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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...
Is it illegal for Wisconsin restaurants to replace butter with margarine, unless a customer requests it?
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. A section of Wisconsin law under the heading “oleomargarine regulations” states:. “The serving of...
Did a Wisconsin-based slaughterhouse illegally employ minors?
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. Packers Sanitation Services Inc., headquartered in Kieler, Wisconsin, illegally employed at least 102 children in hazardous...
Did sales tax collected from online retailers fund the surplus 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. While online sales tax revenues did contribute to the surplus, the main drivers were federal pandemic...
Did Paul Ryan say he would switch parties if Donald Trump is the 2024 Republican presidential nominee?
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. Paul Ryan is not switching parties — but he did say he would skip the 2024...
Does Wisconsin teacher pay rank 31st in the nation?
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. The average public school teacher salary in Wisconsin was just under $60,000 and ranked 23rd in...
Did Wisconsin Supreme Court candidate Daniel Kelly compare Social Security and affirmative action to slavery?
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. In a 2014 book, Daniel Kelly wrote:. “Affirmative action and slavery differ, obviously, in significant ways....
Do Wisconsin residents report excessively drinking more alcohol than those in other states?
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. In 2022, 24/7 Wall St. ranked Wisconsin as the nation’s “drunkest” state based on self-reporting, with...
Has Wisconsin Supreme Court candidate Janet Protasiewicz campaigned in support of abortion rights?
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. Milwaukee County Judge Janet Protasiewicz has stated support for reproductive rights during her campaign for Wisconsin...
Is there audio surveillance at Green Bay City Hall?
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 city of Green Bay, Wisconsin, confirmed in a statement Feb. 10, 2023, that the City...
Wisconsin Republicans push tighter budget, downplay surplus
Wisconsin Republican legislative leaders downplayed the state’s record budget surplus Wednesday, even as Democratic Gov. Tony Evers has pushed for massive spending increases on K-12 education, tax cuts and funding for local governments. Assembly Speaker Robin Vos cautioned that much of the state’s projected $7 billion surplus is one-time money that he said shouldn’t be used to […] Wisconsin Republicans push tighter budget, downplay 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.
Did Wisconsin Supreme Court candidates Jennifer Dorow and Dan Kelly get their law degrees from an unaccredited law school?
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. Two of the four Wisconsin Supreme Court candidates, Jennifer Dorow and Daniel Kelly, got law degrees...
Midwest blackout concerns pit renewable energy against fossil fuels
Electric grid operators highlight vulnerabilities — dropping supplies as demand rises. Midwest blackout concerns pit renewable energy against fossil fuels 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.
Top Sheboygan officials lacked key details on police department sexual harassment probes
Citizen oversight board was not involved in reviewing police investigation; mayor says he was unaware independent review ordered by city had been halted. Top Sheboygan officials lacked key details on police department sexual harassment probes 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: Pollution threatens treaty rights for Wisconsin tribes
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Great Lakes pollution threatens Ojibwe treaty rights to fish
PFAS are the latest concern in Lake Superior, where fishing is central to the lifeways of the Red Cliff Band and other Indigenous nations. Great Lakes pollution threatens Ojibwe treaty rights to fish 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 Ojibwe tribes in Wisconsin resisted efforts to deny treaty rights
History of deception and coercion threatened tribal rights to hunt and fish in the Great Lakes and inland territory. How Ojibwe tribes in Wisconsin resisted efforts to deny treaty rights 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.
Debate on abortion access turns to Wisconsin high court race
Wisconsin Watch is a nonprofit and nonpartisan newsroom. Subscribe to our our newsletter to get our investigative stories and Friday news roundup. This story is published in partnership with The Associated Press. National groups on both sides of the abortion fight on Wednesday pledged significant spending in the race for...
Kiran Saini joins Wisconsin Watch as Audience Director
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 Kiran Saini as our first audience director. Saini comes to Wisconsin Watch from the Detroit Free Press, where she was...
Janet Protasiewicz, Dan Kelly advance in Wisconsin Supreme Court primary
A liberal Milwaukee judge and a conservative former state Supreme Court justice won Tuesday’s primary to face off in a pivotal Wisconsin Supreme Court race that will determine majority control with major issues looming. Janet Protasiewicz, Dan Kelly advance in Wisconsin Supreme Court primary 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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