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Wisconsin Watch — 139 episodes · page 1 of 2
Wisconsin’s Medicaid postpartum protection lags most of the country
In fight over voter rolls, Wisconsin’s top judges can’t agree on sensitive data
10 guards, 900 inmates: Wisconsin prisons see dire results of ignored warnings
A Grand Chute police recruit alleged she was sexually assaulted. Days later she lost her job.
Sheboygan recruit accused of sex assault had potential red flag
PayPal shielded donors who gave to Wisconsin-based health misinformation outlet
Oshkosh police cite ‘Marsy’s Law’ to withhold names of officers who shot suspects
Wisconsin’s ‘death grip with alcohol’ is killing more residents
How alcoholism derailed former Wisconsin running back Montee Ball’s football career
Hot pursuit: Milwaukee police chases now top 1,000 per year. Some prove deadly.
AI is starting to affect our elections. Wisconsin has yet to take action.
JusticePoint offers incarceration alternatives in Milwaukee. Two judges tried to cancel its contract.
Misinformation, Disinformation: A guide to sorting fiction from reality
Walmart pulls Milwaukee Tool gloves allegedly made by Chinese prisoners
Wisconsin billionaires quietly bankroll effort to shrink state’s social safety net
Republican lawmakers reject proposal to help Wisconsin communities access federal grant programs
Wisconsin towns brace for next fight on local control over large farms
Midwest drought: Corn and soybeans suffer as forecasters expect no quick relief for farmers
Wisconsin law still refers to husband and wife, a reminder to LGBTQ+ families that their rights are at risk
‘They die so quickly’: Fentanyl killing 1,000+ people in Wisconsin each year
Some Milwaukee County parents leaving workforce due to sky-high child care costs
Rising cost of living in northeast Wisconsin has many working families treading water
Wisconsin students with disabilities often denied public school choices
‘Unwanted and unwelcome’: Anti-LGBTQ+ policies common at Wisconsin voucher schools
How would widening Milwaukee’s I-94 affect residents near the highway?
Federal, state law permit disability discrimination in Wisconsin voucher schools
Wisconsin eviction process: What happens to a tenant’s property?
Voting has gotten harder in Wisconsin. Organizers have found ways to help
Wisconsin Republicans clear out projects stalled by secretive ‘pocket veto’
False choice: Wisconsin taxpayers support schools that can discriminate
Chinese prisoners: We were forced to make Milwaukee Tool gloves for cents each day
Whistleblower claims Milwaukee doctor performed unneeded surgeries
Republicans can’t simply remove a Wisconsin Supreme Court justice
Why some Wisconsin residents with mental disabilities lose voting rights — and how they can restore them
Bill could help ‘innocent purchasers’ clean up contaminated Wisconsin land
Anti-trans ads favoring Wisconsin Supreme Court candidate Daniel Kelly peddle fear, false info
Mega donors fuel record-shattering $45M Wisconsin Supreme Court race
Medical malpractice in Wisconsin: Could Supreme Court election change precedent?
Dane County election review finds dozens of ineligible voters who cast ballots
Wisconsin Supreme Court’s ‘fractured opinions’ leave state without clear guidance
In Wisconsin Supreme Court race, ad spending for Kelly ekes past Protasiewicz after she led in ads 23-to-1
Can formerly incarcerated people legally vote in Wisconsin? It depends.
‘There’s no transparency’: Secretive ‘pocket veto’ scuttles Wisconsin projects
Why fish consumption advisories in Great Lakes states like Wisconsin carry their own risks
‘Election integrity’ proposals do not address most common voting infraction in Wisconsin
‘Driver’s licenses for all:’ Why some advocates call for expanding access in Wisconsin
Great Lakes pollution threatens Ojibwe treaty rights to fish
What EPA’s nationwide PFAS rule means for Wisconsin drinking water
Widespread sexual harassment draws discipline, resignations in Wisconsin police department
Top Sheboygan officials lacked key details on police department sexual harassment probes
Wisconsin’s population is trending older. Where will non-drivers find transportation?
After rejecting staffing requests, Wisconsin Republicans approve DSPS audit
Tired of turmoil, Kiel residents rebuke far-right school officials
In rural Wisconsin, former employees lift curtain on troubled crypto mine
From ‘dream’ property to nightmare: Some Wisconsinites pay the price for pollution they didn’t cause
‘You’re treated like a criminal’: Wisconsin eyes fixes for emergency mental health system
Pandemic support fading for 1 in 12 Wisconsinites who were food insecure
What should I do about PFAS in my water?
Evers beats Michels for Wisconsin governor; Johnson defeats Barnes in U.S. Senate race
Security seals and documentation: The life cycle of Wisconsin election ballots
Many in Wisconsin GOP drop ‘stop the steal’ talk, play up inflation, crime
Two couples sue former UW child abuse doctor for alleged misdiagnoses
As Midwest summers get hotter, Milwaukee’s most at risk have an unmet need: air conditioning
Wisconsin’s 173-year-old ban allows only life-saving ‘therapeutic abortions.’ No one knows what that means.
‘I had to speak up’: Two Northwoods friends push Wisconsin DNR to protect lakeshore forests
As universal free school meals end, are Wisconsin families ready for it?
Federal food aid in Wisconsin has evolved, but users still face decades-old barriers
15 years later, Wisconsin university’s massive Lake Michigan seawall frustrates downstream neighbors
Oshkosh Defense sent a big contract to the non-union South. Will it keep future jobs in Wisconsin?
‘When it’s rigid, it breaks’: How federal rules and market dominance fueled Wisconsin’s baby formula shortage
Wisconsin’s ‘chronic Lyme’ patients embrace alternative treatments, rack up big bills
Are abortions ever medically necessary? Wisconsin doctors say yes.
Wisconsin faces a ‘tangled series’ of abortion laws dating back to 1849 as it heads into a possible post-Roe future
‘Toxic work environment’ in Dane County Medical Examiner’s Office pushes employees to the brink
‘They can bring so much’: Despite barriers, Afghan evacuees enrich Wisconsin’s workforce
‘They can bring so much’: Despite barriers, Afghan evacuees enrich Wisconsin’s workforce
A controversial doctor. A disputed abuse diagnosis. Two convicted Wisconsin men say they are innocent.
‘Blurring of lines’: Private lawyer plays starring role in taxpayer-funded Wisconsin election probe
‘We’ve got to get gaming out of our blood’: Pandemic shock pushes Wisconsin tribes to diversify economy
The history of Lyme disease has a Wisconsin chapter. It’s still being written.
Doctors debate, patients suffer: The fight over chronic Lyme disease in Wisconsin
‘I don’t know what will happen’: After months at Ft. McCoy Afghan family resettled in separate states
Embattled former UW child abuse pediatrician resigns Alaska position
‘We were robbed’: Alaska couple loses custody of kids after erroneous abuse diagnosis from former UW doctor
Wisconsin debates cash bail changes in wake of Waukesha parade tragedy — as some states ditch system entirely
MATC broadens access for Milwaukee students amid historical inequities, dropping enrollment
‘This is a charade’: GOP senator, voting experts urge Wisconsin Republicans to halt election attacks
Wisconsin state parks battered as Lake Michigan shrinks beaches, smashes boardwalks
Wisconsin caregiver spent eight years, $250,000 in legal bills to exonerate herself from abuse charges
Child abuse cases sparked by Dr. Barbara Knox rejected by Wisconsin judge, jury and prosecutor
Parents recount terror of wrongful child abuse diagnoses from former University of Wisconsin doctor
Mass exodus at Alaska child abuse clinic as former Wisconsin doctor accused of bullying, misdiagnoses
Jury rejects child abuse charge triggered by former University of Wisconsin doctor
As Lake Michigan shoreline vanishes, Wisconsinites try to fight waves with walls
‘The water always wins’: Calls to protect shorelines as volatile Lake Michigan inflicts heavy toll
Wisconsin imprisons 1 in 36 Black adults. No state has a higher rate
‘Something has to be done’: Living along Madison’s Starkweather Creek, one of Wisconsin’s most polluted waterways.
‘It’s criminal’: Milwaukeeans call for speedier lead pipeline removal to cut childhood poisoning
A national debt: Should government compensate for slavery and racism?
Wisconsin schools called police on students at twice the national rate — for Native students, it was the highest