PBS Wisconsin News

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

Robin Vos stands and faces a microphone and gavel on a wood podium, with a high-backed leather and wood chair and a Wisconsin flag behind him, in a room with wood paneling featuring carved relief crests, with the out-of-focus heads of other people in the foreground.

Policy

Vos blocks bill to expand Medicaid funds for new moms in Wisconsin

Splitting with anti-abortion members of the Republican Party, Wisconsin Assembly Speaker Robin Vos has refused to join 48 other states in ensuring that vulnerable women have access to potentially lifesaving care for up to a year after giving birth.

'Here & Now' Highlights: U.S. Rep. Scott Fitzgerald, State Sen. Jodi Habush Sinykin, Diana Maas

Multiple leafless trees stand on a lawn with lights, trash cans and park benches in front of a terraced plaza with brick walls and a weathered copper fence, with a multi-story masonry building with first-story arches and multiple colonnades at an upper level above two floors of windows.

Courts

Immigrant in Milwaukee judge case has been deported

A still image shows Scott Fitzgerald seated in front of a cabinet containing family photos and various memorabilia, with a graphic at the bottom that reads 'Oconomowoc,' 'U.S. Rep. Scott Fitzgerald' and '(R) 5th Congressional district.'

Budgets

US Rep. Scott Fitzgerald on 2025 government shutdown fallout

A still image shows Jodi Habush Sinykin seated in front of a red and black brick fireplace, with a graphic at the bottom that reads 'Whitefish Bay,' 'Sen. Jodi Habush Sinykin' and '(D) Whitefish Bay.'

Policy

Sen. Jodi Habush Sinykin on a bill to regulate data centers

Economy

Diana Maas on funding for energy assistance in Wisconsin

A still image shows Tammy Baldwin standing in at a podium at a press conference, with a graphic at the bottom that reads 'Madison,' 'U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin' and '(D) Wisconsin.)'

Budgets

Baldwin describes focus on health care during the shutdown

Indigenous

Why Catholic sisters sold land back to the Lac du Flambeau

Multiple vertical towers and horizontal bars are connected by an array of multiple power lines, with portions of connecting lines covered by glass insulators, form part of an electrical substation, under a cloudy sky.

Economy

Anthropic, Microsoft announce new AI data center projects as construction continues

An overhead view of the U.S. House of Representatives chamber, including its legislative dais with a U.S. flag behind the Speaker's podium and curved rows of desks facing the rear wall with dais and two sets of double doors, shows multiple people standing on the floor and seated in benches, with overlaid text reading On Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendment and vote totals for Yea, Nay, Pres and NV for Republican, Democratic and Independent members.

Budgets

Trump signs a funding bill that ends the record 2025 federal government shutdown

A letter sign of the word Kroger with stylized characters is attached to the face of a building with a peaked roof under a partly cloudy sky.

Economy

Kroger closing automated fulfillment centers in Wisconsin, two other states

Politics

Sen. Jodi Habush Sinykin on data center energy incentives

Indigenous

President John Johnson on shared Ojibwe and Catholic beliefs

Politics

'Here & Now' Highlights: U.S. Rep. Scott Fitzgerald, State Sen. Jodi Habush Sinykin, Diana Maas

Courts

Immigrant in Milwaukee judge case has been deported

Budgets

US Rep. Scott Fitzgerald on 2025 government shutdown fallout

Policy

Sen. Jodi Habush Sinykin on a bill to regulate data centers

Economy

Diana Maas on funding for energy assistance in Wisconsin

Budgets

Baldwin describes focus on health care during the shutdown

Indigenous

Why Catholic sisters sold land back to the Lac du Flambeau

Economy

Anthropic, Microsoft announce new AI data center projects as construction continues

Budgets

Trump signs a funding bill that ends the record 2025 federal government shutdown

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