Here & Now opening for August 29, 2025

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The following program is a PBS Wisconsin original production.

Janine Geske:
A court that is totally predictable is really a court that looks like a legislature.

Frederica Freyberg:
Despite criticism, courtrooms continue to be a check and balance on partisan disputes of power and resolve remains strong as a Janesville worker strike drags on.
I’m Frederica Freyberg. Tonight on “Here & Now,” health workers in Janesville reached two months on the picket line heading into Labor Day. Alzheimer’s and dementia research funding continues for now, but the work is still at risk. Recent rulings from the Wisconsin Supreme Court shuffle the power balance in state government, and a sudden spike in overdoses in La Crosse. It’s “Here & Now” for August 29.

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Funding for “Here & Now” is provided by the Focus Fund for Journalism and Friends of PBS Wisconsin.