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‘Here & Now’ Highlights: Dan Hereth, Katie Johnson
Here's what guests on the September 23, 2022 episode said about fixing Wisconsin's backlog in approving professional license applications and pandemic-driven academic and behavioral slides in K-12 schools.
Monday September 26, 2022
Dan Hereth on Wisconsin’s professional license approval lag
Wisconsin Department of Safety and Professional Services Secretary-designee Dan Hereth discusses agency difficulties keeping up with licensing applications from people waiting to work in their fields.
Friday September 23, 2022
Katie Johnson on ‘pandemic slide’ and K-12 student success
Amery schools psychologist Katie Johnson, president of the Wisconsin School Psychologists Association, discusses academic, mental and emotional challenges students face in the wake of the pandemic.
Friday September 23, 2022
Underly gives 2022 State of Education address for Wisconsin
Wisconsin Superintendent of Public Instruction Jill Underly delivered the 2022 State of Education address, highlighting student emotional health and effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Friday September 23, 2022
Evers calls special session to implement abortion referendum
Gov. Tony Evers called a special session of the Wisconsin Legislature to create a referendum process for voters to weigh in on state law, allowing a direct challenge the state's existing 1849 criminal abortion ban.
Friday September 23, 2022
‘Here & Now’ Highlights: Charles Franklin, Scott McDonell, Don Taylor
Here's what guests on the Sept. 16, 2022 episode said about tightening races for U.S. Senate and governor in Wisconsin, election clerks' preparations for the November vote and the averted strike of UW Health nurses.
Monday September 19, 2022
Charles Franklin on crime, abortion and student debt polling
Marquette Law School Poll Director Charles Franklin describes where voters stand on high-profile issues before the 2022 election and the tight status of the state's races for U.S. Senate and governor.
Friday September 16, 2022
Scott McDonell on pressures election officials face in 2022
Dane County Clerk Scott McDonell discusses how ongoing court cases, changing state guidance, records requests and threats are affecting planning for the fall election and public confidence in voting.
Friday September 16, 2022
Don Taylor on the UW Health and nurses’ union dispute
UW-Madison School for Workers professor Don Taylor explains an agreement between UW Health and nurses to halt a planned strike and communicate amid disputes over the legal status of a union campaign.
Friday September 16, 2022
‘Here & Now’ Highlights: Kabby Hong, Meagan Wolfe, Colin Gillis, Laura Dresser
Here's what guests on the Sept. 2, 2022 episode said about curriculum fights in schools, calls for more funding of the Wisconsin Elections Commission, why UW Health nurses are ready to strike and what the jobs outlook is for the state.
Tuesday September 6, 2022
Meagan Wolfe on preparing for Wisconsin’s 2022 fall election
Wisconsin Elections Commission Administrator Megan Wolfe discusses why the agency is proposing an Elections Inspector General program and how the state is getting ready for the November 2022 vote.
Friday September 2, 2022
Colin Gillis on UW Health nurses issuing a strike notice
UW Health nurse Colin Gillis describes why hundreds of nurses are prepared to strike as the Madison health system refuses to recognize their union and the working conditions that led to this decision.
Friday September 2, 2022
Laura Dresser on the state of working in Wisconsin in 2022
Labor economist and UW-Madison COWS associate director Laura Dresser explains findings in the group's State of Working Wisconsin 2022 report, including the status of wages, unemployment and unions.
Friday September 2, 2022
Kabby Hong on books being banned in Wisconsin schools
Verona Area High School teacher Kabby Hong, a member of the Asian American Pacific Islander Coalition of Wisconsin, considers how teaching history has become fraught as culture wars enter classrooms.
Friday September 2, 2022
‘Here & Now’ Highlights: Nick Hillman, Andrey Ivanov, Shelly Missall, Amy Loudenbeck
Here's what guests on the Aug. 26, 2022 episode said about how the federal cancellation of some student loan debt, Ukraine's independence six months since Russia's invasion, why the new 988 mental health crisis hotline is getting so many calls and why the Republican candidate for Wisconsin secretary of state believes she can beat the long-time incumbent.
Monday August 29, 2022
Andrey Ivanov on solidarity for Ukraine and its independence
UW-Platteville professor Andrey Ivanov, a Ukraine native who teaches the history of Russia and the Soviet Union, considers the human toll of war in his homeland six months after the invasion started.
Friday August 26, 2022
Shelly Missall on goals of the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline
Family Services of Northeast Wisconsin program manager Shelly Missall describes the response to the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline, which provides counselors to people seeking help with mental health.
Friday August 26, 2022
Rep. Amy Loudenbeck on her 2022 secretary of state campaign
State Rep. Amy Loudenbeck, R-Clinton, discusses her 2022 run for Wisconsin Secretary of State, why she is seeking statewide office and Republican proposals to add election oversight to its duties.
Friday August 26, 2022
Nick Hillman on a federal plan to forgive student loan debt
UW-Madison School of Education professor Nick Hillman explains the purpose and potential impacts of an executive order by President Joe Biden offering student loan debt relief to eligible borrowers.
Friday August 26, 2022
‘Here & Now’ Highlights: Charles Franklin, Lance Bagstad, Bobby Peterson, Doug La Follette
Here's what guests on the Aug. 19, 2022 episode said about post-primary election and issue polling, teacher and staff shortages at schools, Medicare cost-savings in the Inflation Reduction Act and what Wisconsin's long-serving Secretary of State said about why he should be re-elected.
Monday August 22, 2022
Charles Franklin on Wisconsin’s 2022 candidates and issues
Marquette Law School Poll Director Charles Franklin details findings from post-primary polling about issues important to voters and support of Wisconsin's 2022 candidates for U.S. Senate and governor.
Friday August 19, 2022
Secretary of State Doug La Follette on his 2022 campaign
Incumbent Wisconsin Secretary of State Doug La Follette discusses his 2022 run for re-election, serving multiple decades in the office and Republican proposals to add election oversight to its duties.
Friday August 19, 2022
Bobby Peterson on the Inflation Reduction Act and healthcare
ABC for Health Executive Director Bobby Peterson explains how provisions in the Inflation Reduction Act are structured to cap prescription drug costs and extend health insurance marketplace subsidies.
Friday August 19, 2022
Lance Bagstad on rural schools facing teacher shortages
School District of Arcadia Superintendent Lance Bagstad describes the shortages of teachers and staff in rural schools and what is being done to recruit and retain more people in these positions.
Friday August 19, 2022
‘Here & Now’ Highlights: McCoshen & Ross, Anthony Chergosky, Dr. Ryan Westergaard
Here's what guests on the Aug. 12, 2022 episode said about the Wisconsin primary election results and the status of monkeypox in the state.
Monday August 15, 2022
Dr. Ryan Westergaard on fighting the spread of monkeypox
Wisconsin Department of Health Services state epidemiologist Dr. Ryan Westergaard describes efforts to distribute a short supply of vaccine doses for monkeypox as the number of infections climbs.
Friday August 12, 2022
McCoshen & Ross on Wisconsin’s 2022 primary election winners
"Here & Now" political panelists Bill McCoshen and Scot Ross discuss Wisconsin's 2022 candidates for governor and U.S. Senate, and how Biden and Trump may influence voters in the general election.
Friday August 12, 2022
Baldwin touts, Johnson derides the Inflation Reduction Act
A major federal package that includes expansive green energy, health care and tax policy initiatives is before Congress, with Wisconsin's U.S. senators lining up on either side of the legislation.
Friday August 12, 2022
‘Here & Now’ Highlights: Claire Woodall-Vogg, Jennifer Mnookin
Here's what guests on the Aug. 5, 2022 episode said about final preparations by election clerks ahead of the Aug. 9 primary, and how the new UW-Madison chancellor will handle the university's relationship with the Wisconsin Legislature.
Monday August 8, 2022
Claire Woodall-Vogg on voters and the 2022 partisan primary
City of Milwaukee Election Commission Executive Director Claire Woodall-Vogg details how local clerks are preparing for Wisconsin's 2022 partisan primary, offering absentee ballot and in-person voting guidance, testing equipment and handling threats.
Friday August 5, 2022
Local clerks test machines to bolster confidence in election
Municipal clerks publicly test voting machines in advance of the 2022 partisan primary to show they are properly counting ballots and to address concerns of election fraud — West Bend city clerk Lizbet Santana demonstrates the process.
Friday August 5, 2022
Chancellor Jennifer Mnookin on the future of UW-Madison
Dr. Jennifer Mnookin, the incoming chancellor of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, discusses her intentions to address challenges facing the institution, including the cost of attendance, student diversity and relationship with state government.
Friday August 5, 2022
Here & Now Highlights: U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin, Ann Jacobs, Dr. Christopher Ford
Here's what guests on the July 29, 2022 episode said about efforts to enshrine same-sex marriage, election fraud activists who admitted to committing election fraud, and how ER doctors are preparing for more complications among pregnant patients as abortion access decreases.
Monday August 1, 2022
Sen. Tammy Baldwin on the Respect for Marriage Act
Wisconsin U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin, a Democrat, explains why she is sponsoring a bill to establish rights to same-sex and interracial marriage in federal law and seeking 10 Republicans to allow a vote.
Friday July 29, 2022
Ann Jacobs on discord over Wisconsin’s elections
Wisconsin Elections Commission member Ann Jacobs, a Democratic appointee and its former chair, discusses Republican efforts to overturn the state's 2020 presidential vote and the future of the agency.
Friday July 29, 2022
‘Here & Now’ Highlights: Rep. Jim Steineke, Mayor Cavalier Johnson
Here's what guests on the July 22, 2022 episode said about retiring from the Wisconsin Legislature and welcoming the 2024 Republican National Convention to Milwaukee.
Monday July 25, 2022
Mayor Cavalier Johnson on Milwaukee and the 2024 RNC
Milwaukee Mayor Cavalier Johnson discusses expectations the city will be selected to host the 2024 Republican National Convention and what it means after the 2020 DNC was disrupted by the pandemic.
Friday July 22, 2022
U.S. Rep. Mark Pocan on the Respect for Marriage Act
U.S. Representative Mark Pocan describes why he sponsored the Respect for Marriage Act, which would require the federal government to recognize the validity of same-sex and interracial marriages and was passed by the U.S. House.
Friday July 22, 2022
3rd District candidates debate, vie in Democratic primary
Four Democratic candidates in Wisconsin's 3rd Congressional District – Rebecca Cooke, Deb McGrath, Mark Neumann and Brad Pfaff – debate as they run to be the Democratic nominee in the November 2022 election and face Republican candidate Derrick Van Orden.
Friday July 22, 2022
‘Here & Now’ Highlights: Don Millis, Michael Osterholm, Thad Schumacher
Here's what guests on the July 15, 2022 episode said about calls to dissolve the bipartisan Wisconsin Elections Commission, the surging BA.5 omicron variant of COVID-19 and dispensing more emergency contraception with abortion illegal in the state.
Monday July 18, 2022
Don Millis on the Wisconsin Elections Commission
Wisconsin Elections Commission chair Don Millis, a Republican appointee, discusses providing voters and clerks guidance as the primary nears and while members of his party seek to dissolve the agency.
Friday July 15, 2022
Michael Osterholm on relentless COVID-19 infections
Epidemiologist Michael Osterholm, director of the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy, explains the cycle of emerging COVID-19 omicron subvariants and how they've extended the pandemic.
Friday July 15, 2022
‘Here & Now’ Highlights: Dr. Stephen Hargarten, Tom Grieve, Noble Wray, Zac Schultz
Here's what guests on the July 8, 2022 episode said about the Independence Day parade mass shooting in Highland Park, Illinois, and the Wisconsin Supreme Court ruling that prohibits absentee ballot drop boxes.
Monday July 11, 2022
Why the Wisconsin Supreme Court banned ballot drop boxes
"Here & Now" senior political reporter Zac Schultz explains the Wisconsin Supreme Court ruling that absentee ballot drop boxes for elections, which were used around the state during the COVID-19 pandemic, are not allowed under state law.
Friday July 8, 2022
How AR-15-style gunshots maim and kill people
Dr. Stephen Hargarten, director of Medical College of Wisconsin's Comprehensive Injury Center and an ER doctor who has treated hundreds of gunshot patients, explains the damage AR-15-style rifles cause.
Friday July 8, 2022
Why there’s support for high-powered guns
Tom Grieve – a criminal defense lawyer, former Waukesha County prosecutor, and self-described "zealous" Second Amendment advocate – describes Wisconsin laws on semi-automatic firearms and machine guns.
Friday July 8, 2022
Shock, despair after the Highland Park shooting
Noble Wray, a national policing consultant and former police chief, discusses the Highland Park mass shooting, the suspect's travel to the Madison area and the availability of military-grade guns.
Friday July 8, 2022
‘Here & Now’ Highlights: Josh Kaul, Tim Gruenke, Amy Domeyer, Julie Uhal
Here's what guests on the July 1, 2022 episode said about legal and medical consequences in Wisconsin following the U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson overturning the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision establishing a federal right to abortion.
Tuesday July 5, 2022
A lawsuit takes on Wisconsin’s 1849 abortion ban
Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul, a Democrat, explains why he filed a lawsuit challenging Wisconsin's 1849 law banning abortion, arguing that newer state laws on the books make it unenforceable.
Friday July 1, 2022
Wisconsin DAs and prosecuting abortion cases
La Crosse County District Attorney Tim Gruenke, a Democrat who opposes the reversal of Roe v. Wade, explains why he would enforce Wisconsin's abortion laws and remains open to pursuing prosecutions.
Friday July 1, 2022
Illinois, Wisconsin and out-of-state abortions
Julie Uhal, who manages the Securing Access For Everyone program at Planned Parenthood of Illinois, describes its preparations to provide abortions to out-of-state patients, including from Wisconsin.
Friday July 1, 2022
Polls suggest tight 2022 midterm margins in Wisconsin
Charles Franklin, director of the Marquette Law School Poll, discusses its June 2022 findings on primary candidates for governor and U.S. Senate as well as approval ratings for Gov. Tony Evers and U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson.
Friday June 24, 2022
A partisan look at Wisconsin’s 2022 primary candidates and incumbents
Republican Bill McCoshen and Democrat Scot Ross share their perspectives on abortion access and gun control, and how these issues might affect Wisconsin voters in the August 9 partisan primary and 2022 general election.
Friday June 24, 2022
Reactions to Roe v. Wade reversal
Gracie Skogman, legislative director for the anti-abortion advocacy group Wisconsin Right to Life, and Tanya Atkinson, president and CEO of Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin, weigh in on the U.S. Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, ending nearly 50 years of constitutional protection for abortion.
Friday June 24, 2022
Wisconsin officials react to Roe v. Wade reversal
Governor Tony Evers and U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin, both Democrats, and U.S. Senator Ron Johnson, a Republican, respond to the U.S. Supreme Court decision on abortion in Dobbs v. Jackson that overturns Roe v. Wade.
Friday June 24, 2022
Ron Johnson’s effort to send false elector slate on Jan. 6
U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson's chief of staff attempted to send former Vice President Mike Pence's staff a list of false Republican electors from Wisconsin on January 6, 2021, as part of a scheme to have Pence count the false elector's votes. The attempt was revealed through text messages released during the Jan. 6 congressional committee's public hearings.
Friday June 24, 2022
Active shooter drills in Wisconsin schools
Abigail Swetz, communications director for the Wisconsin Dept. of Public Instruction and a former teacher, explains why schools in the state hold violence drills and what they mean for students.
Friday June 3, 2022
The Progress Pride flag flies over the Wisconsin Capitol
Gov. Tony Evers ordered the Progress Pride Flag raised over the Wisconsin State Capitol.
Friday June 3, 2022
Jay Rothman shares his priorities as UW System president
Jay Rothman, incoming president of the University of Wisconsin System, outlines his vision for promoting higher education and managing the state's 13 universities, 26 campuses and statewide extension.
Friday June 3, 2022
Fast Facts: Wisconsin’s record low unemployment
The number of unemployed people in Wisconsin has hit its lowest levels recorded for two consecutive months, an economic measure that has recovered following a brief pandemic spike even as inflation and other indicators trend in different directions.
Wednesday June 1, 2022
‘Here & Now’ Highlights: Jenna Gormal, Shawn Johnson, Katie Rosenberg
Here's what guests on the May 27, 2022 episode had to say about concealed carry gun permits for people with misdemeanor disorderly conduct convictions related to domestic violence, the shape of the Republican primary for governor, and PFAS contamination in Wausau.
Tuesday May 31, 2022
What Wausau is doing about PFAS in its water
Wausau Mayor Katie Rosenberg describes how the city is addressing contamination by PFAS chemicals in its municipal water wells and why some residents are using bottled water or filtration systems.
Friday May 27, 2022
Domestic abuse and concealed carry in Wisconsin
Jenna Gormal, a co-director at End Domestic Abuse Wisconsin, explains a state Supreme Court ruling allowing concealed carry permits for those convicted of domestic violence-related disorderly conduct.
Friday May 27, 2022
Evers, Johnson, Baldwin respond to Texas school shooting
Governor Tony Evers, U.S. Senator Ron Johnson and U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin respond to a school shooting in Uvalde, Texas killing 19 children and two adults.
Friday May 27, 2022
Wisconsin’s unsettled Republican governor’s race
Shawn Johnson, Capitol bureau chief at Wisconsin Public Radio, discusses the state Republican Party convention and how delegates endorsed none of its primary candidates for governor or other races.
Friday May 27, 2022
‘Here & Now’ Highlights: Sen. LaTonya Johnson, Jasmine Zapata, Laura Sauve, Jenny Higgins
Here's what guests on the May 20, 2022 episode had to say about Milwaukee gun violence, baby formula shortages, rising COVID-19 numbers and a survey of physicians about abortion.
Monday May 23, 2022
How parents can navigate baby formula shortages
Dr. Jasmine Zapata, chief medical officer and state epidemiologist for community health at the Wisconsin Department of Health Services, shares what to do and not do when baby formula is hard to find.
Friday May 20, 2022
The perspectives doctors hold toward abortion
Jenny Higgins, a professor of obstetrics and gynecology and gender and women's studies at UW-Madison, considers views doctors have about abortion and impacts in Wisconsin if Roe v. Wade is reversed.
Friday May 20, 2022
What are the risks of a summer COVID surge?
Laura Sauve, health officer for Barron County, discusses another rise in COVID-19 cases and what high community transmission means given vaccination rates and hospital capacity in northwest Wisconsin.
Friday May 20, 2022
Gun violence in Milwaukee is ‘out of control’
State Sen. LaTonya Johnson, D-Milwaukee, reflects on the May 13 shootings by the Deer District, the politics of guns and criminal justice, and how the trauma of violence harms the city and its people.
Friday May 20, 2022
Fitzgerald, Evers offer remarks on abortion
U.S. Rep. Scott Fitzgerald, R-Juneau, and Gov. Tony Evers, a Democrat, respond to the leaked U.S. Supreme Court draft opinion to overturn Roe v. Wade and abortion law in Wisconsin.
Friday May 20, 2022
Nass denounces, Mnookin responds on critical race theory
State Sen. Steve Nass, R-Whitewater, who is vice-chair of the senate's universities committee, criticized the appointment of incoming UW-Madison Chancellor Jennifer Mnookin, who commented on her new position and critical race theory.
Friday May 20, 2022
Three shootings, one mass shooting in Milwaukee following Bucks game
Twenty-one people were injured in a series of shootings around the Deer District following a Milwaukee Bucks playoff game on May 13 — the city subsequently set a curfew for people under the age of 21 for the rest of the weekend, and police announced they had taken at least 10 people into custody.
Saturday May 14, 2022
‘Here & Now’ Highlights: Janine Geske, Zac Schultz, Victor Forberger, Israel Del Toro
Here's what guests on the May 6, 2022 episode had to say about leaked U.S. Supreme Court draft opinion on abortion and the implications – both legal and political – for Wisconsin should Roe v. Wade be overturned, the difficulty of filling out unemployment insurance applications and the buzz over "No Mow May."
Monday May 9, 2022
Abortion’s new prominence in Wisconsin politics
"Here & Now" senior political reporter Zac Schultz considers political implications of a leaked U.S. Supreme Court draft opinion on abortion and the potential effects on Wisconsin’s upcoming elections.
Saturday May 7, 2022
Reversing Roe v. Wade and Wisconsin abortion law
Janine Geske, a former Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice, discusses the anticipated overturning of Roe v. Wade and its implications for the state's law banning abortion except to save the mother's life.
Saturday May 7, 2022
Wisconsin politicians react to US Supreme Court leak
Gov. Tony Evers, and U.S. senators Ron Johnson and Tammy Baldwin respond to the leaked U.S. Supreme Court draft opinion on abortion that may result in overturning its previous Roe v. Wade decision.
Saturday May 7, 2022
Protecting pollinators with “No Mow May”
Israel Del Toro, a biology professor at Lawrence University and a city of Appleton alderperson, discusses "No Mow May" and its goals of protecting bees and other pollinators with declining populations.
Saturday May 7, 2022
Fallout from errors on unemployment claims
Victor Forberger, a labor attorney in Madison, explains ongoing problems with Wisconsin's unemployment insurance system in the wake of the pandemic and what happens if claimants make application complaints.
Friday May 6, 2022
‘Here & Now’ Highlights: Charles Franklin, Kirsten Johnson, Mary Triggiano, Melody Harvey
Here's what guests on the April 29, 2022 episode had to say about voters' inclinations four months out from Wisconsin's partisan primary, how COVID-19 cases are rising again in Milwaukee, what millions of dollars of pandemic relief funds will mean for criminal courts and what happens when people borrow money from payday loan operations.
Monday May 2, 2022
How payday loans in Wisconsin hit borrowers
Melody Harvey, a consumer science professor at UW-Madison, explains how payday loans create cycles of debt for borrowers who accrue high short-term interest rates, which are not capped in Wisconsin.
Friday April 29, 2022
Fixing Wisconsin’s criminal court case backlog
Chief Judge Mary Triggiano, who administers Milwaukee County circuit courts, describes how the pandemic created a backlog of criminal cases and how federal aid is being deployed to address the issue.
Friday April 29, 2022
The dissonance of another rise in COVID-19 cases
Kirsten Johnson, commissioner of health for the city of Milwaukee, discusses growing COVID-19 case rates more than two years after the pandemic started and what can still be done to protect people.
Friday April 29, 2022
What polls reveal 6 months from the 2022 vote
Charles Franklin, Marquette Law School Poll director, discusses its April 2022 findings on Wisconsin's primaries for governor and U.S. Senate, as well as responses to other questions.
Friday April 29, 2022
‘Here & Now’ Highlights: US Rep. Tom Tiffany, US Rep. Mark Pocan, Ginny Dankmeyer
Here's what guests on the April 22, 2022 episode had to say about a Trump administration immigration policy closing the U.S. border with Mexico to asylum seekers that's set to expire and how local election clerks are scrambling after the redistricting ruling.
Monday April 25, 2022
Pocan on lifting pandemic immigration policy
U.S. Rep Mark Pocan, D-Madison, discusses his support for ending Title 42, a policy that curtailed immigration during the COVID-19 pandemic. Title 42 allows the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to severely limit immigration, even for those seeking asylum, to prevent the spread of disease. Put in place by former President Donald Trump, it is now set to end under President Joe Biden.
Friday April 22, 2022
Tiffany on lifting pandemic immigration policy
U.S. Rep. Tom Tiffany, R-Minocqua, discusses his opposition to ending Title 42, a policy that curtailed immigration during the COVID-19 pandemic. Title 42 allows the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to severely limit immigration, even for those seeking asylum, to prevent the spread of disease. Put in place by former President Donald Trump, it is now set to end under President Joe Biden.
Friday April 22, 2022
Clerks face time crunch after redistricting decision
La Crosse County Clerk Ginny Dankmeyer describes the work ahead for election clerks across the state. Following the Wisconsin Supreme Court's last-minute ruling to use Republican legislative redistricting maps, clerks are crunched for time to readjust boundaries so candidates can seek signatures for their nomination papers.
Friday April 22, 2022
‘Here & Now’ Highlights: Robert Yablon, Kurt Paulsen, Lisa Johnson
Here's what guests on the April 15, 2022 episode had to say about the Wisconsin Supreme Court ruling on legislative redistricting, the difficulties faced by homebuyers and a model for K-12 summer school programming in Green Bay.
Monday April 18, 2022
Wisconsin Supreme Court rules on legislative redistricting
Robert Yablon, a University of Wisconsin Law School professor, discusses the state Supreme Court's ruling for Republican legislative redistricting maps, with Justice Brian Hagedorn again a swing vote.
Friday April 15, 2022
Green Bay’s model for summer school
Lisa Johnson, associate director of summer school at the Green Bay Area Public School District, describes how its funding and staffing of these programs and how they're impacting student outcomes.
Friday April 15, 2022
Homeownership dreams foiled by a ‘perfect storm’
Kurt Paulsen, a professor of urban planning at UW-Madison, explains how numerous factors have combined to make the housing market increasingly unaffordable in Wisconsin.
Friday April 15, 2022
Moore, Steil discuss housing inequities in Milwaukee
Wisconsin U.S. Representatives Bryan Steil, R-Janesville, and Gwen Moore, D-Milwaukee, met with the chair of the U.S. House Select Committee in Milwaukee to discuss housing inequities.
Friday April 15, 2022
A local court ruling on PFAS cleanup
A Waukesha County Court ruling found the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources is not allowed to regulate the cleanup of PFAS pollution, as that authority has to go through the legislative rulemaking process.
Friday April 15, 2022
Wisconsin Supreme Court hears ballot drop box arguments
The Wisconsin Supreme Court heard arguments on a lawsuit against the Wisconsin Elections Commission over the use of absentee ballots and legal status of ballot drop boxes.
Friday April 15, 2022
‘Here & Now’ Highlights: Mayor Cavalier Johnson, Angela Lang, Mordecai Lee, Michael Ford
Here's what guests on the April 8, 2022 episode had to say about the spring vote in Wisconsin, including a landslide victory for the first elected Black mayor in Milwaukee, why an influential community group did not endorse in the race, what culture wars bleeding into local races means, and implications for the fall election.
Monday April 11, 2022
Cavalier Johnson’s agenda for Milwaukee
Milwaukee Mayor Cavalier Johnson discusses his plans after being elected to the position, including building a new relationship with the Wisconsin Legislature and addressing violent crime in the city.
Friday April 8, 2022
What a ‘new day’ looks like in Milwaukee
Angela Lang, executive director of Black Leaders Organizing for Communities, considers the historic vote for the first elected Black mayor of Milwaukee and what the city's needs are going forward.
Friday April 8, 2022
What the spring vote means for the 2022 midterm
Mordecai Lee, a UW-Milwaukee professor emeritus and former state senator, discusses what the turnout and votes in the spring election may mean for Wisconsin’s 2022 races for the US senate and governor.
Friday April 8, 2022
Wisconsin school boards and partisan politics
Michael Ford, a professor of public administration at UW-Oshkosh, reflects on the growing influence of partisan politics on school board elections in Wisconsin and what it means for education efforts.
Friday April 8, 2022
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