Friday, June 5, 2020 - 7:30pm
We'll explore issues of race, social justice, policing and connected events here in Wisconsin and across our country.
Wednesday, June 3, 2020 - 4:15pm
Kids in Wisconsin just wrapped up their school year in remote fashion due to the COVID-19 pandemic. One class of third-graders talked with Wisconsin Life about what the experience was like for them. We hear what they had to say and chat with their teacher about a different type of learning.
Wednesday, June 3, 2020 - 4:00pm
UW System President Ray Cross is calling for a special session in the legislature, asking for access to credit and the ability to change the school start date. We’ll hear about that, and the latest on the search to replace Cross.
Wednesday, June 3, 2020 - 3:15pm
In Wisconsin, individuals who receive federal disability aid are ineligible for pandemic-related unemployment benefits. We talk to a Wisconsin Watch reporter about his new investigation into the issue.
Wednesday, June 3, 2020 - 4:15pm
Kids in Wisconsin just wrapped up their school year in remote fashion due to the COVID-19 pandemic. One class of third-graders talked with Wisconsin Life about what the experience was like for them. We hear what they had to say and chat with their teacher about a different type of learning.
Wednesday, June 3, 2020 - 4:00pm
UW System President Ray Cross is calling for a special session in the legislature, asking for access to credit and the ability to change the school start date. We’ll hear about that, and the latest on the search to replace Cross.
Wednesday, June 3, 2020 - 3:15pm
In Wisconsin, individuals who receive federal disability aid are ineligible for pandemic-related unemployment benefits. We talk to a Wisconsin Watch reporter about his new investigation into the issue.
Wednesday, June 3, 2020 - 2:30pm
There have been 19,400 positive cases of COVID-19 in Wisconsin as of Wednesday, according to the state Department of Health Services. That's an increase of 483 cases from the day before.
Wednesday, June 3, 2020 - 2:05pm
UW System President Ray Cross is asking Gov. Tony Evers and legislative leaders to call a special session of the state Legislature in hopes that lawmakers will allow universities to borrow money to address budget deficits caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Wednesday, June 3, 2020 - 12:30pm
On top of the impacts of a stay-at-home order and an economic crisis, businesses in downtown Madison are now grappling with the toll of property damage and looting following four nights of Black Lives Matter protests.
Wednesday, June 3, 2020 - 8:00am
Religious leaders have called for multi-faith solidarity to combat the coronavirus pandemic. We learn what that looks like and check in with faith leaders throughout Wisconsin on how their communities are worshiping and connecting despite the pandemic.
Wednesday, June 3, 2020 - 5:10am
Green Bay-based Schneider National is one of the largest surface transportation companies in the country. It's weathered 12 recessions, but it's feeling the affects of the coronavirus pandemic. Here's why an industry analyst believes it's well positioned to make it through.
Wednesday, June 3, 2020 - 5:00am
For more than 100 years, Big Brothers Big Sisters of America has been matching adult mentors with children, but the coronavirus pandemic has changed how it does things. A pair from Green Bay, Big Katie Hermsen and her little, Angelina, share how their relationship has been affected.
PBS Wisconsin
Tuesday, June 2, 2020 - 8:20pm
UW-Madison's Influenza Research Institute is working on an vaccine that takes material from the novel coronavirus to update an existing flu vaccine.
Tuesday, June 2, 2020 - 4:00pm
For many Wisconsinites, summer is the time for bargain hunting -- city-wide rummage sales, weekend flea markets and maybe even cleaning house and hosting your own. We hear from the organizer of a Wisconsin flea market, a 100-mile rummage sale planner, and a Marketplace reporter about what keeping people safe amid the pandemic could mean for this summer's bargain hunting season.
Tuesday, June 2, 2020 - 4:00pm
For many Wisconsinites, summer is the time for bargain hunting -- city-wide rummage sales, weekend flea markets and maybe even cleaning house and hosting your own. We hear from the organizer of a Wisconsin flea market, a 100-mile rummage sale planner, and a Marketplace reporter about what keeping people safe amid the pandemic could mean for this summer's bargain hunting season.
Tuesday, June 2, 2020 - 2:20pm
There have been 18,917 positive cases of COVID-19 in Wisconsin as of Tuesday, according to the state Department of Health Services. That's an increase of 374 cases from the day before.
Tuesday, June 2, 2020 - 10:00am
Growing up on the northwest side of Milwaukee, Adija Greer-Smith saw plenty of lemonade stands but knew they weren’t for her. She was a baker. So she opened a cookie stand instead in her grandparents’ driveway. Now 40, and having just opened her bakery business in November 2018, Confectionately Yours, Greer-Smith was prepared for a lot of things to go wrong, but didn’t anticipate a pandemic.
Tuesday, June 2, 2020 - 7:30am
Thousands of tourists from Wisconsin and Illinois flocked to Lake Geneva over Memorial Day weekend. City officials held a special meeting to discuss the situation. Our guest shares a look at the tourist economy and how businesses are grappling with the influx of visitors as we head into summer.
Tuesday, June 2, 2020 - 7:00am
We discuss the protests across Wisconsin that followed a fired Minneapolis police officer being charged in the death of George Floyd. Then, a tourism booster explains how Lake Geneva is trying to stay safe after crowds packed the popular vacation town for Memorial Day weekend.
Tuesday, June 2, 2020 - 5:20am
Under a Wisconsin Supreme Court order, the Evers administration now has to use a complicated rulemaking process to issue any new statewide orders related to COVID-19. So, how does the process work?
Tuesday, June 2, 2020 - 5:00am
This weekend, Milwaukee and Madison joined cities nationwide, holding large demonstrations seeking justice for the death of George Floyd. But in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, gathering in large crowds to spread a message of equity and social justice also means participants ran the risk of also spreading or contracting COVID-19.
Monday, June 1, 2020 - 4:20pm
A Wisconsinite moved back to Wisconsin Rapids, just as the coronavirus pandemic was taking off in the U.S. and Wisconsin. She decided to create a state news and voting information video series for the web. We talk to her about the project.
Monday, June 1, 2020 - 5:05pm
A 2013 Wisconsin law prevents laid-off workers on federal disability from getting state unemployment. Now the state is denying them federal pandemic aid, too.
Monday, June 1, 2020 - 4:20pm
A Wisconsinite moved back to Wisconsin Rapids, just as the coronavirus pandemic was taking off in the U.S. and Wisconsin. She decided to create a state news and voting information video series for the web. We talk to her about the project.
Monday, June 1, 2020 - 2:00pm
There have been 18,543 positive cases of COVID-19 in Wisconsin as of Sunday, according to the state Department of Health Services. That's an increase of 140 cases from the day before.
Monday, June 1, 2020 - 7:00am
State Sen. Patrick Testin, R-Stevens Point, joins the program to discuss Wisconsin’s backlog of unemployment benefit payments. We also catch up on other news in state politics.
Monday, June 1, 2020 - 6:30am
Rural hospitals shut down many services for months amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Now they're reopening, with new procedures in place and concerns about the potential for new outbreaks in rural Wisconsin.
Monday, June 1, 2020 - 6:00am
Child care providers are in a difficult position. Essential workers with children rely on them to stay open, yet at the same time enrollment has plummeted — and child care centers' income with it — as more parents are staying home because of job loss, or keeping their kids home for safety reasons.
Monday, June 1, 2020 - 5:25am
People in Wisconsin are experiencing the COVID-19 era in a lot of different ways. But, when we hear stories from our fellow neighbors, we can feel empathy, compassion and connection. On Wisconsin Public Radio’s "Wisconsin Life," we want to share more stories on how our fellow Wisconsinites are living their lives during the pandemic.
