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Would Wisconsin have the lowest age in the US for serving alcohol if a bill allowing 14-year-olds to serve is made law?
Wisconsin Watch, a nonprofit newsroom, is partnering with Gigafact to produce fact briefs — bite-sized fact checks of trending claims. Sign up for our newsletter for more stories straight to your inbox. Yes. On May 1, 2023, two Republican Wisconsin lawmakers, Sen. Rob Stafsholt and Rep. Chanz Green, circulated...
Does Medicaid cover nearly half of all births in the US?
Wisconsin Watch, a nonprofit newsroom, is partnering with Gigafact to produce fact briefs — bite-sized fact checks of trending claims. Sign up for our newsletter for more stories straight to your inbox. Yes. About 41% of all births in the U.S. are financed by Medicaid, according to a 2022...
Are nearly half of all Americans worried about having their money in banks?
Wisconsin Watch, a nonprofit newsroom, is partnering with Gigafact to produce fact briefs — bite-sized fact checks of trending claims. Sign up for our newsletter for more stories straight to your inbox. Yes. According to an April Gallup poll, 48% of U.S. adults are concerned about having their money...
Free speech, racial equity battles are playing out on Wisconsin campuses
The fight over racial equity and free speech on Wisconsin college campuses is intensifying, mirroring a national battle as Republicans work to close campus diversity offices and demand that students and faculty treat conservative speakers with respect. Free speech, racial equity battles are playing out on Wisconsin campuses 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.
Are Black people four times as likely to be arrested for marijuana in Wisconsin?
Wisconsin Watch, a nonprofit newsroom, is partnering with Gigafact to produce fact briefs — bite-sized fact checks of trending claims. Sign up for our newsletter for more stories straight to your inbox. Yes. Black people in Wisconsin are 4.2 times as likely to face arrest for marijuana possession than...
Why I investigated Milwaukee Tool work gloves — and what we learned
Wisconsin Watch is a nonprofit and nonpartisan newsroom. Subscribe to our newsletter to get our investigative stories and Friday news roundup. The tip came into Wisconsin Watch: Milwaukee Tool, an internationally recognized brand, was using forced prison labor in China to produce work gloves. Tackling the story was tricky. The...
Open and Shut podcast by Wisconsin Watch and WPR wins Murrow honors
Wisconsin Watch is a nonprofit and nonpartisan newsroom. Subscribe to our newsletter to get our investigative stories and Friday news roundup. Open and Shut, the Wisconsin Watch/WPR investigative podcast about the power of prosecutors, has won regional honors from the Edward R. Murrow Awards. Open and Shut took first place in the large radio market for best podcast.
Wisconsin Weekly: Court rules against fake elector not recusing himself
Wisconsin Weekly is a Friday news roundup of reports from Wisconsin Watch and other trusted news outlets. Access to some stories may be limited to subscribers of the news organizations that produced them. We urge our readers to consider supporting these important news outlets by subscribing, and sign up to get our free newsletters here.
No emergency needed: Community paramedics in Wisconsin, elsewhere visit patients at home
Community paramedics are providing non-emergency care in at least six cities in Wisconsin with eight others in the planning stages. No emergency needed: Community paramedics in Wisconsin, elsewhere visit patients at home 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.
Why Wisconsin renters feel powerless in landlord disputes
A range of factors stack the odds against tenants, including landlords in the Legislature who have weakened local regulations of rental properties. Why Wisconsin renters feel powerless in landlord disputes 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.
A former Wisconsin white supremacist helps extricate Americans from violent hate groups
This story was originally reported and published by MindSite News, a nonprofit news site that reports on mental health. On August 5, 2012, Pardeep Kaleka was just down the street from the Sikh Temple his family belonged to in Oak Creek, Wisconsin, when he heard sirens and rushed to find a police barricade around the building. Inside was a scene of horror: A member of a violent white power group known as the Hammerskins had gunned down seven members of the temple before turning the gun on himself. Among those killed was Satwant Singh Kaleka, the president of the temple and Kaleka’s father.
Should Wisconsin fund child care like it does roads? Here are some solutions to the child care crisis
Wisconsin’s child care crisis affects you, even if you don’t know it. Perhaps the only expense greater than the cost to sustainably fund our child care system, however, would be the price we’d pay if we don’t. The Council for a Strong America estimates the child care crisis already costs Wisconsin families, businesses and governments a combined $1.9 billion every year.
It takes a village: How collaboration helped a small northern Wisconsin city add crucial child care
The old proverb says that “it takes a village to raise a child.”. Today, it takes the whole village, city or town — employers, families and government — to raise a child care center. Gabby Sorano needed support from all three to open the 35-slot Antigo Child...
Judge: Wisconsin fake electors complaint must be reheard
Wisconsin Watch is a nonprofit and nonpartisan newsroom. Subscribe to our newsletter to get our investigative stories and Friday news roundup. This story is published in partnership with The Associated Press. A Wisconsin judge said Monday he will order that the state elections commission reconsider a complaint filed against fake...
Does the Republican-authored shared revenue bill propose banning advisory referendums at the local level in Wisconsin?
Wisconsin Watch, a nonprofit newsroom, is partnering with Gigafact to produce fact briefs — bite-sized fact checks of trending claims. Sign up for our newsletter for more stories straight to your inbox. Yes. The shared revenue bill proposed by Wisconsin Republicans would prohibit a county or municipality from holding...
Wisconsin election officials want to revive ‘critical’ plan
Wisconsin Watch is a nonprofit and nonpartisan newsroom. Subscribe to our newsletter to get our investigative stories and Friday news roundup. This story is published in partnership with The Associated Press. Election officials in battleground Wisconsin hope to revive a bipartisan plan they say is critical to rebuilding confidence in...
Wisconsin Weekly: How taxpayer dollars are used to discriminate against LGBTQ+ students
Wisconsin Weekly is a Friday news roundup of reports from Wisconsin Watch and other trusted news outlets. Access to some stories may be limited to subscribers of the news organizations that produced them. We urge our readers to consider supporting these important news outlets by subscribing, and sign up to get our free newsletters here.
Did the FBI under President Joe Biden label concerned parents who spoke at school board meetings ‘domestic terrorists,’ as a Wisconsin congressman claims?
Wisconsin Watch, a nonprofit newsroom, is partnering with Gigafact to produce fact briefs — bite-sized fact checks of trending claims. Sign up for our newsletter for more stories straight to your inbox. No. Republican U.S. Rep. Tom Tiffany, who represents most of northern Wisconsin, said President “Joe Biden’s FBI...
Is Tammy Baldwin rated one of the most vulnerable US senators up for election in 2024?
Wisconsin Watch, a nonprofit newsroom, is partnering with Gigafact to produce fact briefs — bite-sized fact checks of trending claims. Sign up for our newsletter for more stories straight to your inbox. Yes. The Hill rated the seat held by U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis., as one of the...
Will taxes ‘automatically’ go up for 95% of business owners after the Trump tax cuts expire?
Wisconsin Watch, a nonprofit newsroom, is partnering with Gigafact to produce fact briefs — bite-sized fact checks of trending claims. Sign up for our newsletter for more stories straight to your inbox. No. While individual tax cuts from the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act are set to expire...
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