Trump tax bill, Weather service cuts, Summer camp going solar

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A wide field with green grass under a dark, looming stormy sky. Dense clouds gather on the horizon above distant trees.
A storm rolls in over a field at Hancock Agricultural Research Station in the Central Sands region of Wisconsin, July 2019. The Midwest Climate Hub provides data and resources to help farmers manage typical and extreme weather events, but the organization’s work has been threatened by the Trump administration’s massive cuts to the federal workforce. Photo courtesy of Tracy Campbell

A political scientist explains where President Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill is at in Congress, meteorologists explain how Trump’s budget cuts have affected them, and a summer camp that’s nearly a century old is getting a green energy makeover.

Featured in this Episode

  • Sen. Ron Johnson key vote to move Trump tax bill forward in Senate

    Wisconsin Senator Ron Johnson has voted in favor of President Donald Trump’s tax and spending package, becoming a key part of advancing the package in the Senate. A political scientist gets us up to speed.

  • Wisconsin meteorologists on how funding cuts could affect local forecast

    Along with other agencies The National Weather service is facing constrained finances after federal budget cuts. We talk to a local Wisconsin meteorologist about what goes into providing critical weather updates for the public and what could be at stake with these cuts.

  • Ninety-year-old summer camp goes green

    A non profit summer camp in Cornell is getting an environmentally friendly makeover after three Chippewa Fall high school students made it a mission to add 44 solar panels. 

  • Kate Archer Kent Host/Producer
  • Susan Johnson Guest
  • Bob Lindmeier Guest
  • Chris Vagasky Guest
  • Chloe Johnson Guest
  • Ellie Crosby Guest
  • Zoey Eckwright Guest
  • Nick Gagnon Guest
  • Chloe Johnson Guest
  • Trevor Hook Producer
  • Richelle Wilson Producer
  • Mackenzie Krumme Producer
  • Tyler Ditter Technical Director
  • Sarah Hopefl Technical Director
  • Dean Knetter Executive Producer
  • Tim Peterson Managing Producer