Beatrice Lawrence

Madison

Radio producer at Wisconsin Today

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New federal requirements would affect 'the whole health care economy'

17 hours ago | wpr.org | Beatrice Lawrence

Wisconsin's Medicaid director says new work requirements in the federal budget bill House Republicans passed last month could extend beyond those who use the Medicaid or FoodShare programs. In Wisconsin, almost 1.3 million children and adults are enrolled in Medicaid, and more than 700,000 receive FoodShare. The new legislation expands work requirements for both programs.
Wisconsin shop teachers overhaul curriculums, encourage students to consider trades

3 days ago | wpr.org | Beatrice Lawrence

Technical education teachers at Wisconsin high schools are transforming shop class - and encouraging more students to consider careers in the trades. Right now, Americans are questioning the value of higher education, especially with the rising cost of education and burden of student debt. According to a 2024 survey from the Pew Research Center, only 22 percent of U.S. adults say the cost of a four-year college degree today is worth it, even if someone has to take out loans.
Rep. Bryan Steil says House budget bill is, 'Unquestionably a step in the right direction'

1 week ago | wpr.org | Beatrice Lawrence

Last week, House Republicans passed a major budget bill that would make sweeping changes to tax revenue and spending in the federal government. But Wisconsin legislators are at odds about whether the so-called "big, beautiful bill," as it stands, is right for the country.
Schools Use Hydroponic Farms Designed in Wisconsin to Feed Students

1 week ago | urbanmilwaukee.com | Beatrice Lawrence

Across the Mississippi River on the Wisconsin border, a student at Winona Senior High School in Minnesota is growing up to 200 pounds of lettuce each month for school lunches — right in her school’s cafeteria. Sophomore Miriam Jackson is in charge of her school’s Flex Farms, which are hydroponic farms developed by Green Bay company Fork Farms for use in educational environments.
Schools feed their students using hydroponic Flex Farms designed in Wisconsin

1 week ago | wpr.org | Beatrice Lawrence

Across the Mississippi River on the Wisconsin border, a student at Winona Senior High School in Minnesota is growing up to 200 pounds of lettuce each month for school lunches - right in her school's cafeteria. Sophomore Miriam Jackson is in charge of her school's Flex Farms, which are hydroponic farms developed by Green Bay company Fork Farms for use in educational environments.
Wisconsin's record-breaking, treasure-hunting, deep-sea diver

2 weeks ago | wpr.org | Beatrice Lawrence

He dove all over the world. He repeatedly risked his life to explore the depths. He invented technology that revolutionized diving and underwater filmmaking. He smashed the world deep diving record and broadcast it on the radio. No, it's not Jaques Cousteau. It's Milwaukee's own Max Gene Nohl. The deep-sea diving pioneer was born, lived and worked right here in Wisconsin, hundreds of miles from any sea or ocean.
Wisconsin speech and hearing clinic helps transgender clients find their voice

2 weeks ago | wpr.org | Beatrice Lawrence

At a time when gender-affirming care in Wisconsin is under fire, providers at a speech clinic are helping transgender clients find their voice.
New plant in Jefferson County will 'brew' egg whites by fermenting with fungus

4 weeks ago | wpr.org | Beatrice Lawrence

A new type of brewery is coming to Jefferson County. But it won't be producing beer; instead, they'll be brewing eggs. San Diego-based biotech firm Onego Bio uses fermentation of a fungus called Trichoderma reesei to produce the same protein found in egg whites. Now the firm has plans to construct its first plant on Jefferson County's Food and Beverage Innovation Campus. Onego Bio expects the 130,000-square-foot facility to produce egg protein at the same rate annually as 6 million egg-laying hens.
'I hold on to my identities to connect and build community'

1 month ago | wpr.org | Beatrice Lawrence

For the newly elected mayor of La Crosse, identity matters. On April 1, voters elected Shaundel Washington-Spivey, making him the city's first Black mayor and the first openly gay person to hold the office. Prior to his election, Washington-Spivey served on the La Crosse School Board, and he currently serves on the Governor's Equity and Inclusion Advisory Council.
Milwaukee’s LGBTQ+ Community Gathers to Celebrate a Pioneer

1 month ago | urbanmilwaukee.com | Beatrice Lawrence

//end headline wrapper ?> On an afternoon in March, generations of Milwaukee’s LGBTQ+ community and allies gathered at La Cage nightclub to celebrate a living legend. It was a reunion, a tribute and a fundraiser — all in honor of Sharon Dixon. Fifty years ago, Dixon opened the Sugar Shack. It was Milwaukee’s first bar for women, owned by women.