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Posted inNews about Wisconsin Watch, Pathways to success
Wisconsin Watch seeks pathways to success reporter in southeast Wisconsin
This Milwaukee-based reporter will join a team that explores what’s needed for residents to build thriving careers in the future economy — and what’s standing in the way.
Posted inFact briefs, Truth Sandwich
A look back at the Wisconsin Watch fact briefs from 2025 with lasting value
These 150-word fact-check articles shed light on topics that remain relevant over the long term.
Posted inHealth & Welfare
‘Living as usual’: A new village in Sheboygan County reimagines life with dementia
Similar to European models, a nonprofit-led development — the first in the U.S. — will replace locked memory care with homeownership, choice and community.
Posted inForward, Government
Wisconsin Democrats say they won’t act like Republicans if they win a legislative majority in 2026
When Republicans swept into power in 2011, they passed laws to cripple Democrats. As the pendulum swings the other way, what might happen in 2027?
Posted inGovernment, News
Mandela Barnes called early Democratic front-runner, but Wisconsin governor’s race could be ‘wide open’
Strategists and party operatives don’t expect the field to clear for the former lieutenant governor.
Posted inFact briefs
Did Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers allow unauthorized immigrants to get taxpayer-funded health care?
No. Unauthorized immigrants aren’t eligible for public health benefits in Wisconsin and the veto doesn’t change that.
Posted inForward, Government
Here’s why Milwaukee elections are always viewed with suspicion
A series of real and perceived errors, along with Wisconsin’s rural-urban divisions, draw attention to Milwaukee election operations.
Posted inJustice & Safety
Background check delay shows crackdown’s strain on immigration system
An immigration judge backed a green card for a Sheboygan Falls mother arrested after accidentally crossing the Canadian border, but a delayed background check prolonged her ICE detention for weeks.
Posted inGovernment
As energy-hungry data centers loom, Wisconsin ratepayers owe $1 billion on shuttered power plants
Obsolete power plants continue to cost ratepayers. Now, the push to generate unprecedented amounts of electricity for data centers risks creating another $1 billion in “stranded assets.”
Posted inGovernment
Watch: Why Wisconsin Supreme Court elections are breaking national records
Watch a video explaining why Wisconsin’s Supreme Court elections are so expensive and what can be done about it.
Posted inJustice & Safety
Waushara County deputy quits sheriff’s office following The Badger Project’s investigation
Scott Schaut first quit a leadership position at the Waushara County Sheriff’s Office after The Badger Project requested documents on his job performance. He resigned from the department entirely in early December.