Maayan Silver
News ReporterMaayan Silver has been a reporter with WUWM’s News Team since 2018. She joined WUWM as a volunteer at Lake Effect in 2016, while she was a practicing criminal defense attorney.
She believes everyone has an interesting story to share and is driven to get people from all backgrounds and perspectives on the air. Her work has been featured on Morning Edition, All Things Considered, Weekend Edition, Here and Now, and she’s been a guest with BBC Newshour, On Point, The Takeaway and the NPR Politics Podcast. She was part of NPR’s Political Reporting Partnership during the 2020 presidential election.
Maayan has a musical spirit, loves learning about different cultures and trying new foods, and has lapsed on her goal of making Milwaukee’s best hummus.
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Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley and Congressman Tom Tiffany won their respective primaries. As we head into the general election, now what? -
Primary voters chose moderate Democrat and Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley to take on Republican U.S. Congressman Tom Tiffany in general election. -
Wisconsin's partisan primary is Tuesday August 11. JR Ross shares his insights as candidates try to capture the Democratic gubernatorial nomination. -
Eaux Claires, the music festival, returned to Wisconsin after an eight-year hiatus. Organizers, including Bon Iver frontman Justin Vernon, pulled together national artists, some with deep ties to the Chippewa Valley. -
The anti-authoritarian group Protect Democracy says President Trump's election playbook is to "deceive, disrupt and deny." They explain what that means and what to do about it ahead of August and November elections in Wisconsin. -
Candidates discussed Gov. Evers' failed tax relief deal, data centers, policing, school vouchers and more. -
Some are out of the race, then back in. And voters are picking up the pieces. -
Alan Chavoya is a leader in the Milwaukee Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression. He weighs in at an emergency community vigil after the deaths of three men in other states during ICE traffic stops. -
Republican Glenn Grothman, Democrat Brad Smith, Green Party candidate Matthew Arndt, independent Mike Thurow and independent Elizabeth Fitzgibbon will face off on Nov. 3. -
Incumbent Democrat Gwen Moore and will face Republican Tim Rogers and independent Arthur Burks in the general election on Nov. 3.
