From a severe drought last year – with parts of Wisconsin still experiencing those dry conditions this May – to the 10th wettest June on record and more big rainfalls already early in July, Wisconsin has gone from one historic weather extreme to the other. Natasha Paris, a regional crops educator in the Green Lake area for the University of Wisconsin-Madison Division of Extension, will speak with anchor Frederica Freyberg to discuss the 180-degree turn in weather conditions that farmers are seeing and how it is affecting this year's growing season and expected crop yields.

As the political season heats up, UW-La Crosse political science professor Anthony Chergosky will talk through the ups and downs of the electoral ticket, starting with the fallout from Democrats reacting to President Joe Biden’s debate performance last week, to races in Congress and the Wisconsin Legislature, which will look different this year under the new legislative district maps across the state.

Senior political reporter Zac Schultz will also discuss the official release of the Wisconsin Supreme Court order to take up cases about abortion in Wisconsin, involving Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin, the state of Wisconsin and Sheboygan County District Attorney Joel Urmanski, who has argued that Wisconsin statute completely bans abortion.

With the Republican and Democratic national conventions approaching, reporter Aditi Debnath will provide an overview of what viewers can expect from the events in Milwaukee and Chicago, and what they will offer outside of the official party selection of a presidential nominee.

And, Steven Potter will report on personalized and precision medicine, which Wisconsin health care industries specialize in, and how it has helped to bring new federal funding to the health innovation ecosystem that already exists in the state.

Read and watch daily updates at pbswisconsin.org/news.

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  Silvia and Beba tell their own coming-of-age story, transforming their hometown on the Texas-Mexico border into a wonderland of creative expression and activist hijinks. Filmed collaboratively over the final summer of their fleeting youth, their cinematic self-portrait celebrates the power of friendship and joy as tools of survival and resistance.

• Wisconsin Hometown Stories
  Plan your summer adventure – or just take a virtual road trip to some of Wisconsin's many wonderful cities and towns from your own couch. Telling Wisconsin's history one town at a time, Wisconsin Hometown Stories highlights the people, businesses and events that shaped communities throughout Wisconsin.

• How Can Theater Be More Inclusive? | University Place
  Lindsay Christians, a reporter for The Cap Times, moderates a panel discussion with actor and director Marti Gobel, actor Loryn Jonelis, UW-Madison communications arts professor Lori Lopez and drama advisor Kathleen Tissot, focusing on the lack of people of color and people with disabilities in theater.