• News Wrap: U.S. at COP28 commits to tripling renewable energy production by 2030

    News Wrap: U.S. at COP28 commits to tripling renewable energy production by 2030

    Dec 02, 2023 10:40 PM EST

    ... out power to thousands installed travel across the region, grounding flights burying highways and forcing mass transit to close. Still to come on PBS News Weekend, a new pledge to reduce methane emissions around the world and how abortion restrictions are affecting the care doctors can give patients in Wisconsin.

  • Hmong chef Yia Vang brings a taste of home to Minnesota’s Twin Cities

    Hmong chef Yia Vang brings a taste of home to Minnesota’s Twin Cities

    Aug 06, 2023 09:30 PM EST

    ... rolls ever since we were little kids. We would do egg roll sales. It came to a point where the health department at our little Wisconsin town came out and they're like what's going on? Megan Thompson: Vang's hoping to launch his first formal brick and mortar ...

  • How the rising cost of childcare hurts parents' job stability

    How the rising cost of childcare hurts parents' job stability

    Jun 30, 2023 02:47 PM EST

    ... families,” often at the expense of spending time together, said Julie Kashen, senior fellow and director for women's economic justice at The Century Foundation. PBS NewsHour digital anchor Nicole Ellis spoke with Lisa Hamilton and Julie Kashen about how child care access impacts job stability for parents. Watch the ...

  • What Americans think about affirmative action in college admissions

    What Americans think about affirmative action in college admissions

    Jun 30, 2023 02:32 AM EST

    A majority of Americans support affirmative action in higher education and in the workplace, according to a recent PBS NewsHour/NPR/Marist poll – an opinion that runs counter to the Supreme Court’s recent decision to prohibit the consideration of race in college admissions. In a poll conducted earlier this ...

  • Innovative clinic helps doctors avoid burnout and makes healthcare more affordable

    Innovative clinic helps doctors avoid burnout and makes healthcare more affordable

    Jun 29, 2023 10:30 PM EST

    ... Winther says she feels fortunate to be able to practice medicine, as it traditionally has been in America, in a small independent clinic. For the "PBS NewsHour," I'm Fred de Sam Lazaro in Birchwood, Wisconsin. Amna Nawaz: Fred's reporting is a partnership with the Under-Told Stories Project ...

  • News Wrap: Trump’s indictment reportedly includes at least 1 felony charge

    News Wrap: Trump’s indictment reportedly includes at least 1 felony charge

    Apr 01, 2023 09:40 PM EST

    ... Palm Sunday service marking the beginning of Holy Week for Christians. Still to come on "PBS News Weekend," what the over-the-counter approval of an overdose reversal drug means for the fight against opioids. And why a shortage of lawyers in Wisconsin is raising questions about the legal system.

  • Senate Democrats grill former Starbucks CEO over allegations of anti-union practices

    Senate Democrats grill former Starbucks CEO over allegations of anti-union practices

    Mar 29, 2023 10:55 PM EST

    Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-WI): You employ over 235,000 people in -- over 3,000 in my state of Wisconsin, alone. You can't possibly have a direct relationship with all of them. Lisa Desjardins: It is a high-stakes and closely watched clash, as efforts to unionize have taken ...

  • Takeaways from President Biden's interview with Judy Woodruff

    Takeaways from President Biden's interview with Judy Woodruff

    Feb 08, 2023 11:27 PM EST

    ... more for the American people. WATCH: ‘We all apparently agree’ on saving Medicare and Social Security, Biden teases during State of the Union Talking with PBS NewsHour special correspondent Judy Woodruff on Wednesday, Biden referred to an animated exchange during his address when he said that some congressional Republicans had ...

  • WATCH: Key takeaways from Election Day 2022

    WATCH: Key takeaways from Election Day 2022

    Nov 08, 2022 11:45 PM EST

    ... Georgia Senate race between Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock and Republican Herschel Walker was headed to a Dec. 6 runoff. Republicans found a bright spot in Wisconsin, where Sen. Ron Johnson’s victory raised the stakes of races where results were unclear and vote counting continued. In the House, Democrats kept ...

  • Turbulent midterm season to end Tuesday with final ballots cast

    Turbulent midterm season to end Tuesday with final ballots cast

    Nov 08, 2022 02:36 PM EST

    ... be slipping and that their control of the U.S. Senate — once seen as more secure — may loosen. The party's governors in places like Wisconsin, Michigan and Nevada are also staring down serious Republican challengers. Even Biden, who planned to watch the evening's election returns at the White ...