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Wisconsin GOP lawmakers, biosafety advocates join forces on pathogen bill
Wisconsin Watch is a nonprofit, nonpartisan newsroom. Subscribe to our newsletters for original stories and our Friday news roundup. Legislation banning a certain type of research on dangerous pathogens is bringing together an unlikely alliance of public health scientists, community activists and Republicans who spurned COVID-19 safety protocols. For decades,...
Wisconsin GOP bill seeks to ban pathogen research: What to know
Wisconsin Watch is a nonprofit, nonpartisan newsroom. Subscribe to our newsletters for original stories and our Friday news roundup. Republicans have proposed banning a certain type of research on dangerous pathogens. Here’s what to know about the bill. What is the proposal?. The bill specifically bans higher education institutions...
Did Nikki Haley lead Joe Biden in polls for the 2024 presidential race after the first GOP debate?
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. National polls show that, in a hypothetical matchup for the 2024 presidential election, Nikki Haley was favored over President Joe Biden by 2 to 6 percentage points.
Is the weekly wage of the average US worker less than it was 50 years ago?
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. By one key measure, the average weekly wage for U.S. workers, adjusted for inflation, is less than 50 years ago. U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders,...
Mississippi River’s historic high and low water levels vex shipping industry
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.
Wisconsin utilities push own policies to compensate solar panel owners, but advocates want a unified approach
Wisconsin utility MGE is proposing to drastically scale back the net metering rates that residents are paid for their solar generation, putting residential customers with small arrays on the same distributed generation program as commercial customers with large arrays. Advocates are asking the state Public Service Commission to deny the...
Former Speaker Paul Ryan says Republicans will lose if Donald Trump is nominee
Former House Speaker Paul Ryan said Tuesday that Republicans will lose the presidential election if Donald Trump is the nominee. Former Speaker Paul Ryan says Republicans will lose if Donald Trump is nominee 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.
Here’s the latest on Wisconsin medical marijuana bills
Wisconsin Watch readers have submitted questions to our statehouse team, and we’ll answer them in our series, Ask Wisconsin Watch. Have a question about state government? Ask it here. Question: “What is the status of the medical marijuana bills?”. Answer: Republican lawmakers in Wisconsin have long resisted legalizing...
Did potential Wisconsin US Senate candidate Eric Hovde once call most Americans deplorable?
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 a 2016 interview with conservative Green Bay talk show host Jerry Bader, Madison businessman Eric Hovde said it’s “deplorable” how poorly most Americans are informed.
Veteran news leader George Stanley named CEO of Wisconsin Watch
Wisconsin Watch is a nonprofit, nonpartisan newsroom. Subscribe to our newsletters for original stories and our Friday news roundup. George Stanley, a nationally respected veteran news leader and longtime Milwaukee Journal Sentinel editor, has been named CEO of Wisconsin Watch, effective Oct. 16. “We are pleased that a journalist of...
Open meetings lawsuit targets secret panel studying Janet Protasiewicz impeachment
A liberal watchdog group on Monday sued a secret panel investigating the criteria for impeaching a liberal Wisconsin Supreme Court justice, asking a judge to order the panel to stop meeting behind closed doors. Open meetings lawsuit targets secret panel studying Janet Protasiewicz impeachment 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.
Is violent crime in Milwaukee higher than the national average?
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. By at least one measure Milwaukee’s violent crime rate exceeds the national average, but the comparison is misleading, criminologists told Wisconsin Watch. It’s...
Has the FDA approved kratom, which is being debated for legalization in Wisconsin?
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. The federal Food and Drug Administration has not approved the herbal substance kratom for any medical or dietary use. Kratom is an extract from...
Is Elon Musk the founder of Tesla?
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. Tesla Inc. was founded in 2003 by entrepreneurs Martin Eberhard and Marc Tarpenning, according to several sources, including Britannica, TheStreet.com, CNN and Benzinga financial news service.
Wisconsin Republicans propose impeaching Meagan Wolfe after disputed vote to fire her
A group of Republican Wisconsin lawmakers on Thursday proposed impeaching Wisconsin Elections Commission Administrator Meagan Wolfe as Democrats wage a legal battle to keep the nonpartisan administrator in office. Wisconsin Republicans propose impeaching Meagan Wolfe after disputed vote to fire her 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.
Does the Defense Department facilitate abortions for members of the military?
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. The Defense Department has policies to help service members obtain reproductive health care, including abortion. The policies, announced Feb. 16, 2023, reinforce a “commitment...
Did Joe Biden join 20 phone calls with Hunter Biden’s business partners to ‘close these deals and enrich his family’?
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. Information cited to Wisconsin Watch by U.S. Rep. Tom Tiffany does not show President Joe Biden closed business deals for his son Hunter Biden.
Has it been proven that Joe Biden received $5 million from the Ukrainian energy company Burisma?
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. Information cited by U.S. Rep. Tom Tiffany contained only unverified intelligence that the Ukrainian energy company Burisma paid President Joe Biden $5 million. Tiffany,...
Wisconsin expels too many preschoolers. Here’s how providers are responding
Stephanie Springer can’t help but tear up when she tells the story of the 6-year-old girl who came under her care last year. Although the girl is not yet in first grade, she’s already experienced trauma from varying origin points. She expresses her painful past in big, aggressive behaviors toward children and adults.
Chlorine creates harmful byproducts in drinking water. New research seeks solutions.
The Environmental Protection Agency is funding four new research projects into a fundamental drinking water challenge: how to make sure water stays clean of illness-causing microbes without accidentally creating toxic chemicals. Chlorine creates harmful byproducts in drinking water. New research seeks solutions. 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.
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