Wisconsin regulators rarely inspect parks and allow many to go unlicensed — all while frustrations simmer with unresponsive landlords. ‘They are squeezing everybody in this park to death’: Owners of manufactured homes get little protection as private equity moves in 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 Watch
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Since a recent fatal crash, some residents have called for changes to police pursuit policies, while others blame such incidents on those who flee officers. Milwaukee residents and officials weigh in on police pursuit policy after fatal crash 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 Watch
Yes. Wisconsin’s rate was second-highest in 2023-24 and third-highest in 2024-25 among 12 central region states. Have Wisconsin electricity price increases exceeded the Midwest average for 20 years? 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 Watch
Missy Hughes, the former state economic development director for Wisconsin, who previously worked as an executive at a dairy cooperative, announced that she is running for governor as a Democrat. Missy Hughes, former Wisconsin economic development head, joins governor’s race 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 Watch
Immigration hearing and arrest data illustrate where new immigrants to Wisconsin originated, where they settled and how they’ve fared in immigration court. A decade of immigration in Wisconsin in 9 charts 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 Watch
The punishment would be for the former Supreme Court justice’s conduct in investigating the 2020 election Supreme Court should suspend Michael Gableman’s law license for 3 years, referee says 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 Watch
The budget reconciliation bill could change the requirements around accessing FoodShare and Medicaid. What you need to know about changes to FoodShare (SNAP) and Medicaid 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 Watch
Yes. Some rank Wisconsin low for its high taxes and low funding for businesses. But others rank Wisconsin higher for its infrastructure and low business costs. Do some rankings put Wisconsin among the bottom 10 states in job creation and entrepreneurship? 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 Watch
Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin will stop scheduling patients for abortions starting next week as it works to find a way to provide the service in the face of Medicaid funding cuts in President Donald Trump's tax and spending bill, the nonprofit said. Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin to pause abortions amid federal Medicaid funding cut is a post from Wisconsin Watch, a non-profit investigative news site covering Wisconsin since 2009. Please consider making a contribution to support our journ...| Wisconsin Watch
A 2023 DNR administrative rule on preserving water quality for Wisconsin water bodies has been swept up in a legal debate over administrative rules at the Capitol. Wisconsin’s fight over administrative rules sounds wonky, but it affects important issues like water quality and public health 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 Watch
Meet Hongyu Liu, Wisconsin Watch’s first data investigative reporter.| Wisconsin Watch
Welcome to Wisconsin Watch’s Year in Review series. In this series, we’re looking back on Wisconsin Watch’s reporting and impact in 2023. Throughout the week, you’ll be hearing directly from reporters and editors and get exclusive behind-the-scenes looks at our biggest investigations of the year, along with some sneak peeks at what we have planned […]| Wisconsin Watch
Sreejita Patra joined Wisconsin Watch as a statehouse reporting intern in June 2025. She is currently pursuing a journalism major at UW-Madison’s School of Journalism and Mass Communication, where she is a rising junior. Sreejita works for Madison's student newspaper The Daily Cardinal and freelances for various Madison-based newspapers. She hopes to one day pursue investigative or features reporting, particularly on the South Asian diaspora.| Wisconsin Watch
In response to FEMA’s uncertain future, the Mississippi River Cities and Towns Initiative, in partnership with Convoy of Hope, announced a new program to deliver assistance to its members within 72 hours of a disaster event.| Wisconsin Watch
Devin Blake started as a journalist at Patch, writing about the Southern California neighborhoods he grew up in. He focused on local business communities throughout the area and was drawn to stories about unemployment, worker resources, and businesses that were filling unmet needs in their communities. Watching the homelessness crisis continue to deepen over those years, he began working as a resource and information coordinator for community groups and nonprofits so they could better serve p...| Wisconsin Watch
Yes. Wisconsin’s share of research grants dropped by $84 million between fiscal years 2024 and 2025.| Wisconsin Watch
In response to FEMA’s uncertain future, the Mississippi River Cities and Towns Initiative, in partnership with Convoy of Hope, announced a new program to deliver assistance to its members within 72…| Wisconsin Watch
Milwaukee Public Schools has rolled out a new emergency protocol designed to standardize and simplify responses to emergencies.| Wisconsin Watch
The Badger Project is suing the state DOJ for the names and work histories of all in-state law enforcement officers.| Wisconsin Watch
Of more than 1,000 officers ousted in the past five years, some returned to police work after allegations including sexual harassment and drunken fights| Wisconsin Watch
Juneau County businesses are backfilling costs of a smaller Local Food Purchase Assistance program, feeding kinship and cupboards. Residents and farmers hope donations will sustain the program in a…| Wisconsin Watch
Gregory Carson Jr.’s nine-year career illustrates the risk of keeping such officers on the force after credibility and integrity concerns emerge.| Wisconsin Watch
The budget doesn’t include full-year postpartum Medicaid, public land acquisition funds or money for more public defenders.| Wisconsin Watch
Gov. Tony Evers didn’t veto two projects in the Assembly speaker’s district as part of the budget agreement with Republicans.| Wisconsin Watch
The world’s largest meat snack brand, with dual headquarters in Minong, Wisconsin, and Minneapolis, has spent millions on Trump campaigns and is advocating for support in the nation’s nutrition pro…| Wisconsin Watch
A unique camp offers welcoming space for Wisconsin prisoners to spend time with their children, but stigma and other barriers limit its reach.| Wisconsin Watch
With the total number of law enforcement officers in Wisconsin sitting near record lows, the bill aims to ease staffing shortages with grants to help pay for the training of new hires. But it faces…| Wisconsin Watch
No. Aborted fetal cells were used to develop the original rubella vaccine, but not used to make new doses.| Wisconsin Watch
Poison hemlock, the toxic plant that killed Socrates thousands of years ago, is becoming more prevalent in the Midwest.| Wisconsin Watch
For the first time in 30 years, the Wisconsin Supreme Court is without Justice Ann Walsh Bradley. It is also without one of its most consistent advocates for transparency in government.| Wisconsin Watch
Once eliminated in the U.S., measles is back. As infections reach Wisconsin, here are answers to common questions about the virus.| Wisconsin Watch
Yes. The state is spending more than it is taking in, and the Legislative Fiscal Bureau projects the state is on pace to have a -$1.4 billion general fund deficit by June 30, 2029.| Wisconsin Watch
A University of Wisconsin-Madison program educates renters about how to find affordable housing, what to ask landlords and more. It also trains people to teach others in their community.| Wisconsin Watch
The organization’s new headquarters includes a Milwaukee Area Technical College community classroom, STEM room and GED testing space.| Wisconsin Watch
Wisconsin Watch created a tool to show how counties and municipalities are spending millions intended to address the opioid crisis.| Wisconsin Watch
No. The violent crime rate in major cities was 771 per 100,000 people in 2023, down from 1,093 in 2000.| Wisconsin Watch
The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear a GOP-backed challenge to a decades-old campaign finance law that limits how much parties can spend in coordination with candidates for federal office.| Wisconsin Watch
In Wisconsin, some had worried the frozen funds would prompt adult education and literacy programs to scale back, hindering workforce training.| Wisconsin Watch
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Yes. Liberal Wisconsin Supreme Court candidate Susan Crawford has opposed the state’s voter identification law.| Wisconsin Watch
Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers signed a new two-year budget in the early morning hours Thursday in a race against Congress to ensure the state gets a federal Medicaid match that it would lose under Pres…| Wisconsin Watch
Dozens of voucher schools have policies that allow them to exclude LGBTQ+ students or those with disabilities. In many cases, it’s legal.| Wisconsin Watch
A police officer forced out of a suburban Milwaukee department for appearing to skip a lot of work and claiming many questionable comp days is now working for a small-town department in Waukesha Co…| Wisconsin Watch
Yessenia Ruano worked to build a life in Milwaukee with her family, a teaching career and church community.| Wisconsin Watch
After notifying a Wisconsin town of their intent to challenge an ordinance on livestock farming, two residents made good on their promise.| Wisconsin Watch
Wisconsin Watch has launched a new voter guide. It's a central hub to find out more about candidates for Assembly, Senate and Congress.| Wisconsin Watch
CEO of Breeze Dairy says the company has nothing to hide and aims to earn a skeptical northwest Wisconsin community’s trust.| Wisconsin Watch
Election officials can exclude a ballot at random to reconcile discrepancies in ballot counts or account for other errors in Wisconsin.| Wisconsin Watch