October 10, 2013 - 12:06pm
The Seminole Tribe in Florida and its entertainment company, Hard Rock, have agreed to partner with the Menominee Nation on a casino in Kenosha . In a move that renews pressure on Gov. Scott Walker to approve the Kenosha project, the Menominee have cut a deal with the Seminole Tribe...
October 10, 2013 - 11:35am
The partial government shutdown has made things difficult for farmers as they apply for loans or seek guidance on federal regulations. Farmers have a very close and complex relationship with the federal government: They get help with federal regulations, watch government commodity reports and depend on government loans to plant...
October 10, 2013 - 8:28am
A researcher said some birds in northern Wisconsin might have to find new homes or leave the state if climate change continues.
October 10, 2013 - 8:11am
The leader of the Bad River Band of Lake Superior Ojibwe is accusing mining company Gogebic Taconite of covering up recent findings of asbestos on a proposed mine site. In separate revelations this week, the Department of Natural Resources and Northland College geo-science Professor Tom Fitz released information that asbestos...
October 10, 2013 - 7:51am
University of Wisconsin System officials say more effort has to be made when it comes to attracting and retaining minority students. That’s according to the UW System’s Annual Accountability Report . Almost 60 percent of UW students end up graduating from the school they attend in their freshman year. That’s...
October 10, 2013 - 7:33am
Health insurers are resisting proposed legislation that requires insurance cover oral cancer drugs. Doctors say this form of medication may be the only option for some patients and more convenient than drugs given intravenously. An estimated 40 percent of new cancer drugs are taken as a pill instead of given...
October 10, 2013 - 7:22am
A package of bills aimed at improving the delivery of mental health services in Wisconsin will be on the state Assembly's agenda next month.
October 9, 2013 - 3:14pm
We asked all eight of Wisconsin's Congressional representatives and its two senators two questions on the current impasse in government funding, and collected their answers. First a little bit of jargon, explained. "A clean CR." A "CR" is shorthand for a "continuing resolution" in the House of Representatives: an agreement...
October 9, 2013 - 2:45pm
President John F. Kennedy is often remembered for his support of civil rights and space exploration, but he also stirred a new wave of conservation. In the final part of our two-part series , WRNC's Danielle Kaeding reports that Kennedy set the stage for grassroots environmental protection efforts to grow...
October 9, 2013 - 2:05pm
The cranberry industry hopes newly funded research will help squash the flea beetle, a pest that’s becoming increasingly harmful to the fruit. Researchers at University of Wisconsin-Madison have been studying insects that affect cranberries for years, and have found that the flea beetle is becoming more and more problematic. Wisconsin...
