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Series: Disparities And Equity In Wisconsin

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

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.

How Ice Jams And Lingering Snowpack Contribute To Spring Flooding In Wisconsin

Hayley Sperling

WisContext

Spring flooding is a familiar frustration around Wisconsin — it's about as expected as a dangerous blizzard striking in winter.

Series: Civic Science In Wisconsin

Snapshot Wisconsin Reveals The Hidden Lives Of Wild Animals

Will Cushman

WisContext

There are other trail camera networks around the U.S., but Snapshot Wisconsin is a unique undertaking.

Series: UW Applied Population Lab: Wisconsin's Demographics

What Is Vaccine Refusal And What's Its Effect On Public Health?

Malia Jones

UW Applied Population Lab

Across the United States, increasing numbers of parents are refusing some or all vaccines on behalf of their children. This practice of vaccine refusal is commonplace enough that it is causing upward trends in preventable childhood infectious diseases.

February Snows Brings March Flooding

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Frederica Freyberg

PBS Wisconsin

Andrew Mangham of the National Weather Service said Wisconsin could face "moderate flooding" due to a combination of the snow on the ground and early spring rains.

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: The Flu And Wisconsin's Public Health

UW Set To Resume Controversial Flu Research

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Frederica Freyberg

PBS Wisconsin

The University of Wisconsin-Madison is at the center of controversial avian influenza research that involves making the virus potentially more dangerous for humans. Will Cushman of WisContext discusses what it would mean for this research to resume.

Series: Wisconsin's 21st-Century Workforce

Series: Health In Rural Wisconsin

Noon Wednesday: A Shortage Of Physicians

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Marisa Wojcik

PBS Wisconsin

Wisconsin is expected to be short at least 700 primary care providers by the year 2035. Wisconsin Council on Medical Education and Workforce executive director George Quinn discussed how the state is working to bridge the impending shortfall of physicians.

Series: Refugee Resettlement In Wisconsin

Series: Wisconsin Historical Society Press Excerpts

A Tibetan Refugee Starts Anew, One Small Paycheck At A Time

Madeline Uraneck

When the first 88 Tibetan newcomers arrived in Madison from India and Nepal in 1993, family sponsors and organizers of the Tibetan Resettlement Project helped them find jobs.