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Courts

Local courts in Wisconsin are left with loose ends when ICE detains criminal defendants

When defendants sit in ICE custody, their criminal cases generally continue without them, sometimes with no explanation of their absence to the court — cases in Dane and Fond du Lac counties highlight differences in approaches and impacts to local courts in Wisconsin.

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Health

Community Living Room aims to foster connection, fight loneliness in the Fox Valley

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Politics

Federal judge says Dugan trial will proceed as planned

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Courts

Wisconsin Supreme Court sets three-judge panels to hear a pair of congressional redistricting lawsuits

Justin Sydnor on health insurance direct payment proposals

Economy

Justin Sydnor on health insurance direct payment proposals

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Health

How to navigate the Health Insurance Marketplace as costs rise and options shrink

Charles Franklin on polling voters about the Epstein files

Politics

Charles Franklin on polling voters about the Epstein files

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Politics

'Here & Now' Highlights: Mark Sommerhauser, Justin Sydnor, Charles Franklin, Jeff Pritzl

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Politics

Charles Franklin on Trump's approval ratings as 2025 ends

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Health

Justin Sydnor on rising costs for ACA health insurance plans

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Policy

Mark Sommerhauser on online sports betting law in Wisconsin

Jeff Pritzl on Wisconsin’s 2025 gun deer hunt season outlook

Agriculture

Jeff Pritzl on Wisconsin's 2025 gun deer hunt season outlook

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Education

Schools fear disruptions as the White House dismantles the Education Department

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Health

Community Living Room aims to foster connection, fight loneliness in the Fox Valley

A ceiling-mounted brass enclosed letter sign with the words Judge Hannah C. Dugan and the number 615 is overhead in a hallway with fluorescent lighting outside the wood-paneled entrance to a room, with other signs affixed on and next to the door.

Politics

Federal judge says Dugan trial will proceed as planned

A carved sign reading Supreme Court and a carving of a scroll with scales stands above a doorway under a pediment.

Courts

Wisconsin Supreme Court sets three-judge panels to hear a pair of congressional redistricting lawsuits

Justin Sydnor on health insurance direct payment proposals

Economy

Justin Sydnor on health insurance direct payment proposals

An illustration shows a physician using an otoscope to examine the ear of a patient.

Health

How to navigate the Health Insurance Marketplace as costs rise and options shrink

Charles Franklin on polling voters about the Epstein files

Politics

Charles Franklin on polling voters about the Epstein files

Mark Sommerhauser and Frederica Freyberg sit facing each other on the Here & Now set.

Politics

'Here & Now' Highlights: Mark Sommerhauser, Justin Sydnor, Charles Franklin, Jeff Pritzl

A still image shows Charles Franklin seated at the 'Here & Now' set featuring wood paneling, with a graphic at bottom reading 'Charles Franklin' and 'Marquette University Law School.''

Politics

Charles Franklin on Trump's approval ratings as 2025 ends

A still image shows Justin Sydnor seated at the 'Here & Now' set featuring wood paneling, with a graphic at bottom reading 'Justin Sydnor' and 'Wisconsin School of Business.''

Health

Justin Sydnor on rising costs for ACA health insurance plans

A still image shows Mark Sommerhauser seated at the 'Here & Now' set featuring wood paneling, with a graphic at bottom reading 'Mark Sommerhauser' and 'Wisconsin Policy Forum.'

Policy

Mark Sommerhauser on online sports betting law in Wisconsin

Jeff Pritzl on Wisconsin’s 2025 gun deer hunt season outlook

Agriculture

Jeff Pritzl on Wisconsin's 2025 gun deer hunt season outlook

Linda McMahon speaks while standing in a room with an out-of-focus projector screen and U.S. flag in the background.

Education

Schools fear disruptions as the White House dismantles the Education Department

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Brittany Koteles on the market value of land and its meaning

Indigenous

Brittany Koteles on the market value of land and its meaning

Sister Sue Ernster on the trauma of Indian boarding schools

Indigenous

Sister Sue Ernster on the trauma of Indian boarding schools

Brittany Koteles on social justice work with Catholic orders

Indigenous

Brittany Koteles on social justice work with Catholic orders

Sen. Jodi Habush Sinykin on data center energy incentives

Politics

Sen. Jodi Habush Sinykin on data center energy incentives

President John Johnson on shared Ojibwe and Catholic beliefs

Indigenous

President John Johnson on shared Ojibwe and Catholic beliefs

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Budgets

US Rep. Scott Fitzgerald on 2025 government shutdown fallout

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Policy

Sen. Jodi Habush Sinykin on a bill to regulate data centers

Diana Maas on funding for energy assistance in Wisconsin

Economy

Diana Maas on funding for energy assistance in Wisconsin

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Budgets

Baldwin describes focus on health care during the shutdown

Why Catholic sisters sold land back to the Lac du Flambeau

Indigenous

Why Catholic sisters sold land back to the Lac du Flambeau

Northern Region

Kevin Rak on higher need at the River Food Pantry in Madison

Economy

Kevin Rak on higher need at the River Food Pantry in Madison

South Central Region

Tawny Hardyman on losing staff during a government shutdown

Economy

Tawny Hardyman on losing staff during a government shutdown

Southwest Region

Tawny Hardyman on losing staff during a government shutdown

Economy

Tawny Hardyman on losing staff during a government shutdown

Indigenous

Brittany Koteles on the market value of land and its meaning

Brittany Koteles on the market value of land and its meaning

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Wisconsin archaeologists have found 16 ancient Indigenous canoes in Lake Mendota

Sister Sue Ernster on the trauma of Indian boarding schools

Sister Sue Ernster on the trauma of Indian boarding schools

Rx Uncovered

Nilsa Cruz on helping patients appeal health claim denials

Nilsa Cruz on helping patients appeal health claim denials

Sec. Nathan Houdek on consumer confusion about health plans

Sec. Nathan Houdek on consumer confusion about health plans

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Why complex health benefits are a focus of patient advocates

In Focus with Chris Kolakowski: Honoring Wisconsin veterans

In Focus with Chris Kolakowski: Honoring Wisconsin veterans

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In Focus with Antonia Perry, part 3: Going to the gun range

In Focus with Antonia Perry, part 2: House calls, gun class

In Focus with Antonia Perry, part 2: House calls, gun class

Local Wisconsin News

Southeast Region

A letter sign of the word Kroger with stylized characters is attached to the face of a building with a peaked roof under a partly cloudy sky.

Economy

Kroger closing automated fulfillment centers in Wisconsin, two other states

Courts

Immigrant at center of the prosecution of a Milwaukee judge sentenced to time served

Courts

Sen. Dora Drake on the youth prison being built in Milwaukee

Policy

A bipartisan bill that would allow for traffic cameras in Milwaukee inches forward

Southeast RegionSoutheast Region News

Northeast Region

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Politics

Residents of Menominee in Michigan vote to limit the city's number of cannabis stores

Education

Pilot program allows several NCAA Division III athletes to compete for schools they no longer attend

Education

Meet the high school students keeping Pulaski from becoming a news desert

Economy

Mayor Eric Genrich on the Green Bay Housing Partnership

Northeast RegionNortheast Region News

South Central Region

Kevin Rak on higher need at the River Food Pantry in Madison

Economy

Kevin Rak on higher need at the River Food Pantry in Madison

Economy

Tawny Hardyman on losing staff during a government shutdown

Social Issues

Tawny Hardyman on closure of Head Start classes in Wisconsin

Health

Legal loopholes in Wisconsin laws regulating THC products leave consumers vulnerable

South Central RegionSouth Central Region News

Northern Region

Why Catholic sisters sold land back to the Lac du Flambeau

Indigenous

Why Catholic sisters sold land back to the Lac du Flambeau

Indigenous

A prescribed burn in Superior provides pride and healing

History

Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald in Lake Superior still resonates 50 years later

Environment

Jean Pederson on learning about the scope of PFAS pollution

Northern RegionNorthern Region News

West Central Region

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Economy

John Rosenow on dairy workers and immigration enforcement

Education

Joe Green on combining courses through school consolidation

Education

Chris Lindner and Joe Green on sharing school district costs

Education

Joe Green and Chris Linder on school district consolidation

West Central RegionWest Central Region News

Southwest Region

Tawny Hardyman on losing staff during a government shutdown

Economy

Tawny Hardyman on losing staff during a government shutdown

Social Issues

Tawny Hardyman on closure of Head Start classes in Wisconsin

Economy

Judy McRoberts on the Mercyhealth East strike in Janesville

Economy

Crossing the Mississippi River without the Lansing bridge

Southwest RegionSouthwest Region News

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