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Wisconsin Weekly: Legislative Democrats now on ‘veto watch’
Wisconsin Weekly is a roundup of the week’s top headlines from around the state by Wisconsin Watch and other trusted news outlets. Gov. Tony Evers’s recent vetoes could still be overridden. Oshkosh police use Marsy’s Law to shield officers who shot suspects. Milwaukee interstate expansion raises flooding...
Climate costs imperil Detroit’s Jefferson Chalmers neighborhood
Some worry flooding costs could fuel climate gentrification in the 'Venice of Detroit.' Climate costs imperil Detroit’s Jefferson Chalmers neighborhood is a post from Wisconsin Watch, a non-profit investigative news site covering Wisconsin since 2009. Please consider making a contribution to support our journalism.
Wisconsin Democrats on ‘veto watch’ after Tony Evers blocks 10 bills
Wisconsin Watch is a nonprofit and nonpartisan newsroom. Subscribe to our newsletter to get our investigative stories and Friday news roundup. Gov. Tony Evers found himself in familiar territory last week, issuing his first 10 vetoes of the legislative session. Only this time, instead of putting the legislation to bed,...
The Mississippi River’s floodplain forests are dying. The race is on to bring them back.
This story is a product of the Mississippi River Basin Ag & Water Desk, an editorially independent reporting network based at the University of Missouri School of Journalism in partnership with Report For America and funded by the Walton Family Foundation. Wisconsin Watch is a member of the network. Sign up for our newsletter to get our news straight to your inbox.
Milwaukee residents fear more flooding due to planned I-94 expansion
Janet Haas two decades ago saw potential in a field of thistle, grass and bushes that Milwaukee County had neglected: Valley Park, nestled between the Menomonee River to the west and homes in one of Milwaukee’s most racially diverse neighborhoods to the east. “The county doesn’t have any money,...
Did Florida decide that its middle school curriculum will include that some enslaved people benefited from slavery?
Wisconsin Watch partners with Gigafact to produce fact briefs — bite-sized fact checks of trending claims. Read our methodology to learn how we check claims. In establishing new social studies standards for middle school students on July 19, 2023, the Florida Board of Education included in the section on slavery:
Did a Marquette University poll find that 50% of US Republicans don’t believe that Donald Trump had classified documents at Mar-a-Lago?
Wisconsin Watch partners with Gigafact to produce fact briefs — bite-sized fact checks of trending claims. Read our methodology to learn how we check claims. A national poll released by Marquette University Law School in Milwaukee found half of Republican respondents believed former President Donald Trump had classified materials at his Florida estate and the other half did not.
South Side Chicago neighbors fight Lake Michigan’s erosion and flooding
Climate change impacts on Chicago's South Side are relatedly drawing attention from city and state officials. South Side Chicago neighbors fight Lake Michigan’s erosion and flooding is a post from Wisconsin Watch, a non-profit investigative news site covering Wisconsin since 2009. Please consider making a contribution to support our journalism.
Inundation and injustice: Flooding presents a formidable threat to the Great Lakes region
Cities throughout the Great Lakes region are grappling with archaic wastewater systems, crumbling infrastructure and segregated housing creating a perfect storm of flooding vulnerability. Inundation and injustice: Flooding presents a formidable threat to the Great Lakes region is a post from Wisconsin Watch, a non-profit investigative news site covering Wisconsin since 2009. Please consider making a contribution to support our journalism.
Oshkosh police cite ‘Marsy’s Law’ to withhold names of officers who shot suspects
Some police agencies across the country have used the voter-approved constitutional amendment that broadens victim privacy to shield officers who use force. Oshkosh police cite ‘Marsy’s Law’ to withhold names of officers who shot suspects is a post from Wisconsin Watch, a non-profit investigative news site covering Wisconsin since 2009. Please consider making a contribution to support our journalism.
Your right to know: Strike a balance on student privacy
In recent years, public schools in Wisconsin and across the country have come under intense scrutiny. At issue are some of the most politically engaging, high-stakes issues of our time: what we teach children about race, gender and identity; how we police the line between free speech and anti-discrimination law; and the role of parents in shaping their childrens’ world view.
Wisconsin Watch hires Jack Kelly as new statehouse reporter
Wisconsin Watch is a nonprofit and nonpartisan newsroom. Subscribe to our newsletter to get our investigative stories and Friday news roundup. Wisconsin Watch is pleased to announce the hiring of Jack Kelly as its new statehouse reporter. Kelly, 26, joins Wisconsin Watch after two years as a statehouse reporter for...
Wisconsin residents endure long waits due to FoodShare and Medicaid changes
Changes in FoodShare and Medicaid requirements have caused benefits to be cut off for many and created difficulties for beneficiaries to get their applications reviewed or renewed. Wisconsin residents endure long waits due to FoodShare and Medicaid changes is a post from Wisconsin Watch, a non-profit investigative news site covering Wisconsin since 2009. Please consider making a contribution to support our journalism.
Wisconsin Weekly: New Wisconsin Supreme Court term starts with fireworks
Wisconsin Weekly is a roundup of the week’s top headlines from around the state by Wisconsin Watch and other trusted news outlets. New liberal Supreme Court majority fires conservative state courts director. Lawsuit filed to overturn Republican-gerrymandered legislative maps. Milwaukee police chases have increased 20-fold over past decade. Unhealthy...
Cost questions swirl as Milwaukee aims to replace remaining 66,000 lead pipelines
Mayor Cavalier Johnson’s 20-year timeline to replace the city’s remaining 66,000 lead service lines differs from a plan Milwaukee Water Works laid out. Cost questions swirl as Milwaukee aims to replace remaining 66,000 lead pipelines is a post from Wisconsin Watch, a non-profit investigative news site covering Wisconsin since 2009. Please consider making a contribution to support our journalism.
How alcoholism derailed former Wisconsin running back Montee Ball’s football career
Wisconsin Watch is a nonprofit and nonpartisan newsroom. Subscribe to our newsletter to get our investigative stories and Friday news roundup. At the peak of his powers, Montee Ball was a star running back for the Wisconsin Badgers; a Heisman finalist in 2011 who was setting records and getting drafted by the Denver Broncos. Yet, along the way, Ball succumbed to a vice all too familiar to Wisconsin: alcohol.
Wisconsin Supreme Court chief justice accuses liberals of ‘raw exercise of overreaching power’
Wisconsin Watch is a nonprofit and nonpartisan newsroom. Subscribe to our newsletter to get our investigative stories and Friday news roundup. The conservative chief justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court accused her liberal colleagues of a “raw exercise of overreaching power” after they flexed their new majority Wednesday and fired the director of the state’s court system.
Wisconsin’s ‘death grip with alcohol’ is killing more residents
Wisconsin Watch is a nonprofit and nonpartisan newsroom. Subscribe to our newsletter to get our investigative stories and Friday news roundup. Blanketing the wall of an American-style dive bar in Prague: the Milwaukee Brewers, the Tavern League of Wisconsin and the iconic phrase “Drink Wisconsibly.”. Not only does Wisconsin...
New Wisconsin lawsuit seeks to toss Republican-drawn maps
A lawsuit filed Wednesday asks Wisconsin's newly liberal-controlled state Supreme Court to throw out Republican-drawn legislative maps as unconstitutional. New Wisconsin lawsuit seeks to toss Republican-drawn maps is a post from Wisconsin Watch, a non-profit investigative news site covering Wisconsin since 2009. Please consider making a contribution to support our journalism.
Hot pursuit: Milwaukee police chases now top 1,000 per year. Some prove deadly.
News414 is a service journalism collaboration between Wisconsin Watch and Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service that addresses the specific issues, interests, perspectives and information needs identified by residents of central city Milwaukee neighborhoods. Learn more at our website or sign up for our texting service here. Correction: A previous version of...
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