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Hannah Ritvo

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Hannah Ritvo is a Next Generation Public Media Fellowship reporter for PBS Wisconsin.

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Education

Diversity in Wisconsin’s high schools and the future of DEI in higher education

As political battles churn over funding for diversity, equity and inclusion at the Universities of Wisconsin, changing demographics influence how K-12 educators prepare new generations of college students.

Thursday February 22, 2024

A metal box with a delivery slot at its top and a graphic of the U.S. flag with a sign reading City of Neenah and Official Ballot Drop Box on its front stands in front of a brick wall with a painting of a building and trees.

Elections

Ballot drop box disinformation and the fight over voting in Wisconsin

A 2022 ruling by the state's high court that halted the use of drop boxes to collect absentee ballots did not have retroactive effects on previous elections despite the false claims made by those who deny the outcome of the 2020 presidential vote.

Monday January 22, 2024

The U.S., Wisconsin, and Progress Pride flags wave in wind on a flagpole in front of the Wisconsin Capitol dome topped by a statue titled Wisconsin, with a partly cloudy sky in the background.

Policy

Wisconsin and the national battle over access to gender-affirming care for children

Here & Now extra: Model legislation called the "Help Not Harm Act" is the basis for a bill passed by both chambers of the state Legislature that would prohibit gender-affirming surgeries for minors in Wisconsin.

Thursday November 16, 2023

Recent Here & Now Segments

Tim Carpenter stands and gestures with both hands as other state senators sit at wood desks arranged in a semi-circle while other staff sit and stand at a wooden legislative dais, in a room with marble masonry and pillars, large paintings, and a second-story observation gallery.

Politics

Wisconsin Senate Republicans vote to override nine Evers vetoes on PFAS funds, other bills

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Economy

Utilities start work on transmission line crossing in Mississippi River wildlife refuge

A metal container standing on four legs with a text graphics that starts with the line On July 8 2022, the Wisconsin Supreme Court banned most absentee ballot drop boxes in the state at its top stands on a concrete slab next to a garden plot, with a brick building with a metal sign reading Fire Station No. 3 and multiple garage doors in the background.

Elections

Rural Wisconsin voters face hurdles aside from the ballot drop box ban

A metal box with a closed door, locking mechanism, and decal with star graphics and the words Insert Ballot Here stands in front of an out-of-focus wall.

Courts

Wisconsin Supreme Court hears challenge to state's 2022 ballot drop box ban

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Environment

Wildfire smoke from Canada blankets upper Midwest for a second straight year

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

Politics

'Here & Now' Highlights: Douglas McLeod, William Gardner, Jane Graham Jennings, Dr. Julie Owen

Statement to the Communities We Serve

There is no place for racism in our society. We must work together as a community to ensure we no longer teach, or tolerate it.  Read the full statement.