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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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. -
Two independents, two Democrats, a Republican and a Green Party candidate are running for Wisconsin's 6th Congressional District. -
Two Democrats, two Republicans and an independent are running for Congress in the 4th district. There will be primaries on Aug. 11 and a general election on Nov. 3. -
Wisconsinites will vote for congressional candidates in the general election on Nov. 3, 2026. Both the Republican and Democratic candidates are uncontested in their primaries. -
Wisconsinites will vote for congressional candidates in the Aug. 11 primary and in the Nov. 3 general election. -
Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley dropped out of the race for Wisconsin governor. There's still a crowded Democratic primary, what's next?
