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.
