Watch: 📺 🖥️ 💻 📱 The rising cost of health care is among the biggest worries for Americans, and insurance coverage for prescription drugs has been decreasing as their prices have been increasing, via @pbsnews.org.

Wisconsin was the first state to let some incarcerated people work in the community, allowing them to save money and pay for room and board, but more than a century later, prisoners say there aren't enough of these jobs, and prison officials say they don't keep count, reports @wisconsinwatch.org.

Watch: 📺 🖥️ 💻 📱 Former state Dept. of Administration Sec. Joel Brennan discusses why he is running in the Democratic primary for Wisconsin governor in 2026 and how both state and national politics factor in the race.

Watch: 📺 🖥️ 💻 📱 State Rep. Francesca Hong, D-Madison, discusses why she is running in the Democratic primary for Wisconsin governor in 2026 and how both state and national politics factor in the race.

Watch: 📺 🖥️ 💻 📱 Former WEDC CEO Missy Hughes discusses why she is running in the Democratic primary for Wisconsin governor in 2026 and how both state and national politics factor in the race.

Watch: 📺 🖥️ 💻 📱 Former Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes discusses why he is running in the Democratic primary for Wisconsin governor in 2026 and how both state and national politics factor in the race.

Watch: 📺 🖥️ 💻 📱 @wisconsineye.bsky.social CEO Jon Henkes considers how a funding shortfall led to the public affairs network presenting video of state government proceedings to go offline and options for any future operations.

Watch: 📺 🖥️ 💻 📱 Here's what guests on the Dec. 19 episode of "Here & Now" said about Wisconsin Eye going off the air and the Democratic primary for governor in 2026.

A group of residents in the southwest Wisconsin community of Richland Center says local officials have ignored their concerns in moving forward with a plan to build duplexes on a six-acre green space in the city, where housing prices have increased 76% since 2017, reports @thebadgerproject.org.

Watch: 📺 🖥️ 💻 📱 Wisconsin Farm Center Farmer Wellness Program coordinator Karen Endres describes negative coping mechanisms that farmers under stress can resort to when facing growing pressures on their business.

Crews are blowing up the 94-year-old Black Hawk Bridge bridge over the Mississippi River, bringing a dramatic end to the riveted cantilever bridge between Lansing, Iowa and De Soto, Wisconsin, reports @apnews.com.

A jury has found Milwaukee County Circuit Court Judge Hannah Dugan judge guilty of obstruction for helping a Mexican immigrant dodge federal authorities, handing down the verdict after deliberating for six hours, reports @apnews.com.

The U.S. Department of Justice has sued Georgia, Illinois, Wisconsin and the District of Columbia for not turning over requested voter information to the Trump administration — this move comes after the Wisconsin Elections Commission voted against providing the data, reports @apnews.com.

Attorneys for Milwaukee County Circuit Court Judge Hannah Dugan, who faces federal charges of obstruction and concealing an individual to prevent arrest, called four witnesses but not the defendant on the trial's fourth day, with both sides following with closing arguments, reports @apnews.com.

Watch: 📺 🖥️ 💻 📱 Farmer Angel Network of Western Wisconsin co-founder Jennifer Webster describes how the group works to reach out to struggling farmers and offer mental health resources and financial assistance.

Watch: 📺 🖥️ 💻 📱 Southwest Health Behavioral Services nurse practitioner Katie Glanville describes how self-isolation and self-sacrifice by farmers facing stress and depression can intensify feelings of hopelessness.

Prosecutors are trying to paint Milwaukee County Judge Hannah Dugan as rudely approaching federal officers and making it more dangerous for them to do their jobs to help an immigrant escape arrest, with another judge testifying that she was irritated and "shocked" with Dugan, reports @apnews.com.

Residents of Green Bay's Astor neighborhood produce a podcast uncovering forgotten — and sometimes spooky — tales tied to its historic homes, hoping to create a sense of wonder and pride while memorializing the community's history and lore, reports @wisconsinwatch.org.

Milwaukee County Circuit Court Judge Hannah Dugan's trial on federal charge began with prosecutors seeking to make the case that she knew what was at stake when she directed an immigrant to a courtroom's private door while immigrations agents were in the courthouse, reports @apnews.com.

A Dane County judge has ruled there is enough evidence to proceed to trial in a felony forgery case against an attorney and an aide to President Donald Trump for their role in the 2020 fake elector scheme while postponing a preliminary hearing for a third defendant in the case, reports @apnews.com.

Americans are feeling strains already with COVID-era tax credits for Affordable Care Act health insurance set to expire — for one Wisconsin couple, loss of government-covered subsidies in 2026 means choosing a lower-quality insurance plan with higher premiums and deductibles, reports @apnews.com.

Watch: 📺 🖥️ 💻 📱 State Sen. Kelda Roys, D-Madison, discusses why she is running in the Democratic primary for Wisconsin governor in 2026 and how both state and national politics factor in the race.

Watch: 📺 🖥️ 💻 📱 Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley discusses why he is running in the Democratic primary for Wisconsin governor in 2026 and how both state and national politics factor in the race.

Watch: 📺 🖥️ 💻 📱 Lt. Gov. Sara Rodriguez discusses why she is running in the Democratic primary for Wisconsin governor in 2026 and how both state and national politics factor in the race.

Watch: 📺 🖥️ 💻 📱 Wisconsin Department of Health Services state epidemiologist Dr. Ryan Westergaard describes continuing guidance to vaccinate newborns for hepatitis B after a federal panel changed its recommendations.

Watch: 📺 🖥️ 💻 📱 Here's what guests on the Dec. 12 episode of "Here & Now" said about the Democratic primary for governor in 2026 and state guidance for hepatitis B vaccines.

A pair of lawsuits seeking to redraw congressional boundary lines that currently favor Republicans in Wisconsin are on track to be resolved after the 2026 midterm election, as lawyers on both sides argued over the case timelines in hearings, reports @apnews.com.

The majority of states don't have elections for their highest courts, with some developing ways to vet judicial qualifications — polls show Wisconsinites prefer to elect justices, but the timing, term limits and vetting of candidates could be different, reports @wisconsinwatch.org.

Republican Wisconsin U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson is asking the U.S. Department of Justice to investigate a Dane County judge who rejected a motion to step aside in the state's criminal case in which three former aides to President Donald Trump are facing felony forgery charges, reports @apnews.com.

Watch: 📺 🖥️ 💻 📱 Family members and therapists are increasing their efforts to offer mental health help and wellness resources to farmers in Wisconsin facing despair as suicide rates in rural areas continue rising.

Watch: 📺 🖥️ 💻 📱 @uwmilwaukee.bsky.social Mapping Racism and Resistance volunteer Mary Roberts considers how exclusionary language in restrictive covenants discriminated by race and led to segregation in where people could live.

Efforts to implement and maintain public financing for Wisconsin Supreme Court candidates and attempts to tighten recusal rules for justices continue as spending on judicial campaigns in the state skyrockets, reports @wisconsinwatch.org.

Prosecutors and defense attorneys are selecting jurors in the trial of Milwaukee County Judge Hannah Dugan, who is accused of helping a Mexican immigrant dodge federal officers in the courthouse and is charged with obstruction and concealing an individual to prevent arrest, reports @apnews.com.

Watch: 📺 🖥️ 💻 📱 @uwmilwaukee.bsky.social professor and Mapping Racism and Resistance director Anne Bonds describes how racial covenants for property deeds contributed to segregation and economic disparities around Milwaukee.

Watch: 📺 🖥️ 💻 📱 @uwmilwaukee.bsky.social professor and Mapping Racism and Resistance director Derek Handley describes the different ways Milwaukee's Black community has been historically targeted when seeking for places to live.

Joel Brennan, a former top official in the administration of Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers, is running to succeed the two-term Democrat in the state's top office and joins a crowded primary field of gubernatorial candidates in the 2026 election, reports @apnews.com.

Watch: 📺 🖥️ 💻 📱 @uwmadison.bsky.social political science professor and Elections Research Center Director @bcburden.bsky.social considers implications of multiple states seeking to redraw congressional district maps by the 2026 election.

More than $140 million was spent on the 2025 Wisconsin Supreme Court election — loose campaign finance laws, lax recusal rules, a purple electorate and the spring election cycle all help explain why the state's high court races see such high spending, reports @wisconsinwatch.org.

A Dane County judge rejected a motion to step aside from presiding over a case in which a former attorney for President Donald Trump and two others face 11 felony charges in Wisconsin over a fake elector scheme following the 2020 election, reports @apnews.com.

Watch: 📺 🖥️ 💻 📱 Researchers and volunteers with the Mapping Racism and Resistance project in Milwaukee County are examining millions of documents to chronicle where and how racial covenants shaped the community.

Jim Troupis, Kenneth Chesebro and Mike Roman, who face 11 felony charges related to the fake electors scheme in support of President Donald Trump in 2020, asked for the preliminary hearing in their case to be postponed, alleging misconduct by the judge presiding over the case, reports @apnews.com.

Watch: 📺 🖥️ 💻 📱 Washington County Executive Josh Schoemann discusses why he is running in the Republican primary for Wisconsin governor in 2026 and how both state and national politics factor in the race.

Watch: 📺 🖥️ 💻 📱 U.S. Rep. Tom Tiffany, R-7th Congressional District, discusses why he is running in the Republican primary for Wisconsin governor in 2026 and how both state and national politics factor in the race.

Watch: 📺 🖥️ 💻 📱 @uwmadison.bsky.social political science professor and Elections Research Center director @bcburden.bsky.social explains the premise and status of two lawsuits that seek to redraw Wisconsin's congressional district maps.

Watch: 📺 🖥️ 💻 📱 Here's what guests on the Dec. 5 episode of "Here & Now" said about the Republican primary for governor in 2026 and two lawsuits challenging Wisconsin's congressional voting district maps.

School officials around Wisconsin want to give more students a jump start on college with dual enrollment classes, but they say they lack qualified teachers — for busy teachers, the return on investing their time and money to attend graduate school is a hard sell, reports @wisconsinwatch.org.

The brainchild of a retired teacher-turned-reporter with a goal of encouraging more young people in the state to become civically engaged, an annual quiz game about government and democracy has doubled in size since it was launched by the Wisconsin Newspaper Association, reports @wisconsinwatch.org.

The Wisconsin Supreme Court has agreed to take a case brought by the @aclu.org on behalf of the immigrant rights group Voces de la Frontera, which argues that it is illegal for county jails in the state to hold immigrant detainees for federal authorities, reports @apnews.com.

A bipartisan group of Wisconsin lawmakers is pushing to strengthen limits on margarine, an effort that's a reminder of a century-and-a-half long squabble over the butter substitute and the state's dairy industry, reports @thebadgerproject.org.

Eugene Hasenfus, a Wisconsin native who played a key role in unraveling the Iran-Contra affair after his CIA-backed supply plane was shot down over Nicaragua in 1986, has died, reports @apnews.com.