We check in on some of the state’s top news, including a campaing to attract millennials to Wisconsin. Then we look at an Alabama law cracking down on people faking having a service animal. And we discuss the relationships between the American diet and people’s health care needs.
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State News Roundup – August 30, 2019
A state ad campaign aimed at getting millennials to move to Wisconsin will continue, despite a funding cut. We find out how it’s changing. We also get an update on the abuse case of a former priest in northern Wisconsin and hear about an expansion of an important eagle roost near Sauk City.
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What To Do About Fake Service Dogs
This weekend, a new law is scheduled to take effect in Alabama that will impose a fine and community service on people who falsely identify their dogs as service animals. We look at the problems posed by fake service dogs and why our guest says the law doesn’t go far enough.
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How The American Diet Impacts Our Need For Health Care
Much national conversation about health care has focused on who should pay for it: the government or private individuals. We talk to a professor of nutrition who says we need to ask a bigger question about why Americans need so much health care. Part of the answer, he says, is the American diet.
Episode Credits
- Rob Ferrett Host
- Dean Knetter Producer
- Bill Martens Producer
- Rachael Vasquez Producer
- Laurel White Guest
- Laura Schulte Guest
- Susan Endres Guest
- Frances McGowin Guest
- Dr. Dariush Mozaffarian Guest
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