State

Thu
07
Sep

President Biden’s EPA proposes tougher lead dust rules. Here’s what it means in Wisconsin.


A U.S. Environmental Protection Agency proposal would lower the threshold of lead considered hazardous — and therefore requiring abatement — on floors and window sills. Here, a Milwaukee rental home is investigated for lead during a 2015 inspection. (Matt Campbell/Wisconsin Watch)

Aiming to reduce childhood lead exposure, the federal Environmental Protection Agency is proposing a rule that would require property owners to clean up any reportable amount of lead dust detected on floors and window sills at pre-1978 homes and child care facilities.

Thu
31
Aug

Back Home with Chris Hardie: Cucumbers meet the grade

There has been some sort of vegetable garden on our farm for nearly 100 years, dating back to my great grandparents.

Thu
24
Aug

First human case of West Nile virus found in Wisconsin

The Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS) Public Health Madison and Dane County have confirmed the first human case of West Nile virus in a Wisconsin resident this year.

The individual is a resident of Dane County.

Thu
24
Aug

Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over is underway

The Wisconsin State Patrol is urging everyone to plan ahead as the summer travel season wraps up, to avoid the potentially deadly consequences of impaired driving.

Thu
10
Aug

Need someone to talk to? Call UpliftWI

The DHS has created a new phone line for people who need a listening ear.

The line will allow Wisconsin residents to share their challenges and successes with a peer who will listen and offer support.

It was created to help those who are struggling with mental health and substance abuse concerns.

Thu
10
Aug

Sweep aims to crack down on illegal telemarketing

Wisconsin, along with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and other law enforcement partners nationwide, including attorneys general from all 50 states and the District of Columbia, announced a new crackdown on illegal telemarketing targeting operations responsible for billions of calls to U.S. consumers.

Thu
10
Aug

BACK HOME WITH CHRIS HARDIE The height of summer

I woke this morning to a heavy blanket of fog and mist shrouding the valley. Soon it will burn off as we move into the heat of the day. 

Thu
10
Aug

FISCAL FACTS: Municipal spending up in 2021 but lagged inflation; property tax rates down again

Wisconsin’s cities and villages increased their overall spending in 2021, but it still lagged rising inflation.

Thu
10
Aug

Voting has gotten harder in Wisconsin. Organizers have found ways to help

Around noon on an overcast April Election Day, dozens of canvassers returned to a second-floor conference room of the Greater Spring Hill Missionary Baptist Church on Milwaukee’s North Side.

Thu
10
Aug

FISCAL FACTS Earning extra credit

The number of Wisconsin high school students earning college credit through dual enrollment programs at public universities and technical colleges has more than doubled in the past decade.

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