Three bills before the Wisconsin Legislature seek to address EMS staffing shortfalls
A package of legislation aims to relieve stress on Wisconsin's EMS departments, including funding to bolster enrollment in training courses, incentives to develop regional emergency systems, and improved reimbursement for 911 calls that don't involve patient transportation.
June 17, 2025
Three women build a ‘third space’ in Green Bay for community members who have felt left out
Launched in 2024, the nonprofit Third Space Green Bay aspires to create community for LGBTQ+ residents and people of color who live in and around the northeast Wisconsin city — making all feel welcome.
June 16, 2025 • Northeast Region
Friends say Minnesota assassination suspect is deeply religious and conservative
The man accused of assassinating the top Democrat in the Minnesota House of Representatives worked as a security contractor, a funeral service driver and a preacher, and was described by friends and former colleagues as holding deeply religious and politically conservative views.
June 16, 2025
Wisconsin dairy farmer sues USDA claiming discrimination against white farmers
The conservative Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty filed a federal lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Agriculture on behalf of dairy farmer Adam Faust alleging the Trump administration is illegally denying financial assistance to white farmers by continuing programs that favor minorities.
June 16, 2025
US Justice Department’s moves on elections signal a shift from protecting voter access
The Trump administration's Justice Department has begun targeting Democratic and presidential swing states with demands for election data or changes to voter registration procedures, suggesting the agency is moving away from its traditional stance of protecting access to the ballot box.
June 16, 2025
‘Here & Now’ Highlights: Zac Schultz, State Sen. Jesse James, Tracy Vruwink, Jeanne Duffy
Here's what guests on the June 13, 2025 episode said about lawmakers writing the state budget, a pilot program for student mental health. Impacts of federal funding cuts in one community and the status of AmeriCorps projects in Wisconsin.
June 16, 2025
Man suspected of assassinating Minnesota lawmaker arrested
Vance Luther Boelter, the man suspected of shooting two state lawmakers and killing one of them, has been taken into custody in Minnesota, bringing an end to a massive, nearly two-day search that put the entire state on edge.
June 15, 2025
State Rep. Melissa Hortman, the Democratic-Farmer-Labor leader in the Minnesota House of Representatives, and her husband were shot and killed in a Minneapolis suburb early June 14, with state Sen. John Hoffman and his wife wounded in what authorities describe as targeted attacks.
June 14, 2025
Zac Schultz on lawmakers writing Wisconsin’s 2025-27 budget
PBS Wisconsin senior political reporter Zac Schultz describes how the state Legislature's Republican-controlled Joint Committee on Finance is assembling portions of the 2025-27 biennial state budget.
June 13, 2025
Sen. Jesse James on mental health services offered at school
State Sen. Jesse James, R-Thorp, discusses legislation to create a two-year pilot program to provide year-round school-centered mental health services for at-risk students at two schools in Wisconsin.
June 13, 2025
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