Monthly Archives: July 2012

Getting Candidates To Actually Answer The Question

The U.S. Senate Republican Primary has been dominating the attention of a lot of people at Here and Now, me perhaps most of all. For the past five weeks I’ve been interviewing the four candidates on a number of topics. … Continue reading

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GOP race for US Senate intensifies

There was a debate today in Green Bay sponsored by and broadcast on WTAQ among Republican Senate hopefuls, businessman Eric Hovde, former US Rep. Mark Neumann, Assembly Speaker Jeff Fitzgerald and former Governor Tommy Thompson-one of few opportunities to hear from all the candidates together before the … Continue reading

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U.S. Senate Race

Tonight on “Here and Now,” we hear in-depth interviews with two of the Republican candidates running for U.S. Senate in Wisconsin. Reporter Zac Schultz sat down with all four Republicans running in the primary and we are airing his interviews … Continue reading

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Campaign Finance plus Drought Update

The totals are in and to those who know we’re in a suffering economy, the paradox remains striking. According to the Wisconsin Democracy Campaign, there was more than $80.9 million spent in the campaign to recall Gov. Scott Walker (R-Wisconsin). … Continue reading

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Coming to PBS…

One reason I like working in public television is that I’m a fan of public television. So I was pleased this morning to get a preview of what’s coming up this fall. Our programming staff presented the new schedule and … Continue reading

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