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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Millions of dollars in state funding to clean up groundwater contamination are going unused in Wisconsin. Why? We also look into how Democrats and Republicans are trying to leverage their candidates in the state's competitive congressional districts.
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Last week President Biden traveled to Madison, Wisconsin to announce new student loan relief for some borrowers. But some Madison students may still may need more motivation to support him.
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Private funding is not allowed in Wisconsin elections administration, and only election officials, as designated by law, can run elections in the state. Here's how that could affect the 2024 election.
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Do you want to know about the candidates for U.S. Senate in Wisconsin, what U.S. Senators actually do for people on the ground here, and how the candidates are approaching their campaigns? Tune into Capitol Notes this week!
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President Biden and former President Trump both easily won their parties presidential primaries in Wisconsin. Yet, they each faced more protest votes than expected.
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As voting closes in Wisconsin's primaries, voters are already looking to November. Four years ago, Biden beat out Trump by about 20,000 votes. The race will likely be decided again around the margins.
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WUWM hosted its first voter roundtable with five Milwaukee-area residents to take the temperature on how people are feeling in this crucial swing state ahead of the 2024 presidential election.
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Ahead of of Wisconsin's presidential preference primary, WisPolitic's JR Ross shares an overview.
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WUWM's Xcaret Nuñez, Nadya Kelly and Maayan Silver sat down to discuss the songs sung by women that make them feel like they could move mountains, and a lot of WUWM staff also chimed in.
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JR Ross, editor of WisPolitics.com gives the big picture on the upcoming presidential primary election in Wisconsin, the new lawsuit over drop boxes and the latest in the recall effort against GOP Assembly Speaker Robin Vos.