• For Wisconsin voters, COVID-19, economy are top of mind

    For Wisconsin voters, COVID-19, economy are top of mind

    Oct 24, 2020 09:20 PM EST

    ... in this key swing state. ... Hari Sreenivasan: For more on the issues that Wisconsin voters have front-of-mind this election season, I spoke with PBS Wisconsin reporter Zachary Schultz. Zachary Schultz: Well, clearly COVID-19, the pandemic is the number one issue across Wisconsin. We saw a kind of ...

  • Inside the fight for suburban swing votes in WI

    Inside the fight for suburban swing votes in WI

    Oct 24, 2020 09:04 PM EST

    ... mall. Those protests and others stemming from another police shooting in Kenosha this summer have become part of the campaigns in a race for the Wisconsin state assembly. Wisconsin PBS political reporter Zachary Schultz has the story. Zac Schultz: Democrat Robyn Vining burst onto Wisconsin’s political scene in 2018 ...

  • WATCH: Trump, Biden square off in first presidential debate

    WATCH: Trump, Biden square off in first presidential debate

    Sep 28, 2020 09:08 PM EST

    ... He will also be talking to Eddie Glaude, Jr., chair of the Department of African American Studies at Princeton University, and senior political reporter of PBS Wisconsin, Zac Schultz, about the ongoing protests over police violence and racial justice, and with Dahlia Lithwick, the senior legal correspondent at Slate, about ...

  • Democrats announce 6 debates; Gwen Ifill and Judy Woodruff to moderate final

    Democrats announce 6 debates; Gwen Ifill and Judy Woodruff to moderate final

    Aug 06, 2015 03:26 PM EST

    ... WMUR, Manchester, N.H. Jan. 17, NBC/Congressional Black Caucus Institute, Charleston, S.C. February or March, Univision/Washington Post, Miami, Fla. February or March, PBS, Wisconsin The final debate will be moderated by PBS NewsHour co-anchors and managing editors Gwen Ifill and Judy Woodruff. Unlike Republicans, who face ...

  • Will a lack of door-knocking hurt Biden’s Wisconsin campaign?

    Will a lack of door-knocking hurt Biden’s Wisconsin campaign?

    Oct 24, 2020 05:58 PM EST

    Wisconsin is a pivotal swing state for the presidential election and both campaigns are spending ample time on outreach there. While Trump surrogates like Vice President Mike Pence have been holding in-person events, Biden’s camp has been campaigning mostly virtually due to COVID-19. Wisconsin PBS reporter Zac ...

  • WATCH: Jesse Jackson holds briefing on Jacob Blake police shooting

    WATCH: Jesse Jackson holds briefing on Jacob Blake police shooting

    Aug 27, 2020 04:44 PM EST

    ... as the double standards involving the 17-year-old, Kyle Rittenhouse, who was arrested and charged with first-degree intentional homicide for the deaths of two people who were fatally shot on the third night of protests in Kenosha, Wisconsin. The PBS NewsHour will update this story as it develops.

  • Crossroads: A Conversation with America - A PBS News Special

    Crossroads: A Conversation with America - A PBS News Special

    Sep 20, 2024 11:17 PM EST

    More than 50 Wisconsin voters joined PBS News special correspondent Judy Woodruff for a town hall event in Milwaukee, part of the America at a Crossroads reporting project, which explores political polarization across the country. Watch "Crossroads: A Conversation with America" in the player above. As part of "America at ...

  • Georgia election board passes rule requiring hand count of ballots

    Georgia election board passes rule requiring hand count of ballots

    Sep 20, 2024 10:50 PM EST

    ... the campaign, Harris has positioned herself as a Second Amendment defender who also supports stricter gun controls and renewing the federal ban on assault weapons.Tonight, the vice president is on to another closely contested state with a rally in Wisconsin. For the "PBS News Hour," I'm Stephanie Sy.

  • Presidential campaign enters final stage with both party conventions in rear-view mirror

    Presidential campaign enters final stage with both party conventions in rear-view mirror

    Aug 26, 2024 10:55 PM EST

    ... Donald Trump: Let's do it with another network. I want to do it. Lisa Desjardins: The two campaigns will both be on the road this week, the Harris/Walz campaign touring in Georgia and Trump focusing on Michigan and Wisconsin. For the "PBS News Hour," I'm Lisa Desjardins.

  • WATCH: Where RNC delegates stand on immigration

    WATCH: Where RNC delegates stand on immigration

    Jul 18, 2024 03:19 AM EST

    ... security and pathways to citizenship were top-of-mind. “These are not bad people. We're not saying they're bad people,” Chris Slinker, a Wisconsin delegate, told PBS News this week. “We want to give them a chance to come in. But can we do it right? Can we ...