Green Bay Southwest High School student Mercedes Danforth-Hernandez is being recognized for her work expanding gay-straight efforts at her school. She discusses her work and the legacy to build at the school.
Polarization and audience fragmentation in both mass media and social media are influencing politics in Wisconsin. UW-Madison journalism professor Lew Friedland discusses research on the state's media ecosystem.
The American Academy of Nursing issued recommendations promoting rested and alert staff, a hard task when nurses work 12 hour shifts. Linda Scott, dean of the UW School of Nursing, discusses the impact of nursing fatigue on healthcare.
The 2017 death of West Milwaukee resident Adam Trammell has generated concern over whether the police acted inappropriately when they tased him multiple times. Milwaukee County District Attorney John Chisholm and Trammell family attorney Robin Shellow discuss the case.
Hundreds of applications to grow hemp in Wisconsin have been filed with the state. The plant has a long history of Wisconsin, and there is considerable interest in what its future role it could play in the state's economy.
A state report revealed dozens of 17-year-olds voted illegally in Wisconsin's presidential primary in April 2016. Wisconsin Elections Commission Michael Haas discusses how this happened and what state law does and does not allow.
To protect water quality, Wisconsin law allows local governments to apply for stronger regulations on farm runoff pollution than the state standards. Mary Dougherty of Farms Not Factories discusses efforts in Ashland County to enact an ordinance in anticipation of a proposed hog CAFO.
Vel Phillips was a Wisconsin groundbreaker in many rights, becoming the first African American woman to graduate from the UW Law School, serve on Milwaukee's Common Council, and be elected to a statewide office in the U.S.
