Wisconsin News Roundup, An Immigrant Family’s Story, Tech Companies And Political Ads

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Our roundup of regional state news includes Green Bay’s mayor creating a position to coordinate mediating flooding and rising water levels. Then we hear the story of one immigrant family in Queens, New York. And we discuss different moves by Facebook and Twitter around paid political ads.

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  • State News Roundup – November 1, 2019

    Green Bay’s mayor is proposing the city hire a resilience coordinator. We find out more about what the job would involve. We also hear about the Racine County Board’s vote to keep providing health insurance for some of its members. Plus, the latest action from the state’s budget writing committee.

  • NPR Correspondent Shares Her Family's Experience As Immigrants

    Aarti Shahani is a familiar name to many public radio listeners, and in a new book she shares her story of growing up as an immigrant in Queens, New York. We talk to Shahani about her story, and a turning point for her family when her father had a run in with the justice system.

  • Twitter Says It Will Ban All Political Ads, Facebook Defends Decision To Not Fact-Check Ads From Politicians

    Two of the world’s most popular social media sites are taking drastically different approaches to political ads, with Twitter saying it will ban all of them on its platform, and Facebook defending its decision not to fact-check ads from politicians. We discuss why and what it all means for democracy.

Episode Credits

  • Rob Ferrett Host
  • Dean Knetter Producer
  • Rachael Vasquez Producer
  • Laurel White Guest
  • Rob Mentzer Guest
  • Ricardo Torres Guest
  • Aarti Shahani Guest
  • Margot Susca Guest

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