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State Assembly Rep. Lee Snodgrass is again asking her Republican colleagues to help protect pollinators from pesticides and other threats, so that bees and other pollen collectors can keep doing their part to support tens of millions of dollars in crop production in our state.
Beyond our roads and skies, we move all kinds of products through our rivers and waterways. But the Mississippi River can’t move all of that Wisconsin corn and cargo if its infrastructure falls apart, and other waterways are endangered by a new US Supreme Court ruling giving a green light to polluters.
Wisconsin’s dairy farms are very different from only a few years ago—with Mexican laborers making up a substantial share of the workforce. We’ll talk to Ruth Conniff, author of “Milked: How an American Crisis Brought Together Midwestern Dairy Farmers and Mexican Workers,” along with two prominent figures from her book.
Wisconsin drivers have completed another season of navigating winter roads, but that only means some new types of vehicles will be joining them—motorcycles and tractors. We’ll focus on the farm machinery that still too often is struck by motorists, especially during the planting and harvesting seasons. Plus, an update on Wausau area news with Chad Holmes from Bull Falls Radio.
Many students, including a former student who had to drive 300 miles, attended a school board meeting in Wausau last night to continue speaking out against the allegedly racist and homophobic band teacher. The school board has continued to ignore the problem, and we invite Chad Holmes to bring a local perspective.