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2742 - Thursday 4/23/26: How to Evict Your Landlord part two, Makin' Cake, local film at MKE Film Fest

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2742 - Thursday 4/23/26: How to Evict Your Landlord part two, Makin' Cake, local film at MKE Film Fest

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Thursday 4/23/26: How to Evict Your Landlord part two, Makin' Cake, local film at MKE Film Fest

Wednesday 4/22/26: Earth Day's Wisconsin roots, The Big Cheese, grief and clay

Tuesday 4/21/26: tornadoes & severe weather update, Knowles-Nelson Stewardship program ending, Milwaukee Film Fest

Monday 4/20/26: severe weather, flood insurance, 'Powwow People' documentary, MFF Shorter Is Better

Friday 4/17/26: Uecker doc, dioramas, All of the Above

Thursday 4/16/26: How to Evict Your Landlord part one, Paralyzed by Hope, All of the Above

Wednesday 4/15/26: Rules of recycling, Now! More! Yes!, Torchy Timberloss

Tuesday 4/14/26: 414 day in posters, movies, and dioramas

Monday 4/13/26: landlord lawsuit, renters resource, 'Plundered' book, community group housing solutions

Friday 4/10/26: Keys to Homeownership, Devil's Lake gets bigger, a big sturgeon comeback

Thursday 4/9/26: Keys to Homeownership, Gaslit, a big sturgeon comeback

Wednesday 4/8/26: Election results, Youth Poet Laureate, Milwaukee Music Roundup

Tuesday 4/7/26: Shelly Kittleson abduction, NDAs and data centers, Devil's Lake gets bigger

Monday 4/6/26: Election day is tomorrow - what to know and what's at stake

Friday 4/3/26: Local use of facial recognition technology, Acts Housing, Wisconsin Olympian

Thursday 4/2/26: ICE and airports, PFAS remediation, AI integration

Wednesday 4/1/26: Local use of facial recognition technology, Economic Check-In, Wisconsin Olympian

Tuesday 3/31/26: State Supreme Court candidate interviews, Wisconsin whey economics

Monday 3/30/26: Cesar Chavez and how we honor historical figures, Acts Housing, economic check-in

Friday 3/27/26: Affordable childcare strategies, Marquette graduation speech controversy, Chirp Chat

Thursday 3/26/26: Swing State of the Union, Renaissance Theaterworks, Chirp Chat

Wednesday 3/25/26: Affordable childcare strategies, bygone movie palaces, Books and Beyond

Tuesday 3/24/26: Marquette graduation speech controversy, Capitol Notes, Memories of a Street Cat

Monday 3/23/26: Milwaukee Soldiers Home, Books and Beyond, Betty Brinn artist-in-residence

Friday 3/20/26: Beats Me, economic check-in, Swing State of the Union

03/19/26: Milwaukee County District 11, LUSH, Swing State of the Union

Wednesday 3/18/26: Milwaukee County District 9 candidates, economic check-in, Beats Me

Tuesday 3/17/26: Milwaukee County District 7 candidates, NWS and you, Survivor watch party

Monday 3/16/26: Vel R Phillips, Miss Wisconsin, Milwaukee Does

Friday 3/13/26: Wisconsin Supreme Court race, Iranian students speak on current conflict, Peeps exhibition

Thursday 3/12/26: reporting on ICE in western WI, sauna culture, Bubbler Talk

Wednesday 3/11/26: Wisconsin Supreme Court race, This Is It historic landmark, Spirtualism in Whitewater

Tuesday 3/10/26: Iranian students speak on current conflict, Milwaukee immigrant stories, senior social club

Monday 3/9/26: Stories from detained families, Iran and the Wisconsin GOP, Peeps exhibition

Friday 3/6/26: MCTS changes, Trump environment lawsuit, reconnecting with 2024 voters

Thursday 3/5/26: Celebrating International Women's Day; Group Chat, TEMPO, NASA

Wednesday 3/4/26: WUWM voter roundtable one year later, Milwaukee Music Roundup

Tuesday 3/3/26: MCTS changes, MMSD and green infrastructure, 101 Wisconsin idols

Monday 3/2/26: Trump lawsuits over tariffs and environment, solar system dynamism

Friday 2/27/26: AI chatbot regulation, Thin Ice, Chirp Chat

Thursday 2/26/26: What a County Board Supervisor does, People's Table, Lake Michigan ice

Wednesday 2/25/26: Milwaukee's 'ICE Out' legislation, AI chatbot regulation, Chirp Chat

Tuesday 2/24/26: Cargill Community Kitchen, African American Heritage Garden, Midwest cocktail culture

Monday 2/23/26: Robin Vos retirement fallout, Thin Ice, Underground Railroad in Wisconsin

Friday 2/20/26: Origins of Black History Month, Birkie baby, skating ribbon

Thursday 2/19/26: Immigrants and tax filing, Minneapolis and Milwaukee, American Reckoning

Wednesday 2/18/26: Origins of Black History Month, sanctuary movements, Birkie baby

Tuesday 2/17/26: Early literacy at the library, skating ribbon, poetry and stargazing

Monday 2/16/26: Election administration, White House history, Betty Brinn artist-in-residence

Friday 2/13/26: Data center basics, local blood supply, Friday the Thirteenth

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