A U.S. District judge sentenced Eduardo Flores-Ruiz to time served after he reached a deal in which he agreed not to fight deportation — the federal government indicted a Milwaukee judge who agents accuse of helping the Mexican national evade arrest in a courthouse, reports @apnews.com.

Watch: 📺 🖥️ 💻 📱 State Sen. Dora Drake, D-Milwaukee, discusses difficulties of finding jobs and homes among people who served time in the juvenile justice system and goals of seeking rehabilitation and accountability.

Watch: 📺 🖥️ 💻 📱 State Sen. Mary Felzkowski, R-Tomahawk, discusses how future projections guide plans to restructure Wisconsin prisons, pointing to placement of Secure Residential Care Centers, or SRCCs, in the state.

Watch: 📺 🖥️ 💻 📱 State Sen. Dora Drake, D-Milwaukee, discusses why the Wisconsin Department of Corrections is building a new juvenile justice facility in Milwaukee and what it means for children convicted of crimes.

Farms in Wisconsin are increasingly hiring temporary and seasonal workers from abroad through the federal H-2A visa program, even as slow-moving bureaucracy can cause headaches while looming rules changes and new fees create more uncertainty, reports @wisconsinwatch.org.

Nov. 10 marks the 50th anniversary of the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald, perhaps the most famous of all the estimated 6,500 ships that have gone down in the Great Lakes — the freighter was the largest ship ever to sink on the Great Lakes and all 29 members on board died, reports @apnews.com.

Watch: 📺 🖥️ 💻 📱 Feeding Wisconsin Executive Director Jackie Anderson describes growing demand on food banks as grocery prices continue rising, federal programs are eliminated and SNAP funding is poised to be cut off.

Watch: 📺 🖥️ 💻 📱 Wisconsin Farm Bureau Federation President Brad Olson considers uncertainties over tariffs on and markets for soybeans and beef, rising health insurance costs and the status of the next Farm Bill.

Watch: 📺 🖥️ 💻 📱 State Sen. Mary Felzkowski, R-Tomahawk, discusses interest by Republican lawmakers to play a larger role in revamping Wisconsin's prison systems through a plan proposed by Democratic Gov. Tony Evers.

Watch: 📺 🖥️ 💻 📱 Republican lawmakers on the State Building Commission are seeking more of a role in restructuring Wisconsin's prison system, and Democratic Gov. Tony Evers promises collaboration on future planning.

Watch: 📺 🖥️ 💻 📱 Here's what guests on the Oct. 31 episode of "Here & Now" said about the plan to restructure Wisconsin's prison system, how farmers in the state are faring, and the high use of food banks.

Gov. Tony Evers has signed a bill passed with bipartisan support that requires school districts to prohibit phone use during class time, making Wisconsin the 36th state to limit how students use cellphones and other electronic devices when they are attending school, reports @apnews.com.

Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers signed a bipartisan bill that would allow certain candidates for state and federal office to remove their names from ballots in the state, an issue in 2024 when independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. tried to remove himself, reports @apnews.com.

A Waukesha County Circuit Court judge has put on hold his ruling that requires elections officials to verify the citizenship of all 3.6 million registered voters in Wisconsin before the statewide primary election in February 2026, reports @apnews.com.

A Venezuelan couple arrested during a routine immigration check at an Immigration and Customs Enforcement office in Milwaukee will try to continue their asylum cases while detained hundreds of miles away from each other, reports @wisconsinwatch.org.

Watch: 📺 🖥️ 💻 📱 A plan put forth by Gov. Tony Evers to close, build or repurpose several Wisconsin Department of Corrections prisons is advancing, with a particular focus on the future of the juvenile justice system.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has approved a plan by the Canada-based energy company Enbridge to construct a new 41-mile segment of its aging Line 5 oil and gas pipeline that crosses northern Wisconsin to bypass the reservation of the Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa, reports @apnews.com.

Watch: 📺 🖥️ 💻 📱 Town of Stella resident Jean Pederson describes seeking clarity about the scale, causes and impacts of PFAS "forever chemical" contamination in Wisconsin and hope for support from state government.

Watch: 📺 🖥️ 💻 📱 Stella Town Board Chairperson William Casey Crump discusses the state of Wisconsin's "Do Not Eat" consumption advisories for fish in the Moen Lake Chain and guidance for deer harvested near the area.

A sweeping plan put forth by Democratic Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers to overhaul the state's aging prison system is moving forward with bipartisan support despite complaints from Republican lawmakers that their concerns are not being addressed, reports @apnews.com.

"Pulaski News" is a fixture of one community in northeast Wisconsin, a tool to prepare high school students for the workforce and the last official source keeping residents informed about hyperlocal happenings, reports @wisconsinwatch.org.

Watch: 📺 🖥️ 💻 📱 @uwchancellor.bsky.social Jennifer Mnookin discusses the launch and goals of the Wisconsin Exchange, a program seeking to support civil dialogue at @uwmadison.bsky.social amid free speech controversies on campus.

Watch: 📺 🖥️ 💻 📱 U.S. Rep. Glenn Grothman, R-6th Congressional District, discusses the ongoing 2025 federal government shutdown, timelines and terms of continuing resolutions, and the political stance of Republicans.

Watch: 📺 🖥️ 💻 📱 U.S. Rep. Mark Pocan, D-2nd Congressional District, discusses the ongoing 2025 federal government shutdown, timelines and terms of continuing resolutions, and the political stance of Democrats.

Watch: 📺 🖥️ 💻 📱 Residents of a rural lake community in Oneida County are advised to limit consumption of fish and deer due to PFAS contamination and are seeking support — as well as more information — from the state.

Watch: 📺 🖥️ 💻 📱 Here's what guests on the Oct. 24 episode of "Here & Now" said about the ongoing federal government shutdown and a new program at UW-Madison focused on promoting civil dialogue.

A $20 million funding boost from the Wisconsin Legislature is allowing technical colleges to expand oral health training programs as the state faces a shortage of dental workers, reports @wisconsinwatch.org.

Watch: 📺 🖥️ 💻 📱 UW-Whitewater computer science professor Zachary Oster describes cybersecurity vulnerabilities of local governments in Wisconsin in the wake of a ransomware attack on Iowa County's computer network.

As lawmakers spend less on higher education and the Universities of Wisconsin implements tuition promise programs, an analysis that included 28 schools in Wisconsin found the state ranks 46th in the nation in its share of public colleges that are considered affordable, reports @wisconsinwatch.org.

Traffic cameras are banned in Wisconsin, but a bipartisan bill in the state Legislature would authorize Milwaukee to install traffic cameras for ticketing speeders and red light runners, an exemption pursued by the city's leaders, reports @thebadgerproject.org.

A 37-year-old man from Racine faces a stalking charge after he allegedly sent the Wisconsin Supreme Court Chief Justice Jill Karofsky a series of intimidating and profane emails between Aug. 2 and Oct. 1, reports @apnews.com.

A September raid on an apartment building Chicago owned by a Neenah-based investor has signaled a sharp escalation in the White House's immigration crackdown and ratcheted up tensions in a city already on edge, reports @apnews.com.

Watch: 📺 🖥️ 💻 📱 Dr. Dipesh Navsaria, a pediatrician, considers impacts of food assistance on the nutrition and mental health of children as funds for state-run programs dwindles due to a federal government shutdown.

Watch: 📺 🖥️ 💻 📱 Wisconsin Board for People with Developmental Disabilities Executive Director Beth Swedeen considers impacts of U.S. Department of Education funding cuts and layoffs on special education in the state.

Watch: 📺 🖥️ 💻 📱 End Domestic Abuse Wisconsin Executive Director Monique Minkens considers the state's record number of domestic violence-related homicides and how funding cuts and housing are factors in this problem.

Watch: 📺 🖥️ 💻 📱 Green Bay Mayor Eric Genrich discusses the launch of a community land trust nonprofit program with the goal of lowering barriers to owning a home through leasing land to reduce the cost of mortgages.

Watch: 📺 🖥️ 💻 📱 Here's what guests on the Oct. 17 episode of "Here & Now" said about federal funding cuts affecting food assistance and special education, an affordable housing project in Green Bay and a record number of domestic violence deaths in Wisconsin.

It’s common for elected members of the Wisconsin Legislature, who make about $61,000 a year, to have a second job as the state Senate and Assembly each meet for only part of the year, allowing lawmakers to seek additional work opportunities, reports @thebadgerproject.org.

Thousands of workers will be needed to construct a new nuclear plant at the Kewaunee Power Station, as well as nuclear, electrical, civil, chemical and mechanical engineers to design and operate the new reactor, reports @wisconsinwatch.org.

A decade after the Kewaunee Power Station closed, its owner EnergySolutions wants to build a new nuclear plant on the site, with the company planning to buy hundreds of acres of farmland and as statewide demand for electricity increases as more data centers are built, reports @wisconsinwatch.org.

Watch: 📺 🖥️ 💻 📱 A group of Indigenous youth traveled from Wisconsin to ancestral homelands in New York and Massachusetts, where they reconnected with the land, culture, and identity that was taken nearly two centuries ago — finding healing, joy and a sense of belonging, reports @ict-news.bsky.social.

Increased use of compassionate release for elderly and sick prisoners could ease costs and crowding of Wisconsin's correctional facilities with minimal risks to public safety, advocates and legal experts say, but this practice remains off limits to many, reports @wisconsinwatch.org.

Watch: 📺 🖥️ 💻 📱 U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wisconsin, discusses the October 2025 shutdown of the federal government, the stance of Democratic lawmakers in this impasse and their Affordable Care Act tax credits goals.

Watch: 📺 🖥️ 💻 📱 "Here & Now" political panelists Bill McCoshen and Scot Ross discuss the emerging field of Republican and Democratic candidates who have — and haven't — announced 2026 runs for governor of Wisconsin.

Watch: 📺 🖥️ 💻 📱 Wisconsin Elections Commission member Don Millis, a Republican appointee and former chair, discusses a circuit court order for the state to verify citizenship of voters by the February 2026 election.

Watch: 📺 🖥️ 💻 📱 Here's what guests on the Oct. 10 episode of "Here & Now" said about the continuing federal government shutdown, verifying citizenship of Wisconsin voters, the emerging gubernatorial primary field for 2026, and large-scale renewable energy projects.

Watch: 📺 🖥️ 💻 📱 Clean Wisconsin program director Chelsea Chandler considers the approval of new large-scale wind and solar projects in the state as electricity demand rises from data centers and electric vehicles.

Wisconsin farmers are enjoying a bumper yield of corn – silage and grain — in 2025 following opportune timing and favorable weather, but these high yields are accompanied by low prices for the crop, reports @iamstevenpotter.bsky.social.

A year after an incident involving Famous Yeti's pizza in Stoughton, the state doesn’t have laws regulating how hemp-derived THC products are handled and used in industrial kitchens where foods are prepared, reports @wisconsinwatch.org.

Watch: 📺 🖥️ 💻 📱 Wisconsin Soybeans Association President and Rock County farmer Doug Rebout explains how shifting crop prices lead farmers to look ahead to and make plans for selling the following season's harvest.