2025 - Wisconsin Watch
In 2023, a judge cut Derek Williams’ prison sentence in half, making him eligible for parole. Williams now faces an uncertain parole process.| Wisconsin Watch
In 2023, a judge cut Derek Williams’ prison sentence in half, making him eligible for parole. Williams now faces an uncertain parole process.| Wisconsin Watch
In 2023, a judge cut Derek Williams’ prison sentence in half, making him eligible for parole. Williams now faces an uncertain parole process. His 180-year prison sentence was cut after saving a guard’s life. Years later, he’s still waiting to go home. 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
Though the number of children in out-of-home care is decreasing, the foster care system in Milwaukee, and in Wisconsin in general, is under growing strain. Fewer children are in foster care, but finding homes remains a challenge 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
Devin Remiker, the 33-year-old chair, is taking over a standout swing state fundraising and organizing machine. New Wisconsin Dems chair says he’s ‘building a bulwark’ against the Trump administration 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
A Cap Times investigation found the state Department of Public Instruction investigated over 200 educators accused of sexual misconduct or grooming, information previously undisclosed. Hundreds of Wisconsin teacher misconduct cases shielded from public 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
Wisconsin Watch is improving alt-text on images and exploring ways to deliver more stories via audio. Tell us can we make information more accessible to you. How can we make news more accessible? We want to hear from you. 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
Wisconsin residents who were previously denied unemployment benefits while receiving Social Security Disability Insurance could be eligible for financial compensation for past benefits. Here’s what you need to know. After court ruling, some 13,000 disabled Wisconsin workers notified they may be eligible for backpay 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. Unemployment among young U.S. workers is the highest it’s been in nearly four years. Is unemployment for young US workers the highest since the pandemic? 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
A $20 million boost from the Legislature is expanding oral health training programs, aiming to ease a dental worker shortage. Long wait for a dental appointment? Wisconsin tech colleges are working to fix that 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
No. Five states offer an enhanced driver's license that provides proof, but Wisconsin is not one of them. Do standard driver’s licenses prove US citizenship? 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
Following public outcry, the Department of Education has reversed its decision to cut funding for students who have both hearing and vision loss, opting instead to reroute grants to an organization that will provide funding to these students. Students with hearing and vision loss get funding back despite Trump’s anti-DEI campaign 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
Worried about private equity ownership, residents explore purchasing parks and running them as cooperatives. Wisconsin doesn’t make it easy. Residents consider a cooperative future as manufactured housing parks go up for sale 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 state ranked 46th in its share of public colleges considered affordable. As Wisconsin lawmakers spend less on higher education, some see tuition promise programs as part of the solution.| Wisconsin Watch
Meet Hongyu Liu, Wisconsin Watch’s first data investigative reporter.| 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
Prioritizing context over reader tips and questions, context over speed and plenty of collaboration.| Wisconsin Watch
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Yes. Liberal Wisconsin Supreme Court candidate Susan Crawford has opposed the state’s voter identification law.| 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
