WisContext

• State Races To Do More COVID-19 Testing

  Apr 1st, 2020 by Will Cushman

  But faces problem: shortage of everything.

• Why the 1918 Flu Pandemic Was So Huge

  Mar 29th, 2020 by Samantha Nash

  An estimated 50 to 100 million people lost their lives.

• Story of State’s First Coronavirus Case

  Feb 26th, 2020 by Will Cushman

  Nation’s 12th case; virus now being studied at UW-Madison research lab.

• Coronavirus and When to Wear Masks

  Feb 16th, 2020 by Will Cushman

  As the disease spreads, what do public health officials advise?

• How State May Handle Coronavirus

  Feb 9th, 2020 by Will Cushman

  How isolation and quarantine authority are used In Wisconsin

• Extreme Rainfalls Threaten State’s Aging Dams

  Feb 2nd, 2020 by Jana Rose Schleis

  Since 2008, 14 of state’s 4,700 dams have failed. Experts discuss the challenges.

• What Are PFAS Chemicals?

  Jan 15th, 2020 by Christy Remucal

  And why so harmful? About those ‘forever chemicals” getting so much attention.

• Huge Drop in Refugees Resettled Since 2016

  Jan 12th, 2020 by Will Cushman

  Wisconsin resettled 480 refugees in 2019, compared to nearly 1,877 in 2016.

• Another Special Election Controversy

  Dec 15th, 2019 by Hayley Sperling and Kristian Knutsen

  This time Gov. Evers accused of playing politics on filling 7th congressional district seat.

• Why State’s Schools Teach Native History

  Nov 26th, 2019 by Will Cushman

  1989 law sought to expand our understanding of many native tribes with deep roots in Wisconsin.

• Lives of the Urban Coyotes and Foxes

  Sep 22nd, 2019 by Will Cushman

  UW Project studies how they can survive and even thrive in a city.

• Lagging Migration Hurts Business Startup Rate?

  Sep 9th, 2019 by Steven Deller, Tessa Conroy and Matthew Kures

  Research suggests a lower rate of in-migration to Wisconsin could retard entrepreneurship.