Halfway through the school year the state continues to face teacher shortages. We hear from two recruiters on the efforts to hire and retain employees in their urban school districts. We also hear from an education professor whose frontline work includes teacher preparation.

Online racial harassment hurts the academic confidence of Hispanic and Black students, according to new research from UW-Madison's School of Human Ecology. And more college students are experiencing hunger and poverty, necessitating food banks on campuses.

Google’s parent company Alphabet is bringing its founders out of semi-retirement to boost building a new technology: artificial intelligence. A pair of University of Chicago researchers break down the potential uses and security challenges to AI.

Winter spiders reportedly bit a teacher and student at a Manitowoc middle school. A spider specialist joins us to address our fears. And a nonprofit could relieve Milwaukee County residents of $153 million worth of medical debt. We speak with the CEO of RIP Medical Debt about company’s proposal.

First, we visit Washington Island to talk with the local electrical manager about a new internet project. Then, WPR's Shawn Johnson shares a recap of Gov. Tony Ever's fifth State of the State address.

We speak with the president of the Wisconsin School Social Workers Association to learn more about youth mental health in the state. A security expert explains why she believes a more aggressive response is needed during active shooter trainings.

A new Harvard Business School analysis details a dysfunctional relationship between America’s community colleges and employers. We speak with a coauthor of the new research, as well as the head of Wisconsin’s Technical College System, to learn what this means for Wisconsin’s workforce.

We look at why a disparity in homeownership persists between Black and white families in Milwaukee and how to address it. Then, we explore Hmong cuisine with a James Beard-nominated chef in Minneapolis.

Meteorologists are seeing the effects of climate change in real time, as extreme weather events and disasters become more common. We talk with three meteorologists about how they try to talk about climate change, how they see our world changing and what pushback they get from skeptics.

We meet the new executive director of the Wisconsin County Highway Association, representing the local managers of the state's county-managed roads and highways. Three Wisconsin business owners share their visions for operating more environmentally sustainable companies.