Wisconsin News Roundup, Rethinking Safety In Schools, Explaining The Inverted Yield Curve

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Looking down from Eagle Tower in Penninsula State Park. JanetandPhil (CC BY-NC-ND)

The reconstruction of Door County’s Eagle Tower is among the stories in our state news roundup. Then we discuss ideas to make schools safer for students and faculty. And an economic indicator has market-watchers and laypeople talking. We learn about what’s up with the “inverted yield curve.”

Featured in this Show

  • State News Roundup – August 16, 2019

    The township of Marietta has passed a one-year moratorium on farms with more than 1,000 animals. We find out about the concerns residents have. We also get an update on the reconstruction of a popular Door County landmark, and look at calls for the Winnebago County Coroner to resign.

  • Researcher Says We Need To Rethink School Safety Measures

    For many students today, school safety drills, fortifications and school resource officers are a part of school life. But one expert says our approach to securing schools might not actually work. We talk to him about what he thinks schools should do to ensure the safety of students and staff.

  • What An 'Inverted Yield Curve' Is And Why Market Watchers Are Worried About It

    Yield curves, bond markets and the warning signs for a potential recession? We talk to the Wall Street Journal’s markets reporter about how to make sense of one economic indicator that has some market watchers worried.

Episode Credits

  • Rob Ferrett Host
  • Dean Knetter Producer
  • J. Carlisle Larsen Producer
  • Rachael Vasquez Producer
  • Nathaniel Shuda Guest
  • Gillian Pomplun Guest
  • Myles Dannhausen Jr. Guest
  • David P. Perrodin Guest
  • Akane Otani Guest