We get insights to Tuesday night’s State of the Tribes address to the Legislature. Then, we talk about the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association’s new policy on trans athletes. Then, we learn about the two award-winning counseling programs in Wisconsin.
Featured in this Episode
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State of the Tribes address
On Tuesday, St. Croix Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin Chairman Thomas Fowler delivered the annual State of the Tribes address. A former tribal judge and tribal elder joins us to talk about the address.
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Athletic association policies on transgender athletes
The Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association changed its policy to allow only athletes “designated as females at birth” would be allowed to compete in girls sports. The NCAA made a similar change. We talk to a transgender writer about how these policies could affect young athletes.
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Wisconsin Life: 'The Jump Around Guy'
As March Madness kicks off this week, we meet super fan, Rick Smith, who has been cheering for the Marquette men’s basketball team for 50 years.
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Data drives school counseling programs to excellence
Two school counseling programs recently received state awards for excellence. The data driven approach of tracking attendance, math scores and more is working for the Elk Mound School District and the Little Chute Area School District. We talk with program leaders.
Episode Credits
- Rob Ferrett Host
- Kate Archer Kent Host
- Lee Rayburn Host
- Richard Ackley Guest
- Emily Mills Guest
- Bobby Phillips Guest
- Michelle Mokrzycki Guest
- Lisa Gretz Guest
- Beatrice Lawrence Producer
- Lorin Cox Producer
- Courtney Everett Producer
- Tyler Ditter Technical Director
- Sarah Hopefl Technical Director
- Dean Knetter Executive Producer
- Tim Peterson Managing Producer
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