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Jane McCauley

Jane McCauley is a student journalist with Here & Now.

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An empty pool with multiple swim lanes, a deeper diving area, and a shallower play area with two water slides sits empty, as seen through a chain-link fence, with buildings and trees in the background.

Budgets

Brodhead gets shared revenue boost but continues to pursue budget relief

An increase in funding directed from the state government to local municipalities is helping a small community in southern Wisconsin maintain its services, but struggles continue to keep up with higher costs amid slower growth in new development.

Thursday September 7, 2023

Two people on paddleboards traverse water with two sailboats, multiple power boats and a tree-lined shore in the background.

Economy

Rural Wisconsin’s population growth and its relationship with tourism

Here & Now extra: A Wisconsin Policy Forum report details how the business of recreation plays a prominent role in places that saw a growing number of residents in the 2010s — Bayfield County exemplifies how the pandemic was but a blip in this trend.

Thursday July 13, 2023

Recent Here & Now Segments

Chris Kapenga stands and speaks into multiple microphones with the flags of different media organizations placed on the top of a wood podium, in a room with wood-paneled walls.

Politics

Top Wisconsin Senate Republican calls on Assembly to impeach Wolfe

Steve Frisque on the UAW strike and American labor movement

Economy

Steve Frisque on the UAW strike and American labor movement

Joseph Czarnezki speaks while standing in a brightly lit room with curved walls, dome chandeliers, windows with open drapes, a Wisconsin flag, a table and chairs.

Elections

Wisconsin Senate Republicans vote to reject elections commissioner who backed Wolfe

Katrina Shankland sits and faces a microphone while listening to another speaker.

Elections

State Rep. Katrina Shankland announces 2024 run for Wisconsin's 3rd Congressional District

Covenants, redlining and Black homeownership in Wisconsin

Wisconsin in Black & White

Covenants, redlining and Black homeownership in Wisconsin

A hand pulls an absentee ballot envelope from the top of a stack of ballot envelopes on a table.

Courts

Democratic law firm sues to block Wisconsin's absentee voting witness requirements

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