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Wisconsin Watch partners with Gigafact to produce Fact Briefs — bite-sized fact checks of trending claims. Read our methodology to learn how we check claims.

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A health insurance contract covering Milwaukee County employees lapsed in December under David Crowley, who has been county executive since 2020.

Crowley, a Democrat, faces Republican U.S. Rep. Tom Tiffany in the Nov. 3 election for Wisconsin governor.

A top county attorney said the failure to renew the contract put the county at “catastrophic risk.” 

But the 5,100 employees, dependents and retirees continued to be covered under the expired contract until a new one was approved in February.

Crowley blamed a top human resources official and fired him. He pledged to improve contract procedures.

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Tom Kertscher joined Wisconsin Watch as a full-time Milwaukee-based reporter in October 2024 after starting as a freelance Fact Briefs reporter in January 2023. In addition to contributing to Wisconsin Watch’s collaboration with The Gigafact Project to combat online misinformation, he reports on the rapid expansion of data centers and other statewide issues. Kertscher is a former longtime reporter at the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, a contributing writer for Milwaukee Magazine and the author of two sports books, on Al McGuire and Brett Favre.