Yes. Wisconsin Takes Action, which favors Wisconsin Supreme Court candidate Judge Janet Protasiewicz in the April 4, 2023 election, is offering people “up to $250+ for your time talking to your friends and family about voting” in the election.
Category: Fact briefs
Wisconsin Watch is partnering with Gigafact to produce fact briefs — bite-sized fact checks of trending claims.
Posted inFact briefs
Is a Wisconsin congressman correct that 10,000 unaccompanied minors cross the US border each month?
Yes. Republican U.S. Rep. Glenn Grothman, who represents part of eastern Wisconsin north of Madison and Milwaukee, made the claim Feb. 27, 2023 on the House floor.
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Were any Wisconsin residents charged with domestic terrorism in an attack on a proposed police training facility near Atlanta?
Yes. The Georgia Bureau of Investigation said it charged 23 people with domestic terrorism following an attack on a police, fire and emergency responder training center under construction near Atlanta.
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Has the University of Wisconsin System proposed a tuition increase of 5%?
Yes. On March 2, 2023 University of Wisconsin System President Jay Rothman announced plans to raise tuition by 5% for the next academic year.
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Can you collect unemployment in Wisconsin if you get fired?
Yes. According to the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development, whether someone who gets fired is eligible for Unemployment Insurance — the program through which jobless people receive weekly benefits — depends on the circumstances of the case.
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Is Wisconsin the only Midwest state to not accept the federal Medicaid expansion?
No. Both Wisconsin and Kansas have not adopted the federal Medicaid expansion, which expanded Medicaid coverage to those with incomes up to 138% of the federal poverty level.
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Are Wisconsin’s urban areas heavily Democratic?
Yes. Densely populated urban counties in Wisconsin are slightly more likely to vote for the Democratic candidates in presidential elections, while less dense counties lean towards voting for the Republican candidate, according to University of Wisconsin research.
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Has a professional sports team owner offered to pay $3.5 billion for a share of the Milwaukee Bucks?
No. A co-owner of the Milwaukee Bucks has reached an agreement to sell his share of the National Basketball Association team, but the sale isn’t final —and $3.5 billion isn’t the selling price.
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Are Wisconsin’s homicide and suicide rates lower than the national averages?
Yes. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s “Stats of the States” reports, the homicide and suicide rates in Wisconsin are lower than the national averages.
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Is it illegal for Wisconsin restaurants to replace butter with margarine, unless a customer requests it?
Yes. A section of Wisconsin law under the heading “oleomargarine regulations” states:
“The serving of colored oleomargarine or margarine at a public eating place as a substitute for table butter is prohibited unless it is ordered by the customer.”
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Did a Wisconsin-based slaughterhouse illegally employ minors?
Yes. Packers Sanitation Services Inc., headquartered in Kieler, Wisconsin, illegally employed at least 102 children in hazardous jobs, some of whom worked overnight shifts, according to an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division.
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Did sales tax collected from online retailers fund the surplus in Wisconsin?
No. While online sales tax revenues did contribute to the surplus, the main drivers were federal pandemic relief aid, lower state spending and consumer price increases, according to a 2022 Wisconsin Policy Forum report.