Wisconsin Watch and Wisconsin Public Radio have launched a new, seven-part podcast and web series, Open and Shut, that shines a light on the power of the prosecutor — and its impact on victims, the accused and the justice system.
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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.
The University of Wisconsin-Green Bay’s Journalism Department is an educational partner. Microsoft is providing financial support to the Greater Green Bay Community Foundation and Community Foundation for the Fox Valley Region to fund the initiative.
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Open and Shut: Podcast preview
Watch and listen to a preview of “Open and Shut,” the new podcast from Wisconsin Watch and WPR that shines a light on how prosecutors do their jobs — and the danger of allowing that power to go unchecked.
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Behind the story: How we reported on challenges and opportunities for Wisconsin’s tribal economies
Partnerships and deep listening were key in attempt to build trust among Ho-Chunk Nation citizens.
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Living in Wisconsin: ‘Hmong people are truly American, if not more American than most Americans’
The 2020 census showed the Asian American population in Brown, Outagamie and Winnebago counties grew from 16,330 in 2010 to 22,189 in 2020. That’s nearly a 36% increase, compared with a 10% increase in the overall population.
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Spanish speakers came to Wisconsin before it was a state. Here’s how they’ve shaped the economy, labor laws, and found the American dream.
The change in Oshkosh is reflected across northeastern Wisconsin, a place where new Hispanic and Latino arrivals are increasingly finding established multi-generational communities that offer support systems.
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The census pushed people into strict racial categories for 200 years. A new approach reveals Wisconsin’s racial complexity and diversity.
The number of people who identified as multiracial in the U.S. census increased 245% statewide between 2010 and 2020.
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‘They got closer’: Census changes help correct historic undercount of Wisconsin’s Indigenous population
A push by tribal and federal officials to encourage participation in the 2020 U.S. census resulted in what tribes are hailing as the most accurate picture to date of the size and diversity of people with Indigenous ancestry in Wisconsin.
Posted inHealth & Welfare
Wisconsin groups offer new ‘cookbook’ to spur affordable housing development. Here’s the recipe
Wisconsin has a new recipe to increase affordable housing development thanks to a “cookbook” released in February.
Posted inEconomy
‘You cannot ignore it anymore.’ Pandemic spotlights homelessness in Brown County, fueling push for solutions
In 2020, mostly due to the pandemic, Green Bay saw more people who lack housing gathering in St. John’s Park in the heart of downtown, generating more than 100 police calls from April to October, including disturbances, public drug use and sexual assaults.
Posted inEconomy
Diverse cities, whiter suburbs, dying farms: 5 ways northeast Wisconsin has changed
USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin spoke to urban sociologists, housing experts, lifelong dairy producers, community organizers, teachers and others to learn more about the reasons behind northeast Wisconsin’s diversity boom.
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‘Home is here’: Northeast Wisconsin’s surge in diversity forged by opportunity, grit and inclusion
The region’s Hispanic, Black, Asian and Indigenous communities boomed over the past decade.
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‘Evolve or die’: Wisconsin’s labor shortage could last years. Here’s how employers, workers can succeed
The fierce competition for talent in Wisconsin won’t end soon, and employers across industries must adapt to survive the statewide worker shortage, experts said.