7:30 p.m. Friday and 10 a.m. Sunday on PBS Wisconsin
As results from the Nov. 5 election are finalized in Senate and House elections across the country, eyes now turn to what the legislative landscape will look like as Republicans will hold control of both houses of Congress and the White House. Wisconsin Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Madison, will speak with anchor Frederica Freyberg about her victory over Republican challenger Eric Hovde, the policy changes she will experience now as part of the minority party in the Senate, President-elect Donald Trump’s cabinet picks, and her perspectives on Wisconsin's political divide.
Also this week, Zac Schultz reports on the Wisconsin Supreme Court hearing oral arguments in a case about whether Wisconsin Elections Commission administrator Meagan Wolfe can remain as a holdover in her position without renewing approval from the state Senate.
Aditi Debnath will also report on a new policy approved by the Watertown Board of Education that will prevent students who identify as transgender from competing in sports or using bathrooms and locker rooms that differ from their sex assigned at birth. The policy, according to legal experts, may not comport with the federal Title IX laws and may not be enforceable.
And, Nathan Denzin reports on a series of earthen dams along the Coon Creek and West Form watersheds that have passed their expiration date and are feared to rupture as storms and flooding events continue to increase in intensity.
Read and watch daily updates at pbswisconsin.org/news.
