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Security personnel conduct a bag check and pat-down at a wood-paneled doorway with a sign reading “Phones, Electronics and Photography Strictly Prohibited.”

06/18/25

Lawmakers on edge as statehouse security tightens after Minnesota shootings

Heavily armed state troopers in camouflage tactical gear walk beside two armored vehicles.

06/18/25

Many lawmakers named in writings of suspected Minnesota shooter vow not to bow down

Man in blue suit and red tie speaking at a podium with microphones, standing before a backdrop of multiple U.S. flags.

06/17/25

Wisconsin Supreme Court strikes down Republican law weakening attorney general’s power

Blue “EMS” letters on a glass window reflecting a partly cloudy sky, green trees, and industrial buildings in the background.

06/17/25

Three bills before the Wisconsin Legislature seek to address EMS staffing shortfalls

Essence Wilks sits at a table with papers and two plastic beverage containers with straws on its surface as Paige Berg stands to one side, with a glass door and out-of-focus illuminated hanging lamps and exit signs in the background.

06/16/25

Three women build a ‘third space’ in Green Bay for community members who have felt left out

A wanted-style poster with the logo of the FBI and the words Law Enforcement Assistance shows the name Vance L. Boelter and the crime of Murder above four photographs, each with the word Captured superimposed over their bottom margin.

06/16/25

Friends say Minnesota assassination suspect is deeply religious and conservative

Adam Faust stands in a room with his right arm holding an overhead brace for a milking system and his left hand holding a door handle, with a daylight illuminated window in the background and multiple digital gauges in a row in the foreground.

06/16/25

Wisconsin dairy farmer sues USDA claiming discrimination against white farmers

An oval logo showing an illustration of a multi-story Beaux Arts-style building with a U.S. flag on a flagpole in front of a colonnade is mounted in front of a stage curtain and between a U.S. flag and the U.S. Department of Justice flag, with an out-of-focus podium with a microphone mounted to its surface in the foreground.

06/16/25

US Justice Department’s moves on elections signal a shift from protecting voter access

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

06/16/25

‘Here & Now’ Highlights: Zac Schultz, State Sen. Jesse James, Tracy Vruwink, Jeanne Duffy

Vance Luther Boelter stands outdoors with a spotlight illuminating his face, with multiple law enforcement officers wearing camouflage uniforms and helmets with headphones and mounted scopes standing in the background with black areas redacting their faces, with foliage and a tree line on the horizon under a cloudy sky at dusk.

06/15/25

Man suspected of assassinating Minnesota lawmaker arrested

Melissa Hortman stands and speaks into a microphone mounted to the top of a wood podium with an out-of-focus wood gavel on its surface and a name plate reading Melissa Hortman on its front, with a wood-carved chair, framed painting and the then-Minnesota flag in the background.

06/14/25

Politically motivated gunman assassinates DFL leader of Minnesota House of Representatives, wounds another lawmaker

A still image shows Zac Shultz standing in front of the main chamber at the state Capitol with two green marble pillars behind him, with a graphic in the bottom reading 'State capitol,' 'Zac Schultz' and 'Here & Now.'

06/13/25

Zac Schultz on lawmakers writing Wisconsin’s 2025-27 budget

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