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Frederica Freyberg:
Canadian wildfire smoke blankets the state, prompting air quality alerts, with more expected on the horizon. And through a haze of budget negotiations, state lawmakers are at an impasse, while a federal deal inches forward.
I’m Frederica Freyberg. Tonight on “Here & Now,” Republican Senator Ron Johnson on where he stands with the reconciliation bill. The Milwaukee Common Council president discusses heightened ICE activity in his community and an effort to revive Native languages also confronts past traumas. It’s “Here & Now” for June 6.

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