Episodios

  • How Department of Education cuts will — and won’t — affect Wisconsin

    How Department of Education cuts will — and won’t — affect Wisconsin
    Apr 2 2025
    Uncertainty reigns as President Trump threatens to dismantle the U.S. Department of Education. Federal funding accounts for about 8% of school funding in Wisconsin.
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    21 m
  • Group Chat: Reproductive health care and harm reduction

    Group Chat: Reproductive health care and harm reduction
    Mar 31 2025
    For this month's Group Chat, we hear from a Wisconsin doctor who provides abortion care and a community harm reduction worker who serves high-risk populations.
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    15 m
  • Chirp Chat: How do birds build nests in Wisconsin? With twigs, mud, spiderweb and more

    Chirp Chat: How do birds build nests in Wisconsin? With twigs, mud, spiderweb and more
    Mar 28 2025
    Spring is in the air — which means nest-making season is upon us! For this month’s Chirp Chat, Lake Effect’s Xcaret Nuñez spoke with Holly Walz, a park naturalist with the Wehr Nature Center, about the role nests play and the different types of nests that birds in Wisconsin make.
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    18 m
  • What to know about the voter ID ballot referendum

    What to know about the voter ID ballot referendum
    Mar 26 2025
    On April 1, 2025, voters will decide on a proposal to amend Wisconsin's constitution to require photo ID to participate in elections.
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    15 m
  • UWM, animation, and dream jobs

    UWM, animation, and dream jobs
    Mar 24 2025
    One Milwaukee-based animator with Guerrillamation Films is working with UW-Milwaukee to help people network and learn skills in the field.
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    15 m
  • The ways people use — and misuse — CCAP

    The ways people use — and misuse — CCAP
    Mar 21 2025
    CCAP. Four letters. One site. And an oversized impact on Wisconsin. The state’s most popular open record database lets you look up court records of anyone you’d like. And many people do. Sometimes, they learn more than they were expecting.
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    11 m
  • Meet the candidates: Wisconsin state superintendent

    Meet the candidates: Wisconsin state superintendent
    Mar 19 2025
    Wisconsin's top K-12 education official, Jill Underly, is facing a challenge from Brittany Kinser on April 1.
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    26 m
  • UWM scientist dives into deep-sea volcanoes

    UWM scientist dives into deep-sea volcanoes
    Mar 17 2025
    Tell me if you’ve heard this one before: a volcano scientist who does her work in the middle of the Pacific Ocean—at the ocean floor. That’s where you can find one UWM professor.
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    11 m