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PBS Wisconsin's weekly news and public affairs program provides reporting on civic and political issues around the state.

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Education

Tech industry job tremors and AI boom propel changes at Wisconsin's colleges

Multiple Universities of Wisconsin campuses are expanding computer science and artificial intelligence offerings for students, even as graduates enter an increasingly uncertain job market in the wake of the tech industry's pandemic and AI booms.

Disputes over congressional maps proceed in multiple states, including Wisconsin, after Texas starts fight

Policy

Kyle Caudill testifies on copay accumulators and drug prices

Social Issues

Randy Withrow on helping veterans find structure, stability

Earl Lowrie holds a smartphone displayed vertically on the surface of a table, with its screen showing side-by-side X-ray images of a human body, with a glass of a beverage also on the table's surface.

Health

Why older adults in Wisconsin are dying from suicide

Frederica Freyberg and Bill McCoshen sit on opposite sides of a table on the Here & Now set and face a video monitor showing an image of Scot Ross.

Politics

'Here & Now' Highlights: McCoshen & Ross look ahead to 2026

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Health

How copay accumulators affect patient access to medications

Here and Now 2026

McCoshen & Ross on Wisconsin's 2026 governor's race forecast

Social Issues

Veterans hope Wisconsin will restore homeless program funds

A man sits in the chair of a driving simulator and holds a steering wheel with his left hand while facing the simulator's gauge console and three computer monitors arranged in a semi-circle, in a room with framed images and wood paneling on a concrete block wall.

Education

Workforce Pell grants aim to support shorter-term jobs training and boost lower-income workers

Social Issues

Michael Cable on working to recover and rebuild his life

Health

Tamra Varebrook on copay accumulators and chronic disease

Social Issues

Joey Hoey on Wisconsin's program to help homeless veterans

Elections

Disputes over congressional maps proceed in multiple states, including Wisconsin, after Texas starts fight

Policy

Kyle Caudill testifies on copay accumulators and drug prices

Social Issues

Randy Withrow on helping veterans find structure, stability

Health

Why older adults in Wisconsin are dying from suicide

Politics

'Here & Now' Highlights: McCoshen & Ross look ahead to 2026

Health

How copay accumulators affect patient access to medications

Here and Now 2026

McCoshen & Ross on Wisconsin's 2026 governor's race forecast

Social Issues

Veterans hope Wisconsin will restore homeless program funds

Education

Workforce Pell grants aim to support shorter-term jobs training and boost lower-income workers

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