Andy Bensend on the math of growing and selling soybeans

Agriculture

Andy Bensend on the math of growing and selling soybeans

Wisconsin Soybean Marketing Board member and Barron County farmer Andy Bensend details how changes in the price of soybeans affects bottom lines of farms that grow at scale and have inflexible costs.

October 7, 2025

A rocket and its contrail arc from lower right to upper left across a dark nighttime sky.
A rocket and its contrail arc from lower right to upper left across a dark nighttime sky.

Economy

Musk’s SpaceX contests Wisconsin’s rural broadband plans

The Trump administration is pushing states to direct more federal funding into supporting satellite internet, which is cheaper to install but slower than fiber-optic broadband, and critics fear a giveaway to companies owned by centibillionaires Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos.

October 7, 2025

Josh Kaul speaks while standing behind a wood podium with six microphones with the flags of different media organizations standing on tripods in its surface, in a room with a cloth banner showing the seal of Wisconsin's Office of the Attorney General mounted on a wall in the background.
Josh Kaul speaks while standing behind a wood podium with six microphones with the flags of different media organizations standing on tripods in its surface, in a room with a cloth banner showing the seal of Wisconsin's Office of the Attorney General mounted on a wall in the background.

Elections

Kaul to run for a third term as Wisconsin Attorney General in 2026 election

Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul is seeking reelection to a third term in that office in the 2026 election after speculation that he would instead run in the Democratic primary for governor.

October 7, 2025

A sign in the shape of a peaked roof shows a logo with a flock of flying waterfowl and the words Dodge County, Justice Facility and Sheriff's Department on top of a stone base in a lawn, situated in front of a parking lot filled with vehicles and with a two story stone masonry building with a row of flagpoles flying the U.S., Wisconsin and POW/MIA flags next to its entrance under a partly cloudy sky.
A sign in the shape of a peaked roof shows a logo with a flock of flying waterfowl and the words Dodge County, Justice Facility and Sheriff's Department on top of a stone base in a lawn, situated in front of a parking lot filled with vehicles and with a two story stone masonry building with a row of flagpoles flying the U.S., Wisconsin and POW/MIA flags next to its entrance under a partly cloudy sky.

Social Issues

A decade of immigrants to Wisconsin and immigration enforcement in 9 charts

Immigration hearing and arrest data from 2015 to 2023 illustrate where new immigrants to Wisconsin originated, where they settled in the state, and how they've fared in immigration court.

October 6, 2025

A paper sign showing different examples of photo identification, including driver license, state ID card, Veterans Affairs ID, U.S. passport book or card, student ID card, U.S. Uniformed Services, Tribal ID and Certificate of Naturalization is displayed on the surface of a painted wood table.
A paper sign showing different examples of photo identification, including driver license, state ID card, Veterans Affairs ID, U.S. passport book or card, student ID card, U.S. Uniformed Services, Tribal ID and Certificate of Naturalization is displayed on the surface of a painted wood table.

Courts

Wisconsin Department of Justice asks Waukesha County judge to pause voter citizenship order

The Wisconsin Department of Justice is asking a Waukesha County judge to immediately put on hold an order that would require elections officials to verify the citizenship of all 3.6 million registered Wisconsin voters before the statewide election in February 2026.

October 6, 2025

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

Politics

‘Here & Now’ Highlights: US Sen. Ron Johnson, John Rosenow, Sydney Timmer-Murillo

Here's what guests on the Oct. 3, 2025 episode said about the federal government shutdown, immigrant dairy workers and collective trauma from public violence.

October 6, 2025

US Sen. Ron Johnson on 2025 government shutdown politics
US Sen. Ron Johnson on 2025 government shutdown politics

Budgets

US Sen. Ron Johnson on 2025 government shutdown politics

U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wisconsin, discusses the October 2025 shutdown of the federal government, the stance of Republican lawmakers in this impasse and goals of his proposed Eliminate Shutdowns Act.

October 3, 2025

A still image shows John Rosenow seated in front of an archway, with a graphic at the bottom that reads 'Waumandee,' 'John Rosenow' and 'Rosenholm Dairy.'
A still image shows John Rosenow seated in front of an archway, with a graphic at the bottom that reads 'Waumandee,' 'John Rosenow' and 'Rosenholm Dairy.'

Economy

John Rosenow on dairy workers and immigration enforcement

Roseholm-Wolfe Dairy owner John Rosenow discusses the reliance of Wisconsin dairy farms on immigrant labor for milking cows, the legal statuses of these workers and the prospect of immigration raids.

October 3, 2025 • West Central Region

A still image shows Sydney Timmer-Murillo seated in front of a white shelf with various plants, with a graphic at the bottom that reads 'Wauwatosa,' 'Sydney Timmer-Murillo' and 'Medical College of Wisconsin.'
A still image shows Sydney Timmer-Murillo seated in front of a white shelf with various plants, with a graphic at the bottom that reads 'Wauwatosa,' 'Sydney Timmer-Murillo' and 'Medical College of Wisconsin.'

Health

Sydney Timmer-Murillo on public violence and shared trauma

Medical College of Wisconsin professor and clinical psychologist Sydney Timmer-Murillo considers how exposure to mass shootings and assassinations affect mental health and generate anxiety and trauma.

October 3, 2025

Tariffs, trade war and woes for Wisconsin’s soybean farmers
Tariffs, trade war and woes for Wisconsin’s soybean farmers

Agriculture

Tariffs, trade war and woes for Wisconsin’s soybean farmers

Wisconsin soybean farmers are enjoying a bumper crop, but are caught in the middle of a trade war with Trump administration tariffs on China and shifting global markets that are seeing sliding prices.

October 2, 2025