Like many communities across the country, Green Bay has been struggling with a shortage of affordable housing. A new, federally funded development on the city’s east side hopes to help.
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The NEW News Lab is a local news collaboration in Northeast Wisconsin made up of six news outlets: FoxValley365, The Post-Crescent, Green Bay Press-Gazette, The Press Times, Wisconsin Public Radio and Wisconsin Watch, that is advancing in-depth local reporting on topics such as racism as a public health crisis, lack of affordable housing, funding of local schools, and coverage of local judicial systems.
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Wisconsin voters with disabilities demand a better way to vote absentee
A new lawsuit seeks an electronic voting option so voters have a right to cast an absentee ballot privately and unassisted, but there are security risk concerns.
Want to run for public office? Here are 5 things to consider
Are you considering running for a seat in the Assembly or state Senate (or another local office)? Here are some things to know before launching your campaign.
Rural Wisconsin communities struggle to get candidates to run for local offices
What if there were an election and no one ran? That’s the case in some rural areas where there are sometimes no candidates for an elected office.
Wisconsin ballot questions on election administration are too vague, officials say
Wisconsin residents will vote Tuesday on two proposed amendments to the state constitution. Many election officials don’t know exactly how the broadly written proposals would be interpreted by state election officials and the courts.
Wisconsin seniors face housing upheaval as assisted living homes reject Medicaid
Assisted living promises more independence than nursing homes, but it carries risks: fewer protections for seniors who run out of savings.
New rules for Great Lakes lakefront property development head to governor again
A largely GOP-backed bill that would enable private waterfront development on public lands that were once submerged in Wisconsin’s Great Lakes waters has passed both state houses and now heads to the governor’s desk.
In ‘unusual’ move, Wisconsin judge Vincent Biskupic orders man to pay restitution that county didn’t seek
An Outagamie County judge ordered a man convicted of sexually assaulting a minor to pay a huge restitution amount to a county for services it provided to the victim, even though the county initially declined the money and worried pressing the matter could retraumatize the victim.
Wisconsin judge under investigation for jailing man over dispute with courthouse employee
Nothing so far has come of a state criminal probe into Outagamie Circuit Court Judge Mark McGinnis, who has been a controversial figure since elected in 2005.
A Grand Chute police recruit alleged she was sexually assaulted. Days later she lost her job.
A female Grand Chute police recruit went out drinking with two male cadets from Appleton and Sheboygan and awoke in a hotel room not remembering what exactly had transpired. Within 34 hours her own department concluded no crime occurred.
Sheboygan recruit accused of sex assault had potential red flag
A Sheboygan police recruit involved in an alleged sexual assault had been flagged as a suspected gang member in high school, but that information was not provided to an oversight board before he was hired.
Northeastern Wisconsin families remodel homes to make room for aging baby boomers
Linked Living Homes expects the need for its services to grow in the upcoming years as the baby boomer generation ages.