A new study predicts the incidence of gastrointestinal illness in private drinking wells, identifying manure as the main cause of contamination.
Tag: NEW News Lab
The NEW News Lab is a local news collaboration in northeast Wisconsin made up of six news outlets, FoxValley365, The Post-Crescent, Green Bay Press-Gazette, The Press Times, Wisconsin Public Radio and Wisconsin Watch, that is advancing in-depth local reporting on topics such as racism as a public health crisis, lack of affordable housing, funding of local schools, and coverage of local judicial systems.
Read more about the partnership here.
Wisconsin school districts keep begging voters for more money. Is the state funding formula broken?
Proposals to update the state’s nearly 30-year-old revenue scheme stall out in the Legislature as voters increasingly are asked to OK new spending.
Northeast Wisconsin’s critical shortage of affordable housing has deep roots and no easy fixes. Here’s why.
There’s a dearth of more than 119,000 rental housing units in Wisconsin. Northeast Wisconsin is no exception to that shortage.
How a lack of affordable housing crimps lives, economy in northeast Wisconsin
Amber Edwards has always worked full time, yet she found herself without a home due to a lack of affordable housing options in the Green Bay area.
How Milwaukee County set the stage for tackling racism as a public health crisis
More than 170 jurisdictions nationwide have declared racism a public health crisis, following Milwaukee County’s lead. Brown County is among the latest.
Wisconsin Watch, WPR, join NEW News Lab collaboration to boost coverage of the Fox Valley
Wisconsin Watch and Wisconsin Public Radio have joined the NEW News Lab (Northeast Wisconsin News Lab), a new collaborative that provides technology support, capacity building and additional funding to boost local journalism and newsrooms.