Watch: 📺 🖥️ 💻 📱 State Rep. Tony Kurtz, R-Wonewoc, discusses negotiations for a bipartisan state budget surplus deal that failed to pass in the Legislature and how the 2026 election cycle played a role in its demise.

Watch: 📺 🖥️ 💻 📱 Wisconsin Technical College System President Layla Merrifield discusses a provision in a failed state budget surplus deal that would have provided aid to its schools and reduced local property taxes.

Watch: 📺 🖥️ 💻 📱 Jon Miskowski, emeritus director of television for PBS Wisconsin, has passed away at 65 following a long career that includes developing LZ Lambeau, Wisconsin Hometown Stories and Tribal Histories.

Watch: 📺 🖥️ 💻 📱 A bipartisan vote by lawmakers blocked a plan by Democratic Gov. Tony Evers and Republican legislative leaders to use a state budget surplus to boost school funds and send checks to income taxpayers.

Watch: 📺 🖥️ 💻 📱 Here's what guests on the May 15 episode of "Here & Now" said about the failed state budget surplus deal, how technical colleges in the state are funded, and Wisconsin's increases in tick populations and Lyme disease.

Watch: 📺 🖥️ 💻 📱 Maeqtekuahkihkiw Metaemohsak Inc. Executive Director Rachel Fernandez, a member of the Menominee Nation, explains how a red hand symbol references silence about missing and murdered Indigenous people.

Watch: 📺 🖥️ 💻 📱 Democratic and Republican legislators rejected a budget deal to cut taxes and boost school funding — Inside Wisconsin Politics sorts out what it says about state government and political ambitions.

We are deeply saddened by the death of Jon Miskowski, PBS Wisconsin’s Emeritus Director of Television, who retired May 1.

Watch: 📺 🖥️ 💻 📱 The Center for Black Excellence and Culture founder and CEO Alex Gee describes ideas, dreams and history that inspired the creation of the community space and the work necessary to achieve its goals.

An unlikely pair of pop and heavy metal musicians came together in Wisconsin to praise ongoing efforts to find homes for roughly 1,500 beagles purchased from the dog breeding and research facility Ridglan Farms, based outside of Madison, reports @apnews.com.

Watch: 📺 🖥️ 💻 📱 Maeqtekuahkihkiw Metaemohsak Inc. Executive Director Rachel Fernandez, a member of the Menominee Nation, discusses how more Indigenous people are talking about issues of violence, abuse and trauma.

Watch: 📺 🖥️ 💻 📱 Advocates and family gathered at an annual rally to honor missing and murdered Indigenous women — the murder of Linda Dickenson is one among many tragedies the movement hopes to prevent in the future, reported in collaboration with @ict-news.bsky.social.

Watch: 📺 🖥️ 💻 📱 U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wisconsin, discusses negotiations between the United States and Iran on ceasefires amid hostilities in the Strait of Hormuz as well as her priorities for a new Farm Bill.

Watch: 📺 🖥️ 💻 📱 La Crosse County District Attorney Tim Gruenke discusses findings of an investigation of Ridglan Farms, a dog breeding and research business, as it sells some 1,500 beagles after sustained protests.

Watch: 📺 🖥️ 💻 📱 The Center for Black Excellence and Culture founder and CEO Alex Gee discusses the opening of a new $32 million multi-purpose facility in Madison to celebrate African American communities and culture.

Watch: 📺 🖥️ 💻 📱 Here's what guests on the May 8 episode of "Here & Now said about negotiations to halt the Iran war, a settlement with a dog research lab, and the opening of The Black Center for Excellence and Culture.

Watch: 📺 🖥️ 💻 📱 U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wisconsin, discusses negotiations between the United States and Iran on ceasefires amid hostilities in the Strait of Hormuz as well as her priorities for a new Farm Bill.

The state of Wisconsin filed a lawsuit in federal court against the Lac Du Flambeau Band over restricting fishing of at-risk walleye and musky in 19 lakes on tribal lands to tribal citizens only — a judge issued a temporary restraining order against the tribe, reports @ict-news.bsky.social.

Wisconsin offers free insurance to companies that hire people with criminal records as a protection against fraud or theft, but employers in the state use very few of these "second chance" bonds, even though an estimated 1.4 million Wisconsinites have a criminal record, reports @wisconsinwatch.org.

Watch: 📺 🖥️ 💻 📱 UW-Madison Center for Psychedelic Research professor Paul Hutson describes the efficacy of psilocybin to treat depression and substance abuse in research of psychedelics as a mental health therapy.

After ethnic repression in Myanmar scattered Rohingya communities, a grassroots effort in Milwaukee is testing whether teaching the language in written form can help it survive in a community of refugees — and whether families will choose to pass it on, reports @wisconsinwatch.org.

Watch: 📺 🖥️ 💻 📱 Citizens Utility Board Executive Director Tom Content discusses the Public Service Commission of Wisconsin setting an electricity rate plan for We Energies to shield customers from data center costs.

Watch: 📺 🖥️ 💻 📱 UW-Madison Center for Psychedelic Research professor Paul Hutson details how psilocybin is administered in clinical settings to treat mental health issues from severe depression to substance abuse.

The first of 1,500 beagles that were purchased from the dog breeding and research business Ridglan Farms in Blue Mounds are being moved to shelters by animal welfare groups in preparation for adoption, reports @apnews.com.

Watch: 📺 🖥️ 💻 📱 Wisconsin Initiative on Climate Change Impacts co-director Steve Vavrus describes how variations in weather patterns affect cultivation of manoomin — wild rice — on tribal lands around the state.

Watch: 📺 🖥️ 💻 📱 Here's what guests on the May 1 episode of "Here & Now" said about energy use by data centers and treating mental health disorders with psychedelic medicines.

Watch: 📺 🖥️ 💻 📱 Two animal rights groups announce a deal to buy nearly 1,500 beagles from the biomedical testing facility Ridglan Farms, and hold a press conference calling for an end to their use in research.

Watch: 📺 🖥️ 💻 📱 The field of candidates in different Democratic primaries is growing, in races for Congress and the Legislature — Inside Wisconsin Politics considers how the 2026 election season is taking shape.

A swift pace of budget priority shifts in the wake of the spring 2026 election highlights how school district leaders rely on referendums to keep their budgets balanced — and how, for many, the ask to voters was a final effort before resorting to making big cuts, reports @wisconsinwatch.org.

Big Dog Ranch Rescue and the Center for a Humane Economy said that have entered into a confidential agreement with Ridglan Farms in the town of Blue Mounds to buy nearly 1,500 of the facility's roughly 2,000 research beagles for an undisclosed price, reports @apnews.com.

Watch: 📺 🖥️ 💻 📱 Republican and Democratic candidates in the 2026 race for governor of Wisconsin share their thoughts on political violence and their own personal safety as they meet voters and hold campaign events.

Proponents of raw milk are pushing to make the unpasteurized product more widely available and easy to obtain with more than three dozen bills introduced in statehouses across the United States, while health officials continue warnings about potentially deadly germs, reports @apnews.com.

The conservative majority on the U.S. Supreme Court struck down a majority Black congressional district in Louisiana, a decision weakening the Voting Rights Act of 1965 that could open the door for Republican-controlled states to eliminate Black and Latino electoral districts, reports @apnews.com.

Watch: 📺 🖥️ 💻 📱 Democratic and Republican candidates in the 2026 race for governor of Wisconsin discuss what policies they would pursue to help address the high cost and limited supply of housing around the state.

Watch: 📺 🖥️ 💻 📱 Wisconsin Office of the Commissioner of Insurance Sec. Nathan Houdek discusses appropriate coverage on home policies when there are natural disasters and filing complaints with the state over claims.

Watch: 📺 🖥️ 💻 📱 Wisconsin Initiative on Climate Change Impacts co-director Steve Vavrus describes a growing level of extreme weather conditions in the state and actions to mitigate costs and safeguard against risks.

A team of researchers led by Michigan Tech University conducting research on Isle Royale in Lake Superior are finding that the island's population of wolves is growing while its moose population has declined in recent years, reports @apnews.com.

Federal prosecutors say a small-town Wisconsin police chief tried to help two brothers who run a gun dealership in California import nearly 500,000 rounds of illegal armor-piercing ammunition from an arms company based in Bosnia-Herzegovina, reports @apnews.com.

Designed as an incentive to lure the construction of data centers, a sales tax break in Wisconsin's 2023-25 state budget is drawing scrutiny — advocates and economic analysts say a development boom could boost other sources of revenue for the state, reports @wisconsinwatch.org.

Watch: 📺 🖥️ 💻 📱 What are the impacts of endorsements in the 2026 races for Wisconsin's 7th Congressional District and governor? Inside Wisconsin Politics takes a look at how they can influence campaigns and voters. #InsideWisconsinPolitics

Watch: 📺 🖥️ 💻 📱 Wonderstate Coffee CEO TJ Semanchin discusses how tariffs on imported beans have affected the Wisconsin-based business and a court-ordered system to apply for refunds from the federal government.

Watch: 📺 🖥️ 💻 📱 Wisconsin is suing Kalshi, Robinhood, Coinbase, Polymarket and Crypto .com, with state Attorney General Josh Kaul arguing such prediction market companies serve as platforms for illegal sports betting.

Watch: 📺 🖥️ 💻 📱 Here's what guests on the April 24 episode of "Here & Now" said about Wisconsin's warmer and wetter weather, and applying for tariff refunds.

Watch: 📺 🖥️ 💻 📱 Residents who live near the Wolf River in east-central Wisconsin are dealing with the aftermath of historic floods, and questions about insurance coverage are at the forefront of cleanup efforts.

Watch: 📺 🖥️ 💻 📱 Wisconsin Initiative on Climate Change Impacts co-director Steve Vavrus describes a growing level of extreme weather conditions in the state and actions to mitigate costs and safeguard against risks.

Watch: 📺 🖥️ 💻 📱 Wisconsin's 11 tribal gaming commissioners will renegotiate compacts with the state as online sports betting is legalized — Potawatomi Casino Hotel CEO Dominic Ortiz discusses goals of this process.

The U.S. Supreme Court issued a unanimous opining that found the energy company Enbridge waited too long in its effort to move to federal court a state lawsuit filed by the attorney general of Michigan seeking to revoke approval for an underwater span of the Line 5 pipeline, reports @apnews.com.

Watch: 📺 🖥️ 💻 📱 Inside Wisconsin Politics looks at party strategies on a gerrymandering special session, why so many Republican lawmakers are retiring, and how the 2026 governor's race is starting to take shape.

Watch: 📺 🖥️ 💻 📱 Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Chairwoman Liz Arbuckle discusses the tribe asking a judge to review a ruling that upheld permits for construction on the Enbridge Line 5 oil pipeline reroute.

UW-Oshkosh enrolls more dual enrollment students than any Wisconsin university through its Cooperative Academic Partnership Program, and this shift is changing the college's identity, reports @wisconsinwatch.org.