>> THE FOLLOWING PROGRAM IS A
PBS WISCONSIN ORIGINAL
PRODUCTION.
>> MILWAUKEE'S COMMON COUNCIL
PASSES A 2% SALES TAX, BUT NOT
WITHOUT PROTESTS.
I'M FREDERICA FREYBERG.
TONIGHT ON "HERE AND NOW," WE
HEAR FROM MILWAUKEE'S MAYOR AS
WELL AS A COMMON COUNCIL ALDER
ON THE BEGRUDGING PASSAGE OF THE
SALES TAX, A LAW EXPERT EXPLAINS
A RULING THAT FLIPS THE SCRIPT
ON WISCONSIN'S 1849 ABORTION
BAN, AND A SCHOOL DISTRICT TRIED
TO BAN A TRANS STUDENT FROM
USING THE GIRLS BATHROOM, A
FEDERAL JUDGE SAID THEY'RE
VIOLATING HER RIGHT.
IT'S "HERE AND NOW" FOR JULY
14th.
>> FUNDING FOR "HERE AND NOW" IS
PROVIDED BY THE FOCUS FUNDS
JOURNALISM AND FRIENDS OF PBS
WISCONSIN.