Yes. In 2022, 24/7 Wall St. ranked Wisconsin as the nation’s “drunkest” state based on self-reporting, with 25.2% of Wisconsin residents drinking excessively.
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Has Wisconsin Supreme Court candidate Janet Protasiewicz campaigned in support of abortion rights?
Yes. Milwaukee County Judge Janet Protasiewicz has stated support for reproductive rights during her campaign for Wisconsin Supreme Court.
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Is there audio surveillance at Green Bay City Hall?
Yes. The city of Green Bay, Wisconsin, confirmed in a statement Feb. 10, 2023, that the City Hall security system includes audio surveillance.
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Did Wisconsin Supreme Court candidates Jennifer Dorow and Dan Kelly get their law degrees from an unaccredited law school?
No. Two of the four Wisconsin Supreme Court candidates, Jennifer Dorow and Daniel Kelly, got law degrees from Regent University School of Law after it had been provisionally accredited.
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Do the children of Wisconsin US Sen. Ron Johnson own a share of a private jet company that received a PPP loan?
Yes. The children of U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson own a minority interest in Maxair, Inc. which received a Paycheck Protection Program loan — but the loan was secured before they invested in the company, according to a statement from Johnson’s office to Wisconsin Watch.
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Have more Israeli prime ministers been raised in Wisconsin than US presidents?
Yes. Golda Meir, the first female prime minister of Israel, spent much of her childhood and her early years as an adult in Wisconsin.
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Is advertising spending on liberal and conservative candidates in the Wisconsin Supreme Court election roughly equal?
Yes. Some $3.5 million has been spent supporting liberal candidates and $3.4 million supporting conservative candidates in the Wisconsin Supreme Court election.
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Did Wisconsin Supreme Court candidate Jennifer Dorow sentence a woman convicted of drunken driving for the fifth time to probation?
Yes. Waukesha County Judge Jennifer Dorow, one of four candidates for Wisconsin Supreme Court, sentenced Lynne M. Shirikian in February 2021 to three years of probation.
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Have Wisconsin parents been taking their kids out of public schools faster than in the past?
No. Enrollment in Wisconsin public school districts declined in the 2021-22 school year by 0.1%
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Does China operate clandestine police stations in the US?
Yes. The Chinese government has established “clandestine Chinese Overseas Police Service Stations in major cities around the world,” including New York and Los Angeles, according to an investigation by the human rights organization Safeguard Defenders.
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Has there been a spike in toxic shock syndrome cases in Wisconsin?
Yes. According to the Wisconsin Department of Health Services, Wisconsin has experienced five cases of toxic shock syndrome since July 2022 — the largest amount of cases reported in over a decade.
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Did Wisconsin Sen. Ron Johnson ‘question whether Dr. Fauci helped create the coronavirus?
Yes. In testimony to the Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government, Wisconsin U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson questioned whether government documents would reveal “Fauci’s attempt to hide his agency’s role in funding dangerous research that might have led to the creation of the deadly coronavirus.”