Some worry about President Trump’s immigration policies; local officials assure immigrants they will not be targeted.
Tag: Wisconsin Center for investigative Journalism
Posted inFailure at the Faucet, Government, Health & Welfare
Wisconsin misses chances to cut risk of lead exposure in drinking water
Funding for childhood lead poisoning prevention is down in Wisconsin, and proposals to better protect children from lead in drinking water have stalled in the Legislature.
Posted inFailure at the Faucet, Government, Health & Welfare
Milwaukee takes action to reduce lead in water; critics say it is not enough
The city of Milwaukee, with more than 70,000 lead service lines, has taken several steps in the past year to lower residents’ exposure to lead in drinking water, but activists say the city has not done enough.
Posted inNews about Wisconsin Watch
Support real journalism in Wisconsin (and your gift will double)
The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation today announced it will match any gift you make to the Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism through Jan. 19, 2017 — up to $1,000!
Posted inEducation, Failure at the Faucet, Government, Health & Welfare
‘Regulatory vacuum’ exposes Wisconsin children to lead in drinking water at schools, day care centers
Gaps in federal drinking water standards enforced by the state leave numerous school and day care sites untested for lead in drinking water; numerous lead service lines remain.
Posted inEducation, Failure at the Faucet, Government, Health & Welfare
Wisconsin schools, day care centers slated for lead service line removal under new DNR program
Eighteen communities in Wisconsin, including Milwaukee, plan to replace lead lines leading to schools and day care centers. View the areas of the state where the work is planned.
Posted inBlogs, WisWatch Blog
Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism stands by story on lead testing protocols after DNR request for corrections
Nine months after the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency warned against flushing water systems before testing for lead, the state DNR had not passed that advice on to public water systems in Wisconsin. Our story examined that delay.
Posted inHealth & Welfare
Costs of widely prescribed drugs jumped up to 5,241 percent in recent years, joint investigation shows
Recent nationwide news coverage has focused on the rising cost of EpiPens, but that medicine is just one example of lifesaving drugs with skyrocketing prices.
Posted inGovernment, Voting Wars — by News21
Most millennials avoid elections; showing up in 2016 could decide races
Dissatisfaction with the two-party system, mobility and a different view of politics are features of voters 18 to 35 who make up one-third of the voting age population
Posted inFailure at the Faucet, Government, Health & Welfare
‘Strict’ pesticide rules fail to erase threat to Wisconsin’s drinking water
A 2007 survey of private drinking water wells found 1 out of 3 had pesticides or their breakdown chemicals; farm groups oppose push for tougher atrazine rules.
Posted inGovernment, Justice & Safety, Voting Wars — by News21
Legislative attempts to make it easier for felons to vote almost always fail
An estimated 1 out of every 9 black residents in Wisconsin is ineligible to vote because state law bars felons from voting until all portions of their sentences are served.
Posted inGovernment, Voting Wars — by News21
Frustrated by Democrats, some white working-class voters turn to Trump
Although polls show Donald Trump trailing Hillary Clinton in Wisconsin, the Republican’s message may appeal to many rural Wisconsin voters, and other working-class whites around the country.