On Friday, roughly 1,500 protesters gathered on the state Capitol grounds to demand an end to Democratic Gov. Tony Evers’ COVID-19-related stay-at-home order. Many attendees criticized the Evers administration for infringing on their personal f

COVID-19 coronavirus in Wisconsin: Week five - where are the testing kits?

Apr 19th, 2020 13m 29s

A plastics manufacturer, located in Baraboo, Wisconsin, claims to be one of two in the world able to produce the type of swab sticks needed for COVID-19 testing kits.Tom Thompson, president of Teel Plastics, said millions of swab sticks needed

COVID-19 coronavirus in Wisconsin: Week four - the effect of social distancing on the Madison curve

Apr 12th, 2020 11m 57s

State and national leaders dubbed the first full week of April as "our Pearl Harbor or our 9/11 moment" in regard to the pandemic, and in the past week, Wisconsin saw the number of COVID-19 related deaths in the state reach triple digits.On th

COVID-19 coronavirus in Wisconsin: Week three - will state-wide elections take place as scheduled?

Apr 5th, 2020 16m 15s

The COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic upended an already chaotic election season across the country and in Wisconsin. Over the past week, the state election - scheduled to take place Tuesday - has garnered national news as state officials struggle

COVID-19 coronavirus in Wisconsin: Week two - the impact on state-wide unemployment

Mar 29th, 2020 10m 52s

Governor Tony Evers introduced the “safer at home” order in an effort to help slow the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus in Wisconsin. The order effectively closed a number of businesses across the state which were deemed “nonessential” and ca

COVID-19 coronavirus in Wisconsin: Week one - the response from officials and the impact on higher education

Mar 22nd, 2020 18m 22s

The COVID-19 coronavirus has ground everyday life to a halt in Madison and in many cities across the country, as well as the world. I spoke with health and medicine reporter David Wahlberg, about the response from Wisconsin and Madison officia

How Super Tuesday narrowed the field of Democratic Presidential Candidates

Mar 8th, 2020 14m 5s

In the week leading up to and the week after Super Tuesday, the field of Democratic presidential candidates shrunk to three, Vice President Joe Biden, Sen. Bernie Sanders and Rep. Tulsi Gabbard. State and politics reporter Mitchell Schmidt dis

The controversy behind the push to land F-35s at Madison's Truax Field

Mar 1st, 2020 12m 54s

The U.S. Air Force has considered Madison's Truax Field as one of its top choices for a home for its next generation fighter jet, the F-35, for over a decade.The Madison Chamber of Commerce is a huge proponent of the program, along with others

What Wisconsin learned about political polls between 2016 and 2020

Feb 23rd, 2020 15m 22s

Results of a new Wisconsin state-wide poll, released Sunday, show Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders in a commanding lead ahead of the Democratic presidential nominees. But, given the surprise outcome of the 2016 presidential election, the question

In a time of public health uncertainty, UW-Madison researchers look to the stars for new therapeutics

Feb 16th, 2020 14m 44s

As antibiotic resistant bacterium become more prevalent, rendering antibiotics useless for a growing number of illnesses, researchers at UW-Madison are exploring phages as an alternative therapeutic. Scientists have begun to work with phages,

From the bombing of Sterling Hall to today - a retrospective of the Chazen Museum of Art

Feb 10th, 2020 18m 44s

Art Director Amy Gilman reflects on the beginning of the institution, during a chaotic and at times violent part of American history, and discusses her plans for its future following the Chazen's 50th anniversary. Just three weeks after a bomb

From first in the nation Iowa Caucuses to the Wisconsin battleground - the race for the White House kicks off

Feb 2nd, 2020 16m 36s

On the eighth episode of Front Page, politics and state government reporter Mitchell Schmidt, who lived and worked as a reporter in Iowa before joining the State Journal team in 2019, provides an insider glimpse into the first in the nation Iow

Surprise legislation laid out in Evers' State of the State and its potential impact on elections

Jan 26th, 2020 17m 8s

Governor Tony Evers laid out new controversial proposals in his second State of the State address, one of which Republicans called unconstitutional, the other could have an affect on one state senator's bid for Congress. Politics and State Gov

The race for the Wisconsin Supreme Court heats up as primaries draw near

Jan 19th, 2020 14m 11s

Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Dan Kelly, who was appointed by Governor Walker to fill the vacancy left by Justice David Prosser who retired in 2016, will face voters for the first time in 2020. But, this usually non-partisan race has already

Border battles: When it comes to clean energy, Minnesota outshines Wisconsin

Jan 12th, 2020 15m 25s

Minnesota and Wisconsin are similar in size and geography. They have roughly the same population and climate. Yet over the past decade, Minnesota has become a leader in clean energy, while Wisconsin remains largely dependent on fossil fuels.Th

Amid partisan clashes, Tony Evers 'partially delivered' on campaign promises in first year

Jan 5th, 2020 19m 5s

As he enters his second year in office, the Democratic Governor of Wisconsin, Tony Evers, said he hopes to find more common ground with the GOP majority in the State Legislature — something hard to come by in 2019.The former educator’s first y

Older and with fewer services, rural Wisconsin wrestles with dementia

Dec 30th, 2019 13m 8s

What are we going to do now?” “Can I go with you?” “You’re not going to leave me, are you?”Bill Cadotte answers his wife’s repetitive questions dozens, if not hundreds, of times every day. He knows it’s her dementia speaking, not the charming

All together now: Madison-area ukulele players find community, harmony in large singalongs

Dec 22nd, 2019 9m 44s

Andrew Wilke searched for the right key, singing under his breath while his long, slender fingers formed ukulele chords with the precision of well-exercised muscle memory.Then he jumped into the evening’s first song — Billy Joel’s “You Might B

'Toxic' lab lasted for years: UW-Madison had little idea until a student died by suicide

Dec 15th, 2019 16m 58s

By the time UW-Madison realized something was wrong in the Wireless Communication and Sensing Laboratory, it was too late for John Brady.Support the show: https://madison.com/members/join/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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