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The following program is a PBS Wisconsin original production.

Frederica Freyberg:
The partisan blame continues to go around as the federal shutdown has no end in sight, but cuts coming from Washington are having real impacts back home.
I’m Frederica Freyberg. Tonight on “Here & Now,” hundreds of thousands could lose their FoodShare benefits. Advocates urge action from state lawmakers. Cuts at the U.S. Department of Education leave special education students more vulnerable. As the deficit of affordable housing continues, more communities are turning to land trusts to ease the strain and how to address an increase in lives lost due to domestic violence. It’s “Here & Now” for October 17.

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