasing racial disparities in Wisconsin's higher education system. Laura Dresser of the research group explains its findings.

Series: Wisconsin's Diverse Waves Of Immigration

Latino Immigrant Workers At Midwestern Asian Restaurants Find Themselves Isolated, Underpaid

Belle Lin

Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism

Alexandra Arriaga

Chicago Sun-Times

In 2015, Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan sued three employment agencies in Chicago's Chinatown, and two Illinois restaurants that had used their services, for allegedly exploiting Latino immigrant workers in several states, including Wisconsin.

How Should Wisconsin Regulate Direct Primary Care?

Scott Gordon

WisContext

Wisconsin has not adopted state laws specifying how direct primary care should be regulated, what scope of services a direct primary care doctor should offer, how a direct primary care agreement differs from health insurance, or whether direct primary care practices can bill Medicare and Medicaid.

Series: Wisconsin's 21st-Century Workforce

The Complexities Of Fostering An Inclusive Workforce In Madison

Scott Gordon

WisContext

The state of Wisconsin's efforts to attract and retain a younger workforce are coinciding with a growing public reckoning in Madison and surrounding Dane County with the fact that many of its minority residents don't necessarily experience the city as welcoming or inclusive

How Effective Is Political Advertising?

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Frederica Freyberg

PBS Wisconsin

Attack ads are hitting the airwaves for the 2018 general election. UW-Madison marketing professor Tom O'Guinn breaks down the messaging behind them and how effective they are at swaying voters.

Why Economic Recovery Still Hasn't Come For Many Wisconsinites

Scott Gordon

WisContext

When it comes to the economy, the bold statistical strokes tell almost the opposite of some Wisconsinites' stories.

Wisconsin's 2010s Economic Recovery 'Slow By Historic Standards'

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Frederica Freyberg

PBS Wisconsin

Wisconsin's economic recovery since the Great Recession has been "slow by historic standards," explains Laura Dresser of the Center on Wisconsin Strategy, which has issued a report on the "State of Working Wisconsin" over the past decade.

What's The Incentive To Move To Rural Communities?

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Marisa Wojcik

PBS Wisconsin

A young woman in Mauston shares her concerns about what is in place to attract young people to move to rural communities.

Fast Facts: School Referendums In 2018

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Marisa Wojcik

PBS Wisconsin

Wisconsin voters prepare for another round of school referendums as districts around the state seek funding for building projects and other expenditures.