Watch: 📺 🖥️ 💻 📱 Kimberly Solberg, a resident of Baldwin, discusses the manner in which federal agents are conducting immigration enforcement operations in Minnesota and seeking consistent application of the law.

Watch: 📺 🖥️ 💻 📱 @uwmadison.bsky.social political science professor emeritus Howard Schweber considers responses from local elected officials and law enforcement officers to large-scale Homeland Security deployments in Minnesota.

Watch: 📺 🖥️ 💻 📱 Democratic and Republican candidates in the 2026 race for governor of Wisconsin offer their thoughts on how public schools in the state are funded and their plans for the school choice voucher system.

Leaders of the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay hope efforts to attract older learners will bolster enrollment and keep the northeast Wisconsin's growing retirement-age population mentally sharp and socially engaged — and potentially in the workforce for longer, reports @wisconsinwatch.org.

Watch: 📺 🖥️ 💻 📱 Kimberly Solberg, a resident of Baldwin, discusses learning about Homeland Security agents conducting sweeps in the western Wisconsin community and the level of involvement by local law enforcement.

Watch: 📺 🖥️ 💻 📱 @uwmadison.bsky.social political science professor emeritus Howard Schweber discusses differences among immigration officers and other federal law enforcement in terms of their training and operational practices.

While water utilities can typically treat contamination of PFAS "forever chemicals" in one place, restoring a safe supply for well owners must be done at the household level, which leaves some owners out as regulators, lawyers and companies strike deals over who gets help, reports @apnews.com.

The roughly 40 million Americans who get drinking water from wells are at particular risk when harmful PFAS "forever chemicals" contaminate the supply — when a well is found to be tainted, it can take years to find a new source of clean water, reports @apnews.com.

Watch: 📺 🖥️ 💻 📱 @uwmadison.bsky.social political science professor emeritus Howard Schweber considers what Homeland Security operations and the killings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti in Minneapolis mean for the Bill of Rights.

Watch: 📺 🖥️ 💻 📱 Immigration raids, protests and the killings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti by federal agents in Minnesota are weighing upon communities in western Wisconsin, where federal agents are active as well.

Following the fatal shooting of Alex Pretti in Minneapolis, the two 2026 candidates for a Wisconsin Supreme Court seat — Maria Lazar and Chris Taylor — take different positions on whether state courts have a role in legal disputes over the actions of federal agents, reports WPR.

Watch: 📺 🖥️ 💻 📱 Wisconsin Democratic U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin and Republican U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson respond to Congress debating Homeland Security funding given actions in Minneapolis after another protestor is killed.

Watch: 📺 🖥️ 💻 📱 Here's what the guest on the Jan. 30 episode of "Here & Now" said about the intersection of the First and Second Amendments in protests against ICE in Minnesota.

Many of the people whose ancestors lived in the U.S. thousands of years before Europeans are carrying tribal identification for protection against the Trump administration's anti-immigration agenda, with the ID cards being widely used as proof of U.S. citizenship, reports @apnews.com.

Watch: 📺 🖥️ 💻 📱 Maria Lazar and Chris Taylor — candidates for the Wisconsin Supreme Court in 2026 — discuss the role of courts and status of constitutional rights concerning Homeland Security actions in Minnesota.

A Milwaukee County Circuit Court jury found Demetric Scott guilty on charges of identity theft and witness intimidation after sending multiple forged written threats against President Donald Trump in an attempt to get a witness against him deported to Mexico, reports @apnews.com.

The White House's effort to blame Alex Pretti after Border Patrol agents shot and killed him in Minneapolis has renewed a national conversation about Second Amendment rights and carrying firearms in public, reports @wisconsinwatch.org.

Watch: 📺 🖥️ 💻 📱 @uwmadison.bsky.social Athletic Director Chris McIntosh discusses opportunities for college athletes to get paid through Name, Image and Likeness contracts and fan concerns over the transparency of @ncaa.bsky.social policies.

Watch: 📺 🖥️ 💻 📱 Democratic and Republican candidates in the 2026 race for governor of Wisconsin respond to a plan by Gov. Tony Evers to overhaul the state's corrections system and how they would approach the issue.

ATECH students take hands-on classes, enroll in paid apprenticeships and earn free college credits, but the school has struggled to attract students, combat persistent stigma around technical education, and afford equipment and tools, reports @wisconsinwatch.org.

Watch: 📺 🖥️ 💻 📱 @uwmadison.bsky.social Athletic Director Chris McIntosh and Chancellor Jennifer Mnookin discuss how the NCAA transfer portal affects educational experiences and financial goals of participating student athletes.

President Donald Trump has endorsed U.S. Rep. Tom Tiffany in Wisconsin's open race for governor in 2026, with the endorsement solidifying the congressman's front-runner status in the state's Republican primary, reports @apnews.com.

Prominent Republicans and gun rights advocates helped elicit a political turnabout after bristling over the Trump administration's characterization of Alex Pretti, shot and killed by a federal agent, as responsible for his own death because he lawfully possessed a weapon, reports @apnews.com.

Watch: 📺 🖥️ 💻 📱 @uwmadison.bsky.social Athletic Director Chris McIntosh considers impacts of a decline in Wisconsin Badgers football season ticket sales for the 2025 season and the significance of that revenue to the university.

Massive data center projects are often planned in secret, with multiple municipalities around Wisconsin entering into nondisclosure agreements with developers — lawmakers in several states are considering legislation to make these types of proposals more transparent, reports @wisconsinwatch.org.

Seeking to move forward from two years of turmoil related to campus protests and cancellations of federal government funding, Columbia University in New York City has named @uwmadison.bsky.social Chancellor Jennifer Mnookin to serve as its next president starting in July, reports @apnews.com.

Watch: 📺 🖥️ 💻 📱 @uwmadison.bsky.social Chancellor Jennifer Mnookin and Athletic Director Chris McIntosh consider the performance of and expectations for the Wisconsin Badgers football team in a changing college sports landscape.

Watch: 📺 🖥️ 💻 📱 Here's what guests on the Jan. 23 episode of "Here & Now" said about immigration enforcement surging in Wisconsin and the state of the Wisconsin Badgers football program.

Family members say Alex Pretti, awho was shot and killed by a federal officer in Minneapolis, was an intensive care nurse at a U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs hospital who cared deeply about people and was upset by President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown in the city, reports @apnews.com.

Watch: 📺 🖥️ 💻 📱 The National Weather Service issued an Extreme Cold Warning as an arctic front enters Wisconsin, with school districts cancelling classes amid dangerously low wind chill levels around the state.

A proposal passed by Milwaukee County's Committee on Parks and Culture seeks to require law enforcement agencies have prior authorization to use parks or parkways as staging areas, and comes amid worries about growing presence of ICE and other Homeland Security agents in Wisconsin, reports WPR.

Watch: 📺 🖥️ 💻 📱 Latino Forward National President Darryl Morin discusses the potential for deployment of ICE, Border Patrol and other Homeland Security agents in Wisconsin to conduct large-scale immigration raids.

Groups in Wisconsin that help refugee resettlement are navigating funding losses and layoffs after the Trump administration halted most admissions — some are resettling South African Afrikaners under a controversial program, out of principle and to preserve the system, reports @wisconsinwatch.org.

The shutdown of WisconsinEye amid a shortfall of fundraising has left Wisconsin as perhaps the only state where legislative floor debates are not being broadcast — this absence has led to complaints from open government advocates and pressure on lawmakers to reach a deal, reports @apnews.com.

Cloverleaf Infrastructure is no longer pursuing land to build a data center in the town of Carlton, located on the shore of Lake Michigan south of Kewaunee, as local opponents voice their concerns about such developments in the region, reports @wisconsinwatch.org.

Watch: 📺 🖥️ 💻 📱 Gov. Tony Evers has set priorities for his final year in office, calling for actions on affordability and a property tax cut before the Wisconsin Legislature ends its session before the 2026 election.

From a Manitowoc foundry to a dairy near Madison, immigrant workers and their employers around Wisconsin are grappling with visa changes, enforcement crackdowns and increasingly fragile labor pipelines, reports @wisconsinwatch.org.

Watch: 📺 🖥️ 💻 📱 Candidates in Wisconsin's Democratic and Republican primaries in the 2026 race for governor share what policies they would pursue first alongside the state Legislature if they are elected to office.

Watch: 📺 🖥️ 💻 📱 Here's what guests on the Jan. 16 episode of "Here & Now" said about Homeland Security actions in Minnesota and whether this chaos will come to Wisconsin.

Republican U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson said he's willing to work on legislation to support ACA health insurance customers earning more than 400% of the federal poverty level, with Democratic U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin suggesting Congress should consider capping how much people pay.

Watch: 📺 🖥️ 💻 📱 U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wisconsin, discusses issues facing lawmakers over ACA tax credits, deployment of federal agents in Minnesota and Trump administration actions toward Venezuela and Greenland.

Watch: 📺 🖥️ 💻 📱 U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wisconsin, discusses issues facing lawmakers over ACA tax credits, deployment of federal agents in Minnesota and Trump administration actions toward Venezuela and Greenland.

Wisconsin Court of Appeals Judge Chris Taylor, the Democratic-backed candidate for the state Supreme Court in 2026, reported raising about 10 times as much money in 2025 than her Republican-backed opponent, state Court of Appeals Judge Maria Lazar, reports @apnews.com.

Watch: 📺 🖥️ 💻 📱 Former state Dept. of Administration Sec. Joel Brennan discusses issues central to the 2026 election for Wisconsin governor, from data centers to education funding and tax policy to housing costs.

Watch: 📺 🖥️ 💻 📱 Former WEDC CEO Missy Hughes discusses issues central to the 2026 election for Wisconsin governor, from data centers to education funding and tax policy to housing costs.

Watch: 📺 🖥️ 💻 📱 Former Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes discusses issues central to the 2026 election for Wisconsin governor, from data centers to education funding and tax policy to housing costs.

Wisconsin Democrats are hoping to flip majority control of both chambers in the state Legislature and retain the governor's office in the 2026 elections, which would give the party full control of state government for the first time in 16 years, reports @apnews.com.

Trekking on top of frozen lakes around Wisconsin has become more dangerous in recent years, creating costs for taxpayers and business owners while calling into question the future of winter recreation in the southern reaches of the state, reports @wisconsinwatch.org.

Watch: 📺 🖥️ 💻 📱 State Rep. Francesca Hong, D-Madison, discusses issues central to the 2026 election for Wisconsin governor, from data centers to education funding and tax policy to housing costs.

Watch: 📺 🖥️ 💻 📱 State Sen. Kelda Roys, D-Madison, discusses issues central to the 2026 election for Wisconsin governor, from data centers to education funding and tax policy to housing costs.