A still image from a video shows Cindy Boyle seated between graphic art on the wall and a window with closed blinds with a graphic at bottom reading 'Peshtigo,' 'Cindy Boyle' and 'PFAS-Impacted Resident.'

Environment

Cindy Boyle on PFAS contamination in the town of Peshtigo

Former town of Peshtigo Chairperson Cindy Boil describes how the northeast Wisconsin community is addressing PFAS pollution amid new federal regulations, state political fights and ongoing lawsuits.

April 19, 2024

A still image from a video shows Tim Purdon seated in front of a wooden bookshelf to his right with a graphic at bottom reading 'Nashville, TN,' 'Tim Purdon' and 'Robins Kaplan Law Firm.'
A still image from a video shows Tim Purdon seated in front of a wooden bookshelf to his right with a graphic at bottom reading 'Nashville, TN,' 'Tim Purdon' and 'Robins Kaplan Law Firm.'

Social Issues

Timothy Purdon on Native youth, social media, mental health

Attorney Timothy Purdon, who represents the Menominee Indian Tribe, describes the tribal nation's lawsuit against major social media companies over mental health issues and suicide among Native youth.

April 19, 2024

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 Law School Poll.'
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 Law School Poll.'

Here and Now 2024

Charles Franklin on voter enthusiasm and top issues in 2024

Marquette Law School Poll Director Charles Franklin describes what Wisconsin voters say about candidates for president, the U.S. Senate and important issues about six months before the 2024 election.

April 19, 2024

How school districts use ‘defeasance’ to pass referendums
How school districts use ‘defeasance’ to pass referendums

Education

How school districts use ‘defeasance’ to pass referendums

Wisconsin school districts are using a financial tool called "defeasance" — increasing spending to prepay debt that reduces interest costs — to make it look like operating referendums do not raise taxes.

April 19, 2024

Madison businessman and Republican U.S. Senate candidate Eric Hovde speaks April 2, 2024, at a Trump rally in Green Bay. Hovde emphasized that he doesn't oppose elderly people voting after initially saying that almost nobody in a nursing home is in a point to vote. (Credit: AP Photo / Mike Roemer)
Madison businessman and Republican U.S. Senate candidate Eric Hovde speaks April 2, 2024, at a Trump rally in Green Bay. Hovde emphasized that he doesn't oppose elderly people voting after initially saying that almost nobody in a nursing home is in a point to vote. (Credit: AP Photo / Mike Roemer)

Elections

Hovde says he doesn’t oppose elderly people voting

Eric Hovde, the Republican candidate in Wisconsin's closely watched 2024 U.S. Senate race against incumbent Democratic U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin, emphasized that he doesn't oppose elderly people voting after initially saying that "almost nobody in a nursing home is in a point to vote."

April 19, 2024

An SUV with the words Milwaukee Police and a badge logo on its back and its brake lights illuminated is parked near an intersection, with a stop sign, parked vehicles, houses and leafless trees in the background.
An SUV with the words Milwaukee Police and a badge logo on its back and its brake lights illuminated is parked near an intersection, with a stop sign, parked vehicles, houses and leafless trees in the background.

Courts

Total number of law enforcement officers working in Wisconsin drops to another new low in 2023

Nearly 14,500 police officers were patrolling the streets around Wisconsin in 2008, but there were fewer than 13,000 as of the end of 2023, a drop of 11% over the past decade-and-a-half, marking another record low total in the state.

April 18, 2024

Tony Evers speaks while standing.
Tony Evers speaks while standing.

Courts

Republican lawmakers file lawsuit challenging partial vetoes by Evers to student literacy bill

Republican lawmakers filed a lawsuit in Dane County challenging partial vetoes Democratic Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers made to a bill that created an early literacy program in the state Department of Public Instruction and grants for schools that adopt approved curricula.

April 18, 2024

Peter Barca sits in a chair in a room with a U.S. flag in the background next to a window with lowered blinds.
Peter Barca sits in a chair in a room with a U.S. flag in the background next to a window with lowered blinds.

Elections

Former US Rep. Peter Barca announces run for Wisconsin’s 1st Congressional District

Peter Barca, a Democrat who served one term representing Wisconsin's 1st Congressional District in the 1990s before going on to become a leader in the Assembly and state revenue secretary, announced he's running for the seat again in the 2024 election.

April 18, 2024 • Southeast Region

Jill Karofsky, Rebecca Dallet, Ann Walsh Bradley and Annette Ziegler sit in high-backed leather chairs at a judicial bench with nameplates reading J.A.W. Bradley and C.J. Ziegler on its surface alongside an open book and documents, with a U.S. flag in the background of a room with marble masonry.
Jill Karofsky, Rebecca Dallet, Ann Walsh Bradley and Annette Ziegler sit in high-backed leather chairs at a judicial bench with nameplates reading J.A.W. Bradley and C.J. Ziegler on its surface alongside an open book and documents, with a U.S. flag in the background of a room with marble masonry.

Courts

Wisconsin Supreme Court justices question how much power Legislature should have

The Wisconsin Supreme Court heard arguments in a case brought by Democratic Gov. Tony Evers against the Republican-controlled Legislature over separation of power between the executive and legislative branches, part of a fight that could have a broad impact on state government.

April 17, 2024

Jason Tadlock on reviewing school library book challenges
Jason Tadlock on reviewing school library book challenges

Education

Jason Tadlock on reviewing school library book challenges

Elkhorn Area School District Superintendent Jason Tadlock considers the scale of handling hundreds of book challenges for K-12 libraries with no publishing rating system comparable to movies or TV.

April 17, 2024