Sen. Jodi Habush Sinykin on data center energy incentives

Politics

Sen. Jodi Habush Sinykin on data center energy incentives

State Sen. Jodi Habush Sinykin, D-Whitefish Bay, discusses working with different organizations to craft a bill to offer incentives for data centers in Wisconsin to increase use of renewable energy.

November 17, 2025

President John Johnson on shared Ojibwe and Catholic beliefs
President John Johnson on shared Ojibwe and Catholic beliefs

Indigenous

President John Johnson on shared Ojibwe and Catholic beliefs

Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians President John Johnson discusses hopes to share Ojibwe culture with the Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration following a land back transfer.

November 17, 2025

Frederica Freyberg sits at a desk on the Here & Now set and faces a video monitor showing an image of Scott Fitzgerald.
Frederica Freyberg sits at a desk on the Here & Now set and faces a video monitor showing an image of Scott Fitzgerald.

Politics

‘Here & Now’ Highlights: U.S. Rep. Scott Fitzgerald, State Sen. Jodi Habush Sinykin, Diana Maas

Here's what guests on the Nov. 14, 2025 episode said about fallout from the federal government shutdown, a new bill seeks to regulate data centers, and funding delays for consumer energy bill assistance.

November 17, 2025

Multiple leafless trees stand on a lawn with lights, trash cans and park benches in front of a terraced plaza with brick walls and a weathered copper fence, with a multi-story masonry building with first-story arches and multiple colonnades at an upper level above two floors of windows.
Multiple leafless trees stand on a lawn with lights, trash cans and park benches in front of a terraced plaza with brick walls and a weathered copper fence, with a multi-story masonry building with first-story arches and multiple colonnades at an upper level above two floors of windows.

Courts

Immigrant in Milwaukee judge case has been deported

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security announced the deportation of Eduardo Flores-Ruiz, who was arrested in April outside the Milwaukee County Courthouse — a circuit court judge who federal prosecutors say helped him leave a courtroom through a private door is set to stand trial in December.

November 16, 2025

A still image shows Scott Fitzgerald seated in front of a cabinet containing family photos and various memorabilia, with a graphic at the bottom that reads 'Oconomowoc,' 'U.S. Rep. Scott Fitzgerald' and '(R) 5th Congressional district.'
A still image shows Scott Fitzgerald seated in front of a cabinet containing family photos and various memorabilia, with a graphic at the bottom that reads 'Oconomowoc,' 'U.S. Rep. Scott Fitzgerald' and '(R) 5th Congressional district.'

Budgets

US Rep. Scott Fitzgerald on 2025 government shutdown fallout

U.S. Rep. Scott Fitzgerald, R-5th Congressional District, discusses the funding deal that ended the 2025 federal government shutdown, the future of the ACA and prospects for another standoff in 2026.

November 14, 2025

A still image shows Jodi Habush Sinykin seated in front of a red and black brick fireplace, with a graphic at the bottom that reads 'Whitefish Bay,' 'Sen. Jodi Habush Sinykin' and '(D) Whitefish Bay.'
A still image shows Jodi Habush Sinykin seated in front of a red and black brick fireplace, with a graphic at the bottom that reads 'Whitefish Bay,' 'Sen. Jodi Habush Sinykin' and '(D) Whitefish Bay.'

Policy

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

State Sen. Jodi Habush Sinykin, D-Whitefish Bay, discusses a bill that would regulate energy use, water use and labor practices of data centers with dozens of facilities in the works across Wisconsin.

November 14, 2025

Diana Maas on funding for energy assistance in Wisconsin
Diana Maas on funding for energy assistance in Wisconsin

Economy

Diana Maas on funding for energy assistance in Wisconsin

Wisconsin Department of Administration Assistant Deputy Secretary Diana Maas discusses the status of the Wisconsin Home Energy Assistance Program with federal funding delayed as utility costs rise.

November 14, 2025

A still image shows Tammy Baldwin standing in at a podium at a press conference, with a graphic at the bottom that reads 'Madison,' 'U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin' and '(D) Wisconsin.)'
A still image shows Tammy Baldwin standing in at a podium at a press conference, with a graphic at the bottom that reads 'Madison,' 'U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin' and '(D) Wisconsin.)'

Budgets

Baldwin describes focus on health care during the shutdown

U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wisconsin, explained why most Democrats held out during the 2025 federal government shutdown for funding that included extension of Affordable Care Act enhanced tax credits.

November 14, 2025

Why Catholic sisters sold land back to the Lac du Flambeau
Why Catholic sisters sold land back to the Lac du Flambeau

Indigenous

Why Catholic sisters sold land back to the Lac du Flambeau

Confronting the painful legacy of Indian boarding schools, an order of Catholic sisters sold a plot on Trout Lake in northern Wisconsin to the Lac du Flambeau tribe as part of the land back movement.

November 13, 2025 • Northern Region

Multiple vertical towers and horizontal bars are connected by an array of multiple power lines, with portions of connecting lines covered by glass insulators, form part of an electrical substation, under a cloudy sky.
Multiple vertical towers and horizontal bars are connected by an array of multiple power lines, with portions of connecting lines covered by glass insulators, form part of an electrical substation, under a cloudy sky.

Economy

Anthropic, Microsoft announce new AI data center projects as construction continues

Anthropic has announced a $50 billion investment in computing infrastructure, including new data centers in Texas and New York, while Microsoft has announced a new data center in Georgia, to be connected to another in Wisconsin to form a massive supercomputer.

November 13, 2025