About this episode

The episode discusses the expiration of Wisconsin's conservation program and various local news topics including Medicaid changes and education reforms.

Here's your local news for Wednesday, July 1, 2026: We hear Democratic legislators' plan to resurrect the Knowles-Nelson Stewardship Program, Find out how new federal work requirements could impact Medicaid coverage in Wisconsin, Learn the story behind an unusual settlement the state's DOJ announced this week, Dissect the Trump regime's latest attempt to shake up the Department of Education, Broadcast the most comprehensive weather report on the airwaves, Travel back in time to 1968, And much more.

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