Wisconsin plays a pivotal role in the presidential election. That’s one of the reasons why the Wisconsin Historical Society is collecting political artifacts this election year.WUWM 89.7 FM - Milwaukee's NPR

The Wisconsin Supreme Court restored use of absentee ballot drop boxes in July, but did not require communities to use them.Chuck Quirmbach

Grain elevators once were commonplace across the country. Now they're few and far between. Despite all odds, one granary dating back to 1901 is coming back to life in Door County along Sturgeon Bay’s waterfront.Susan Bence

Two joint councils representing 18,000 Teamsters members in Wisconsin support the Democratic ticket.Chuck Quirmbach

Milwaukee civil rights pioneer and politician Vel Phillips is now the first African American woman to have a monument on the Wisconsin State Capitol grounds. It’s one step toward making Wisconsin’s public art more representative of its rich, diverse history.Nadya Kelly

Murals help tell the less-documented stories of the diverse people that make up Milwaukee.Nadya Kelly

We talk to northern Wisconsin voters as Democratic Vice President candidate Tim Walz makes a swing through the area.Chuck Quirmbach

For the first part of WUWM's new series "Reflections of Representation," we walk through Juneau park to visit some of Milwaukee's first monuments.WUWM 89.7 FM - Milwaukee's NPR

In Wisconsin, a growing number of conservatives who dislike Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump are thinking about whether they could actually vote for Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris.WUWM 89.7 FM - Milwaukee's NPR

The city’s Environmental Collaboration Office just launched a new initiative to tackle food waste, food insecurity and climate change.Lina Tran

Dozens of public housing residents continue to voice their grievances with the Milwaukee Housing Authority. For years, residents have made thousands of complaints about public safety, maintenance, accessibility and bed bugs.Eddie Morales

How will farmers cope with the environmental stresses of climate change? There’s momentum to grow crops indoors in urban settings. We visit Hundred Acres, an indoor farm in Milwaukee's 30th Street Corridor.WUWM 89.7 FM - Milwaukee's NPR

The blowing of a traditional horn outside the Jewish Community Center highlights a month of reflection about the Oct. 7, 2023, attacks on Israel and their aftermath.WUWM 89.7 FM - Milwaukee's NPR

Establishing a new nut industry has been a tough nut to crack. But experts say the crop could diversify agricultural economies and bring environmental benefits to depleted farmland.Lina Tran

Work is underway to create more resilient food production systems in the face of climate change. That includes within the Ho-Chunk Nation in Wisconsin.Susan Bence

Partly for environmental reasons, the Zoo has been selling off its two coal-burning iron horses and replacing them with two more diesel-powered ones this year.Chuck Quirmbach

A pay-what-you-can café in the Sherman Park neighborhood in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, relies on locally grown and donated produce. It’s a model its creators believe can be easily replicated.WUWM 89.7 FM - Milwaukee's NPR