• Trump visits Midwest battleground as DNC kicks off

    Trump visits Midwest battleground as DNC kicks off

    Aug 17, 2020 01:04 PM EDT

    APPLETON, Wisconsin -- Seeking to divert attention from the Democratic National Convention that had been planned for Milwaukee, President Donald Trump is traveling to the battleground state of Wisconsin on Monday where he’ll face a familiar foe: women in Republican-leaning suburbs who overwhelmingly disapprove of him and his handling ...

  • News Wrap: Russia approves vaccine for COVID-19

    News Wrap: Russia approves vaccine for COVID-19

    Aug 11, 2020 10:50 PM EDT

    ... even martial law. Nick Schifrin: Lukashenko is now fighting for his survival. There's no telling how far he's willing to go. For the "PBS NewsHour," I'm Nick Schifrin. Judy Woodruff: The State Department's internal watchdog has determined that Secretary of State Mike Pompeo acted legally in ...

  • Can Biden win over Black voters who Clinton lost in 2016?

    Can Biden win over Black voters who Clinton lost in 2016?

    Jun 29, 2020 11:57 PM EDT

    ... Wisconsin entirely during that cycle in favor of making campaign stops in other states thought to be more competitive. Democratic presidential nominees had not lost Wisconsin or Michigan -- where Clinton did make some late campaign stops -- since the 1980s, and the campaign considered the states to be reliably blue in ...

  • Most Americans think it will be at least 6 months before a return to normal from COVID-19

    Most Americans think it will be at least 6 months before a return to normal from COVID-19

    May 20, 2020 08:00 PM EDT

    ... University and one of the authors of a preliminary report for the National Bureau of Economic Research on the role the virus played in the Wisconsin election. Nesson and his colleagues found that “Wisconsin counties with higher levels of in-person voting per polling location led to increases in the ...

  • What vaccine expert Rick Bright said about the government's pandemic response

    What vaccine expert Rick Bright said about the government's pandemic response

    May 14, 2020 10:55 PM EDT

    ... pandemic began to more than 36 million. The anxiety is palpable across the country. Today, protesters in Lansing, Michigan, again demanded a reopening. In neighboring Wisconsin on Wednesday, Democratic Governor Tony Evers' stay-at-home order extension was overruled by a conservative-majority court. Last night, bars quickly filled with ...

  • DNC weighing how to handle delegate penalties for states that delayed primaries over coronavirus

    DNC weighing how to handle delegate penalties for states that delayed primaries over coronavirus

    Apr 21, 2020 09:48 PM EDT

    The Democratic National Committee hasn’t finished hammering out rules changes for states that delayed their primaries because of the coronavirus pandemic, DNC Chair Tom Perez said Tuesday, but the party bought itself “more time” to make adjustments by pushing back its summer nominating convention. Perez told the PBS NewsHour ...

  • Trump, governors clash over path to reopening U.S. economy

    Trump, governors clash over path to reopening U.S. economy

    Apr 14, 2020 10:55 PM EDT

    With many out of work, food pantries nationwide are already seeing high demand. Like others, Ruby's food pantry in Green Bay, Wisconsin, has turned to drive-through distribution to keep staff and recipients at a safe distance. Aaron Schaut: They will just pull right on through, and we have ...

  • The particular pain of losing a loved one during quarantine

    The particular pain of losing a loved one during quarantine

    Mar 30, 2020 10:15 PM EDT

    ... many of us are affected without ever being inflicted with this virus. I'm normally behind the scenes of the camera doing audio for Milwaukee PBS. And now, uncomfortably, I'm in front of the camera telling my family's story. I live in Wisconsin. My sisters live in Florida ...

  • How health care inequity could make the COVID-19 crisis worse

    How health care inequity could make the COVID-19 crisis worse

    Mar 13, 2020 08:38 PM EDT

    ... have a better understanding of the health care system and how to access it. A number of largely rural states — including Texas, Wyoming, South Dakota, Wisconsin and a block of Southern states — have opted not to expand their Medicaid programs. Around 19 percent of rural residents and 16 percent of ...

  • How this naturalist helps people fall more in love with the world

    How this naturalist helps people fall more in love with the world

    Mar 03, 2020 11:25 PM EDT

    ... time having taken place. And you can't find that in any other setting literally in the world. When you think about the history of Wisconsin, in 1830, we had our first census. There were 3,000 people. We became a state in 1848. And by 1870, there were one ...