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"Here & Now" senior political reporter Zac Schultz checks in from the 2024 Republican National Convention to consider an incident involving U.S. Rep. Derrick Van Orden and Ohio police killing a man.
"Here & Now" senior political reporter Zac Schultz checks in from the 2024 Republican National Convention to discuss Wisconsin Republicans touting Milwaukee, the state and the Trump-Vance ticket.
PBS Wisconsin senior political reporter Zac Schultz describes the Wisconsin Supreme Court redistricting lawsuit ruling and order that the state use new legislative district maps in the 2024 election.
Former Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Janine Geske discusses the creation of a panel of conservative former justices to consider legal issues related to impeaching liberal Justice Janet Protasiewicz.
Senate Republicans voted to fire Wisconsin Elections Commission Administrator Meagan Wolfe, but state Attorney General Josh Kaul filed a lawsuit arguing confirmation for the position isn't needed.
State Rep. Todd Novak, R-Dodgeville, discusses why Republicans put forth a proposal that would change Wisconsin's redistricting process to have the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau draft maps.
PBS Wisconsin senior political reporter Zac Schultz explores the roots and recent history of increasingly tense relationships between conservative and liberal justices on the Wisconsin Supreme Court.
Voters in Wisconsin and Chicago go to the polls today to decide two of this year’s most-watched elections: Chicago’s mayoral runoff and Wisconsin’s state supreme court general election. Here’s one final look at each race. Wisconsin In Wisconsin, voters will decide the ideological…
PBS Wisconsin senior political reporter Zac Schultz discusses the primary vote for Daniel Kelly and Janet Protasiewicz in what is expected to be a high-stakes, expensive race for state Supreme Court.