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Those recovering from addiction have a difficult time finding stable employment and keeping it – Apricity Contract Packaging in Appleton offers "a safe environment" where every person working at the operation is pursuing sobriety.

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Charles Franklin on an early 2026 poll of Wisconsin voters

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Charles Franklin on an early 2026 poll of Wisconsin voters

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Jeff Wright on school referendums causing property tax hikes

Everyday life plus constant decisions equals a need for math

Education

Everyday life plus constant decisions equals a need for math

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Prosecutors charge Milwaukee lawmaker with misdemeanor after dispute over Assembly resolutions

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Environment

After years of legal disputes, Enbridge starts Line 5 reroute around Bad River reservation

Tamara Thomsen on researching Lake Mendota’s ancient canoes

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Tamara Thomsen on researching Lake Mendota's ancient canoes

Wisconsin’s 2026 governor candidates consider state prisons

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Wisconsin's 2026 governor candidates consider state prisons

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Courts

A group of schools, teachers, parents and students file lawsuit over how the state of Wisconsin funds education

Lawrence Plucinski on Lake Mendota’s fleet of ancient canoes

Indigenous

Lawrence Plucinski on Lake Mendota's fleet of ancient canoes

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Courts

A 2026 Wisconsin Appeals Court election was on track to break records until a candidate got kicked off the ballot

Tamara Thomsen on spotting ancient canoes in Lake Mendota

Science

Tamara Thomsen on spotting ancient canoes in Lake Mendota

Frederica Freyberg and Jeff Wright sit facing each other on the Here & Now set.

Politics

'Here & Now' Highlights: Jeff Wright, Charles Franklin

Charles Franklin on an early 2026 poll of Wisconsin voters

Elections

Charles Franklin on an early 2026 poll of Wisconsin voters

A still image shows Jeff Wright seated at the 'Here & Now' set featuring wood paneling, with a graphic at bottom reading 'Jeff Wright' and 'Sauk Prairie Schools Superintendent.'

Education

Jeff Wright on school referendums causing property tax hikes

Everyday life plus constant decisions equals a need for math

Education

Everyday life plus constant decisions equals a need for math

A lawmaker stands and speaks into a microphone mounted to a wood podium at the center of a legislative dais, with multiple people seated in high-backed wood and leather chairs beside and behind him on the dais, faced by more people seated in multiple rows of wood desks, in a room with a large painting and taxidermy eagle on the rear wall, an electronic vote register on an adjacent wall, and marble pillars supporting a second-level seating gallery.

Courts

Prosecutors charge Milwaukee lawmaker with misdemeanor after dispute over Assembly resolutions

A chain link fence topped by barbed wire stands in front of a gravel road and a row of industrial oil storage tanks with the Enbridge wordmark painted on the side of the one in front.

Environment

After years of legal disputes, Enbridge starts Line 5 reroute around Bad River reservation

Tamara Thomsen on researching Lake Mendota’s ancient canoes

Science

Tamara Thomsen on researching Lake Mendota's ancient canoes

Wisconsin’s 2026 governor candidates consider state prisons

Elections

Wisconsin's 2026 governor candidates consider state prisons

The pillars of a dome of a Beaux-Arts-style building are illuminated by lighting at night, with the leafless branches of different trees in silhouette in the foreground.

Courts

A group of schools, teachers, parents and students file lawsuit over how the state of Wisconsin funds education

Lawrence Plucinski on Lake Mendota’s fleet of ancient canoes

Indigenous

Lawrence Plucinski on Lake Mendota's fleet of ancient canoes

A circular seal showing a stylized Lady Justice surrounded by two sets of three five-pointed stars and the words Wisconsin Court of Appeals is displayed on a frosted window in a wood frame.

Courts

A 2026 Wisconsin Appeals Court election was on track to break records until a candidate got kicked off the ballot

Tamara Thomsen on spotting ancient canoes in Lake Mendota

Science

Tamara Thomsen on spotting ancient canoes in Lake Mendota

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Charles Franklin on an early 2026 poll of Wisconsin voters

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Charles Franklin on an early 2026 poll of Wisconsin voters

A still image shows Jeff Wright seated at the 'Here & Now' set featuring wood paneling, with a graphic at bottom reading 'Jeff Wright' and 'Sauk Prairie Schools Superintendent.'

Education

Jeff Wright on school referendums causing property tax hikes

Everyday life plus constant decisions equals a need for math

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Everyday life plus constant decisions equals a need for math

Tamara Thomsen on researching Lake Mendota’s ancient canoes

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Tamara Thomsen on researching Lake Mendota's ancient canoes

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Wisconsin’s 2026 governor candidates consider state prisons

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Wisconsin's 2026 governor candidates consider state prisons

Lawrence Plucinski on Lake Mendota’s fleet of ancient canoes

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Lawrence Plucinski on Lake Mendota's fleet of ancient canoes

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Tamara Thomsen on spotting ancient canoes in Lake Mendota

Science

Tamara Thomsen on spotting ancient canoes in Lake Mendota

South Central Region

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Politics

Zac Schultz on Speaker Robin Vos retiring from the Assembly

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Social Issues

Grant Sovern on changes to the US immigration system's rules

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Evers, LeMahieu address schools, taxes at State of the State

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Courts

Judge upholds permit to reroute Enbridge's Line 5 pipeline

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The political legacy of Rev. Jesse Jackson in Wisconsin

A still image shows archival footage of Rev. Jesse Jackson standing in front of a podium

Politics

The political legacy of Rev. Jesse Jackson in Wisconsin

Indigenous

A chain link fence topped by barbed wire stands in front of a gravel road and a row of industrial oil storage tanks with the Enbridge wordmark painted on the side of the one in front.

After years of legal disputes, Enbridge starts Line 5 reroute around Bad River reservation

Tamara Thomsen on researching Lake Mendota’s ancient canoes

Tamara Thomsen on researching Lake Mendota's ancient canoes

Lawrence Plucinski on Lake Mendota’s fleet of ancient canoes

Lawrence Plucinski on Lake Mendota's fleet of ancient canoes

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A circular seal showing a stylized Lady Justice surrounded by two sets of three five-pointed stars and the words Wisconsin Court of Appeals is displayed on a frosted window in a wood frame.

Courts

A 2026 Wisconsin Appeals Court election was on track to break records until a candidate got kicked off the ballot

Economy

A pair of doctors who fled Ukraine for Wisconsin still try to pursue their careers

History

Mary Roberts on discriminatory language in racial covenants

Social Issues

Derek Handley on racial covenants harming Black Milwaukeeans

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Mellisa Edwards holds multiple sheets of different colors of tissue paper in both hands over a cardboard box while standing behind a metal bench, with a wood pallet on the top of a metal bench behind her and another person standing next to a piece of industrial equipment in the background, in a room with metal shutters along two walls.

Economy

Work, recovery and second chances on a manufacturing floor in Appleton

Education

UW-Green Bay courts more older learners as student enrollment numbers shrink

Education

Appleton Technical Academy prepares students for skilled trades — it's not easy

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Alex Pretti, shot and killed by federal agents in Minneapolis, grew up in Green Bay

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Tamara Thomsen on researching Lake Mendota’s ancient canoes

Science

Tamara Thomsen on researching Lake Mendota's ancient canoes

Indigenous

Lawrence Plucinski on Lake Mendota's fleet of ancient canoes

Science

Tamara Thomsen on spotting ancient canoes in Lake Mendota

Indigenous

The epic history of ancient Native canoes in Lake Mendota

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A chain link fence topped by barbed wire stands in front of a gravel road and a row of industrial oil storage tanks with the Enbridge wordmark painted on the side of the one in front.

Environment

After years of legal disputes, Enbridge starts Line 5 reroute around Bad River reservation

Courts

Judge upholds permit to reroute Enbridge's Line 5 pipeline

Environment

Ahlstrom launches free water program for Stella residents affected by PFAS

Indigenous

Return of Vilas County land by Catholic nuns to Lac du Flambeau breaks new ground

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Kimberly Solberg on due process in immigration enforcement

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Kimberly Solberg on due process in immigration enforcement

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Kimberly Solberg on the pace of ICE raids around Baldwin

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Witnessing — and fearing — ICE actions in St. Croix County

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Another billion-dollar Wisconsin data center is eyed for Cassville in Grant County

Economy

Implosion takes down the nearly century-old Black Hawk Bridge over the Mississippi River

Economy

Amid rising house prices, Richland Center residents decry development on parkland

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Tawny Hardyman on losing staff during a government shutdown

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