Frank Lowry writes that absentee ballots do not provide enough room for the witness to record their complete address.
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Opinion: Former Dane County Medical Examiner’s Office employee to county leaders — Stop political ‘damage control,’ investigate ‘toxic’ work environment
Kurt Karbusicky, a longtime Dane County death investigator, says the medical examiner’s office is plagued by bullying and mismanagement.
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Opinion: Kewaunee County water study looks backward, not forward
News stories about a recent groundwater study are causing unfounded concerns about people getting sick from farming practices in Kewaunee County.
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Opinion: Wisconsin regulators should reject Crawford County pig CAFO
A Steuben, Wisconsin resident writes that she is devastated that the Wisconsin DNR conditionally approved plans for Roth Feeder Pig to expand into a concentrated animal feeding operation (CAFO).
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Opinion: Long-unreported pipeline leak should be a wakeup call for Wisconsin
Guest author Peter Truitt argues in this Opinion piece that the Enbridge Line 3 pipeline should be halted because of high health and environmental risks.
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White Wisconsinites must reckon with the deep racial inequities in our state
Wisconsinites have a lot to be proud of, but the disparities caused by racist policies are deeply shameful. We cannot hail Wisconsin’s eccentricities while neglecting to confront the racism in our state.
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Demands of justice for George Floyd echo Wisconsin’s long history of black and brown protests
Although vilified in their day, participants in Milwaukee’s 1960s civil rights movement, including Roberto Hernandez and Father James Groppi, are now celebrated by the city.
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I am disappointed by your investigative journalism
This Letter to the Editor was written in response to our story: ‘Everyone has to have it’: Broadband gap leaves rural Wisconsin behind during coronavirus crisis.
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Wisconsin Watch’s ‘new look’
Your May piece by Natalie Yahr about illegals detained at our border reinforces the growing argument that our media is doing this country no favors by continuing to cover the immigration issue from just one perspective, i.e. “us vs. them.”
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This should be on the front page of national papers
This letter was written in response to the Center’s Sept. 30, 2018 report titled: Voter ID linked to lower turnout in Wisconsin, other states; students, people of color, elderly most affected.
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This is such a great story. I trust its veracity.
This letter was written in response to the Center’s Oct. 16, 2018 collaborative report with HuffPost titled: As Trump disparages immigrants, Midwest dairy farmers build bridges to Mexico
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Thank you for a wonderful story that lifted my spirits today
This letter was written in response to the Center’s Oct. 16, 2018 collaborative report with HuffPost titled: As Trump disparages immigrants, Midwest dairy farmers build bridges to Mexico.