State

Thu
13
Oct

Those with student loans can attend free workshop

Two state departments will hold an online session to help people with student loans save money, discover repayment tools and avoid scams.

Thu
13
Oct

Fiscal Facts: Electric, hybrid vehicle registrations surge

Hybrid and electric vehicle registrations continued their recent rapid increases throughout Wisconsin in 2021. In less than a decade, the number of electric and hybrid vehicles registered in Wisconsin has more than doubled.

Fri
30
Sep

Bomb threats, canceled events, empty schools: How a bullying probe paralyzed a Wisconsin town’s democracy

On the day of the third bomb threat, a bell echoed through Kiel, Wisconsin’s empty middle school.

Students had gone home days ago after the first bomb threat, and they would finish the school year virtually. Graduation ceremonies were postponed. Sports games canceled. The Memorial Day parade? Nixed. 

Fri
30
Sep

Back Home with Chris Hardie: Corn moving to maturity

Fall is officially here and farmers will soon be busy bringing in the harvest of corn and soybeans as the growing season comes to an end.

Mon
26
Sep

Fiscal Facts: Public sector work force takes hit

Amid a historically tight labor market, reports from Wisconsin’s largest public employee retirement systems show that between retirements and other exits, state and local employees left their jobs at record rates in 2021.

Mon
26
Sep

Should you eat fish from the Mississippi River? Depends on which state you ask

Danny Paccasassi, a lifelong Memphis resident, started fishing on the Mississippi River 40 years ago. Now he runs a fishing charter. But he rarely eats the fish he catches.

Mon
26
Sep

Back Home with Chris Hardie: Tart apple brings sweet memory


Eating too many unripe apples can cause digestive discomfort. (Photo by Chris Hardie)

 

I had a ghost memory the other day that took me back nearly 50 years.

Also known as involuntary memory, precious fragments, mind pops or a host of other names, ghost memories occur when the sight, smell or sound of something takes you back to a past memory or experience.

Thu
15
Sep

Law of the Month: Put children’s safety first on every trip in a vehicle

Crashes are a leading cause of death for children across the U.S. On average, about 2,000 children 12 and under are hurt in crashes in Wisconsin every year.

Mon
15
Aug

How Wisconsin’s ‘honor’ system for removing guns from domestic abusers failed Jesi Ewers

The attack came without warning and, as far as Jessica “Jesi” Ewers could tell, without provocation.

Mon
15
Aug

Fiscal Facts: Wisconsin school enrollment stabilizes but fails to recover prior year’s losses

Enrollment in Wisconsin public and charter schools stabilized in 2021 but failed to recoup any of the decrease of more than 25,000 students that occurred the previous year. Graduation and attendance rates declined statewide amid a slew of pandemic-related disruptions.

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