Rural Economy
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Opinion: Wisconsin farmers struggling amid trade wars and broken promises
From Trump’s trade wars to slashed programs and support for big corporations, Congressman Van Orden is backing policies that hurt Wisconsin farmers.
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Opinion: Caring for our environment is a bipartisan matter
The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) has benefited rural communities in Wisconsin. It must be kept intact.
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Opinion: Modernizing Medicare’s approach to obesity treatment is cost-effective and improves lives
Dr. Roxane Spitzer calls on Sen. Ron Johnson and his Republican colleagues to back the bipartisan initiative to expand Medicare coverage for anti-obesity medication.
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Gwen Frisbie-Fulton: ‘The people closest to the problem are often the ones who can find the solution’
About two years ago, tents started to show up in my neighborhood along the creek beds and in small stands of trees. Most only became visible when the leaves fell, exposing their orange rainflies and blue tarps. This increase in houselessness didn’t feel surprising to me or to my neighbors: The rent has nearly doubled…
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A love letter to the working class, from Gwen Frisbie-Fulton
It started in the back seat of my family’s Jeep Cherokee, the one with the broken AC and vinyl seats that stuck to my thighs in the late summer heat. After school we would wait, all the doors flung open, for my dad to get off work. My mother reading in the front seat, her…
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Why this lakefront Wisconsin school district is swimming with funding issues
In one small western Wisconsin community, lakefront properties and vacation homes are causing funding angst for the rural year-round residents.
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Wisconsin OB-GYN student: The April 1 election will affect your doctor’s ability to take care of you
There’s already a shortage of OB-GYNs in Wisconsin. The repeal of Roe v. Wade in 2022 made the deficiency worse, forcing many doctors to flee the state in order to practice. Now, increasing numbers of OB-GYN students are trying to leave Wisconsin, too.
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‘Some people work their butts off and other people get rich’: Gwen Frisbie-Fulton’s view from rural America
My dad raised us to work hard and do good for our families, but he was also going to make damn sure we didn’t step on anyone else along the way.
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Wisconsin will get hit hardest from Trump’s trade war, analysis shows
The other 49 states have between 1% to 8% of their labor force working in industries getting hit by retaliatory tariffs. Nearly 10% of the Wisconsin workforce stands to be affected here.
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Evers: ‘I’m excited to be introducing the most pro-kid budget in state history’
The Wisconsin governor’s 2025 state budget address details his funding priorities, including measures to eliminate taxes on tips and over-the-counter medications.
