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Has the Biden administration ‘let in’ more undocumented immigrants than there are people living 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. No. U.S. Customs and Border Protection stopped about 5.62 million undocumented immigrants attempting to enter the country...
Is a group that favors Wisconsin Supreme Court candidate Janet Protasiewicz offering people $250 for ‘talking to your friends and family about voting’?
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. Wisconsin Takes Action, which favors Wisconsin Supreme Court candidate Judge Janet Protasiewicz in the April 4,...
Is a Wisconsin congressman correct that 10,000 unaccompanied minors cross the US border each month?
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. Republican U.S. Rep. Glenn Grothman, who represents part of eastern Wisconsin north of Madison and Milwaukee,...
Were any Wisconsin residents charged with domestic terrorism in an attack on a proposed police training facility near Atlanta?
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 Georgia Bureau of Investigation said it charged 23 people with domestic terrorism following an attack...
Has the University of Wisconsin System proposed a tuition increase of 5%?
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 March 2, 2023 University of Wisconsin System President Jay Rothman announced plans to raise tuition...
‘There’s no transparency’: Secretive ‘pocket veto’ scuttles Wisconsin projects
Wisconsin Watch is a nonprofit and nonpartisan newsroom. Subscribe to our newsletter to get our investigative stories and Friday news roundup. Along a sagging marshland boardwalk near Appleton’s airport, woodpeckers root out grubs from the pitted ash trunks that line a popular pathway through a municipal park. The Wisconsin...
Wisconsin Watch snags 10 awards in Milwaukee Press Club contest
Wisconsin Watch was named a finalist for 10 stories or series Friday in the Milwaukee Press Club’s Excellence in Wisconsin Journalism competition. First, second and third place award winners for work produced in 2022 will be announced May 12. The nominations bring to more than 140 the number of...
Wisconsin Weekly: Election fraud in Wisconsin: It’s probably not what you think
Of note: First, we ask for your input. Please take a few minutes to fill out Wisconsin Watch’s survey about our newsletters. This week we highlight a story by Wisconsin Watch reporter Matt Mencarini, who examined 10 years of election fraud cases to document what it is in Wisconsin — and what it is not. Mencarini found that the most common alleged crime was voting while on probation or parole, often by people who did not know they were voting illegally. In the past 10 years, just 192 cases of alleged election improprieties have been charged of more than 31 million votes cast. Proposals to change election and voting laws in Wisconsin have focused on issues such as voter impersonation — a crime rarely found in Wisconsin. Reporting on this project was supported by the Fund for Investigative Journalism.
Wisconsin Freedom of Information Council names ‘Opee’ winners
A group of residents concerned about the impact of a local park redevelopment, a school board member who blew the whistle on his colleagues for being too secretive, and a longtime city official who has made a habit of accessibility are among the winners in this year’s Openness Awards, or Opees, bestowed by the Wisconsin Freedom of Information Council.
Wisconsin Watch’s Mario Koran named New York Times local investigations fellow
The New York Times has named Mario Koran, an award-winning Wisconsin Watch investigative journalist, to its inaugural class of the Local Investigations Fellowship. The program, which is being led by Dean Baquet, the former executive editor of The New York Times, gives journalists the opportunity to produce signature investigative work focused on their state or region that will be published by The Times and made available for free for co-publication by local newsrooms.
‘Election integrity’ proposals do not address most common voting infraction in Wisconsin
Prosecutors charged just 192 people with election-related crimes since 2012, but more than half of the cases were related to felony probation status ‘Election integrity’ proposals do not address most common voting infraction in Wisconsin 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 GOP to block new student vaccination mandates
Wisconsin Republicans are preparing to again block a new policy from Democratic Gov. Tony Evers that requires students to get vaccinated twice against meningitis and tightening student chickenpox vaccination mandates. The Legislature’s GOP-controlled rules committee held a public hearing on the policy Tuesday. A committee vote to block the policy could soon follow, perhaps within […] Wisconsin GOP to block new student vaccination mandates 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.
Explainer: Disagreements on size of Wisconsin budget surplus
Republican Wisconsin lawmakers and Democratic Gov. Tony Evers can’t seem to agree on how much extra money they have to work with in the state budget. Explainer: Disagreements on size of Wisconsin budget surplus 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.
Can you collect unemployment in Wisconsin if you get fired?
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 the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development, whether someone who gets fired is eligible for...
Is Wisconsin the only Midwest state to not accept the federal Medicaid expansion?
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. Both Wisconsin and Kansas have not adopted the federal Medicaid expansion, which expanded Medicaid coverage to...
Are Wisconsin’s urban areas heavily Democratic?
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. Densely populated urban counties in Wisconsin are slightly more likely to vote for the Democratic candidates...
Has a professional sports team owner offered to pay $3.5 billion for a share of the Milwaukee Bucks?
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. A co-owner of the Milwaukee Bucks has reached an agreement to sell his share of the...
Wisconsin Weekly: Sheboygan officials in the dark during internal police investigations
Of note: This week we highlight a followup to our Feb. 6 story revealing that police in Sheboygan had quietly investigated three sexual harassment claims, disciplining 10 officers and verbally admonishing two others while also settling with a female officer for $110,000. In this latest installment, reporters Maya Hilty of the Sheboygan Press and Phoebe Petrovic of Wisconsin Watch find that some top city leaders say they were out of the loop before and after the probes in 2021.
What Wisconsin’s BadgerCare Plus recipients should know to keep their benefits
BadgerCare Plus recipients should be ready to reapply for coverage after March 31. A health care navigator can help. What Wisconsin’s BadgerCare Plus recipients should know to keep their benefits 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 Wisconsin’s homicide and suicide rates lower than the national averages?
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 the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s “Stats of the States” reports, the homicide...
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