Steven Potter

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Tony Robinson, 10 years gone

1 month ago | isthmus.com | Steven Potter

On one unusually cold March night, 10 years ago, emergency calls reported a young Black man acting erratically, jumping in and out of traffic on the near east side. Matt Kenny, the Madison police officer dispatched to the scene, entered a home on Williamson Street looking for the young man. Moments later, Kenny fired seven shots from his handgun, all of the bullets striking 19-year-old Tony Robinson. Robinson was later pronounced dead at UW Hospital.
Milwaukee’s Hip-Hop Scene Swells with DIY Talent and a Signature Sound

1 month ago | milwaukeemag.com | Steven Potter

The spark that ignited Emmitt James’ musical career was lit, like so many others, during his teenage years. “I started off doing spoken-word poetry,” he says, recalling his days at Reagan High School. “That naturally transitioned to rapping. And when my music teacher saw me and my friends were really into it, they built us a little makeshift studio. And so we learned how to record.” That was more than a dozen years ago – back when he was just a scrappy kid from the North Side.
Wisconsin 2025 State of the State highlights from Evers, Vos

Jan 23, 2025 | pbswisconsin.org | Steven Potter |Marisa Wojcik |Frederica Freyberg

PoliticsWisconsin 2025 State of the State highlights from Evers, VosDemocratic Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers shared his priorities for 2025 in his seventh State of the State address, with Assembly Speaker Robin Vos providing the Republican response. By Steven Potter, Marisa Wojcik, Frederica Freyberg | Here & NowJanuary 24, 2025 Copy and Paste the Following Code to Embed this Video:
Wisconsin Band Bizhiki Brings Native Voices to the Stage

Jan 16, 2025 | milwaukeemag.com | Steven Potter

Mixing musical genres isn’t easy, but the Wisconsin-based band Bizhiki makes their fusion of traditional Ojibwe powwow singing, indie rock instrumentals and electronic dance flavor seem effortless. “Some of these sounds are sometimes reserved or tucked back into certain circles or places,” says singer and drummer Dylan Bizhikiins Jennings.
Up-and-coming hip-hop at UW Memorial Union

Jan 8, 2025 | isthmus.com | Steven Potter

Before rap artists topped the charts and could sell out arenas, they were playing shows in any space that would take them — backyard barbecues, cramped basements, rec center cafeterias. Plenty of fans would argue that’s still the best way to hear a new emcee or catch a DJ set. You can hear an emcee’s every word, look performers in the eye, see them sweat.
Brittany Kinser, Dr. Jill Underly and Jeff Wright face off in the 2025 primary for Wisconsin state superintendent

Jan 7, 2025 | pbswisconsin.org | Steven Potter

Voters will choose between three educators in a mid-February primary election to decide who will continue on in the 2025 race to be the superintendent of the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction. On that Feb. 18 primary ballot, the incumbent Superintendent Dr. Jill Underly, a former teacher and education administrator who is seeking a second term, will face Sauk Prairie School District Superintendent Jeff Wright and Milwaukee-based education consultant Brittany Kinser.
Tommy Thompson on Trump's 2024 election victory in Wisconsin

Nov 5, 2024 | pbswisconsin.org | Steven Potter

Steven Potter:Here we are at the Hovde campaign and Wisconsin was just called for Donald Trump. What's your reaction to that? Tommy Thompson:I am so excited. You know, Donald Trump is now the president, going to be the president of the United States, and we got a good chance to have two Republican U.S. senators from Wisconsin that will help him get his programs through through the Congress, which will help the country and Wisconsin start solving problems.
Harris, Democrats urge supporters speak through their votes

Oct 31, 2024 | pbswisconsin.org | Steven Potter

VIDEO TRANSCRIPT Transcript Coming Soon. “All right, Madison, are we ready to do this?” asked Vice President Kamala Harris. Even as they waited in line to hear from Harris at a get out the vote rally in Madison on Oct. 30, the mostly young crowd had their minds made up.
Wisconsin's role in the Civil War origins of absentee voting

Oct 29, 2024 | pbswisconsin.org | Steven Potter

While absentee voting certainly grew in popularity during the 2020 pandemic election, the first time Wisconsin voters were able to cast their ballots before Election Day dates back much further than that. Much, much further – like, more than 150 years ago. Wisconsin was among the first states in the nation to allow absentee voting, dating all the way back to the presidential election of 1864.
Laura Albert on researching impacts of ballot drop box sites

Oct 22, 2024 | pbswisconsin.org | Steven Potter

Laura Albert:So we started thinking about municipalities that would use many drop boxes, which are cities because that's where the science is most interesting when we're looking at identifying where to locate many drop boxes in that network. Then we started thinking about, what are the criteria for how to evaluate if those drop box locations are the right ones? And there's a few different criteria, as there are on many important applications that involve the public.