PBS Wisconsin News

Fridays at 7:30 PM

PBS Wisconsin's weekly news and public affairs program provides reporting on civic and political issues around the state.

Metal filigree double doors with brass doorknobs and lock mechanisms open into an antechamber with an illuminated overhead light fixture, commercial floor mats and a set of wood double doors with oval glass windows opening into a room with a judicial bench with two sets of seats faced by a low table and multiple rows of wood and leather chairs in a room with marble masonry and a large painting.

Courts

Wisconsin Supreme Court agrees to hear lawsuit on whether local jails can hold immigrants for ICE

The Wisconsin Supreme Court has agreed to take a case brought by the American Civil Liberties Union on behalf of the immigrant rights group Voces de la Frontera, which argues that it is illegal for county jails in the state to hold immigrant detainees for federal authorities.

The Wisconsin Civics Games looks to cultivate new generations of public servants

Eugene Hasenfus stands in front of a stone wall with multiple lines of letter sign text with names and dates.

History

Local courts in Wisconsin are left with loose ends when ICE detains criminal defendants

A group of people sit on the outside of four tables with metal legs and laminate surfaces arranged in a square, with plates of food, beverage containers, phones, papers and paper name plats on their surfaces, in a room with a large monitor mounted on a wall next to a metal and glass door, with a table with food and beverages on its surface in front of a window on an adjacent wall.

Health

Community Living Room aims to foster connection, fight loneliness in the Fox Valley

A ceiling-mounted brass enclosed letter sign with the words Judge Hannah C. Dugan and the number 615 is overhead in a hallway with fluorescent lighting outside the wood-paneled entrance to a room, with other signs affixed on and next to the door.

Politics

Federal judge says Dugan trial will proceed as planned

A carved sign reading Supreme Court and a carving of a scroll with scales stands above a doorway under a pediment.

Courts

Wisconsin Supreme Court sets three-judge panels to hear a pair of congressional redistricting lawsuits

Economy

Justin Sydnor on health insurance direct payment proposals

An illustration shows a physician using an otoscope to examine the ear of a patient.

Health

How to navigate the Health Insurance Marketplace as costs rise and options shrink

Politics

Charles Franklin on polling voters about the Epstein files

Mark Sommerhauser and Frederica Freyberg sit facing each other on the Here & Now set.

Politics

'Here & Now' Highlights: Mark Sommerhauser, Justin Sydnor, Charles Franklin, Jeff Pritzl

Kevin LeGrow and three out-of-focus people seated to his right sit at a table facing mounted microphones, with a wood podium and other people seated on its far side in the background.

Education

The Wisconsin Civics Games looks to cultivate new generations of public servants

History

Eugene Hasenfus, key figure in the 1980s Iran-Contra affair, dies at 84

Policy

Wisconsin legislators want to tighten the state's margarine laws

Elections

Mandela Barnes enters 2026 race for Wisconsin governor

Courts

Local courts in Wisconsin are left with loose ends when ICE detains criminal defendants

Health

Community Living Room aims to foster connection, fight loneliness in the Fox Valley

Politics

Federal judge says Dugan trial will proceed as planned

Courts

Wisconsin Supreme Court sets three-judge panels to hear a pair of congressional redistricting lawsuits

Economy

Justin Sydnor on health insurance direct payment proposals

Health

How to navigate the Health Insurance Marketplace as costs rise and options shrink

Politics

Charles Franklin on polling voters about the Epstein files

Politics

'Here & Now' Highlights: Mark Sommerhauser, Justin Sydnor, Charles Franklin, Jeff Pritzl

Smiling child in a red jacket and baseball cap holds a large fish on a boat, with a calm lake and forested shoreline in the background.

Share your favorite walleye photo!

We’re looking for walleye selfies — whether it’s you, a friend or a family member posing with their catch — for possible use in an upcoming documentary. Recent or historic, we’d especially love to see vintage photos that celebrate Wisconsin’s proud fishing tradition.

Share Your Photo