by Wisconsin Watch, WisconsinWatch.orgApril 19, 2022 “Police officers can only bring individuals to the courthouse door. It is the prosecutor who decides whether that individual will remain in the system […]
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Wisconsin groups offer new ‘cookbook’ to spur affordable housing development; here’s the recipe
This piece was produced for the NEW News Lab, a local news collaboration in Northeast Wisconsin. Microsoft is providing financial support to the Greater Green Bay Community Foundation and Community Foundation […]
‘This is a charade’: GOP senator, voting experts urge Wisconsin Republicans to halt election attacks
By Brenda Wintrode and Jim MalewitzWisconsin Watch The Republican chair of the Wisconsin Senate elections committee on Monday urged members of her own party to halt their attempts to discredit […]
Nearly 200 Wisconsin officers back on the job after being fired or forced out
By Peter Cameron, For Wisconsin Watch One officer was accused by a supervisor of snoozing in his squad car while on duty. Another had multiple drunken run-ins with police, including […]
Could ‘baby bonds’ close Wisconsin’s racial wealth gap?
By Ben Baker and Zhen Wang, Wisconsin Watch On a recent weekday, Donald Robert Greengrass Jr., 29, was smiling, greeting locals, and chatting with staff at his restaurant in La […]
Your Right to Know: Wisconsin Lawmakers Seek to Keep Their Misconduct Secret
By Bill Lueders WISCONSIN- Even Staush Gruszynski didn’t want this to happen. The former state Assembly representative from Green Bay is the subject of an ongoing legal battle over records […]
FEMA offers generous funeral aid to those grieving COVID-19 deaths. Getting it isn’t easy.
By Noelle Alviz-Gransee, Wisconsin WatchKristin Byrne, TMJ4 News Shenora Staten-Jordan felt lost when her father, Gary Lee Staten, died of COVID-19 in May. She hadn’t expected to lose him so […]
Your Right to Know: No Private Email Accounts for Public Business
By Tom Kamenick, Wisconsin Watch Imagine that a developer has been lobbying your local town board to approve a controversial development. You file a record request asking for all emails […]
Drop out or drown in debt? Many Black students in Wisconsin face stark choices in paying for college
By Alyssa Huglen, Wisconsin Watch When Clint Myrick graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee in 2010, he left with two consequential pieces of paper: a diploma for a bachelor’s degree […]
‘He shouldn’t have had to die’: COVID-19 infects half of Wisconsin inmates, five times the overall state rate
By Vanessa SwalesWisconsin Watch Calvin Johnson spent his final weeks at Prairie du Chien Correctional Institution wracked in pandemic anxiety, a former cellmate recalled. He closely tracked COVID-19’s spread in […]
Wisconsin’s No. 1 mink farming industry now seen as a COVID-19 risk
By Kate Golden For Wisconsin Watch The first sign of trouble was that the mink stopped eating, said Hugh Hildebrandt, one of two main mink vets in Wisconsin. Next came […]
So you’ve been diagnosed with COVID-19. What next?
By Bram Sable-Smith WPR/Wisconsin Watch Morganne Seiner struggled to decide whether to visit her sister’s family in Marshfield, Wisconsin for Christmas. The 29-year-old Waterloo resident is five-months pregnant with her […]
‘The happiness and joy has been sucked out of me’: Wisconsin dairy farmers face mental health crisis
By Jack Kelly For Wisconsin Watch It was Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2016. David Fischer had just arrived for work at his dairy farm in Rio, Wisconsin. A slight breeze punctuated […]
Wisconsin caucuses pose thorny safety issues during pandemic
By Anya van Wagtendonk Wisconsin Watch This article is made possible through Votebeat, a nonpartisan reporting project covering local election integrity and voting access. Every January across Wisconsin, some towns […]
Wisconsin’s nonvoters could be a powerful bloc — but barriers, disillusionment stand in the way
By Nora Eckert Wisconsin Watch This article is made possible through Votebeat, a nonpartisan reporting project covering local election integrity and voting access. When Angela Lang reflects on the thousands […]