Wisconsin Watch
Episode Archive
Episode Archive
130 episodes of Wisconsin Watch since the first episode, which aired on October 7th, 2020.
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AI is starting to affect our elections. Wisconsin has yet to take action.
September 14th, 2023 | 13 mins 35 secs
2024 election, artificial intelligence, democracy, elections, news, wisconsin, wisconsin watch
Heading into the 2024 election, Wisconsin faces a new challenge state lawmakers here have so far failed to address: generative artificial intelligence. The state of Washington required political ads to disclose if they use artificial intelligence while others banned deepfake technology in the runup to an election.
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Hot pursuit: Milwaukee police chases now top 1,000 per year. Some prove deadly.
September 14th, 2023 | 17 mins 24 secs
milwaukee police department, news, news414 / noticias414, police, transportation, wisconsin, wisconsin watch
Milwaukee sees a surge in police pursuits in years since loosening policy to target reckless drivers. Critics say the trend makes streets more dangerous.
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JusticePoint offers incarceration alternatives in Milwaukee. Two judges tried to cancel its contract.
August 30th, 2023 | 16 mins 24 secs
milwaukee, milwaukee municipal court, milwaukee neighborhood news service, news, news414 / noticias414, the appeal, wisconsin, wisconsin watch
Municipal Court officials refuse to comment on efforts to cancel JusticePoint’s contract without lining up an alternative provider. A legal ruling allows the services to continue — for now.
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Misinformation, Disinformation: A guide to sorting fiction from reality
August 30th, 2023 | 16 mins 1 sec
disinformation, misinformation, news, wisconsin, wisconsin watch
Social media and deceptive actors are allowing falsehood to spread even faster than the truth, but there are ways to inoculate yourself from information disorder.
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Walmart pulls Milwaukee Tool gloves allegedly made by Chinese prisoners
August 30th, 2023 | 13 mins 8 secs
amazon, home depot, milwaukee tool, news, walmart, wisconsin, wisconsin watch
Walmart is no longer selling Milwaukee Tool-branded gloves on its online marketplace — responding to allegations that a subcontractor for the Brookfield, Wisconsin-based tool company relied on forced Chinese prison labor to manufacture certain models of gloves.
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Wisconsin billionaires quietly bankroll effort to shrink state’s social safety net
August 28th, 2023 | 16 mins 18 secs
insurance, medicaid, news, statehouse, voting, wisconsin, wisconsin watch
A group funded by deep-pocketed GOP donors is pushing to make it harder to vote and to receive unemployment insurance and Medicaid
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Republican lawmakers reject proposal to help Wisconsin communities access federal grant programs
August 25th, 2023 | 8 mins 16 secs
grants, news, statehouse, tony evers, wisconsin, wisconsin watch
Gov. Tony Evers signs a budget that excludes his plan to help staff-strapped local governments track and apply for federal infrastructure dollars.
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Midwest drought: Corn and soybeans suffer as forecasters expect no quick relief for farmers
August 23rd, 2023 | 9 mins 26 secs
a changing basin, drought, mississippi river basin ag & water desk, news, wisconsin, wisconsin watch
Arid conditions are expected to persist in eastern Iowa and Missouri, Illinois and Wisconsin. River barges are affected, too.
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Wisconsin towns brace for next fight on local control over large farms
August 23rd, 2023 | 16 mins 53 secs
confined animal feeding operations (cafos), mississippi river basin ag & water desk, news, wisconsin, wisconsin watch
A proposed pig CAFO spurred five northwest Wisconsin towns to regulate big farms. After one rescinded its ordinance, others wonder if they’ll face lawsuits.
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Wisconsin law still refers to husband and wife, a reminder to LGBTQ+ families that their rights are at risk
August 23rd, 2023 | 19 mins 23 secs
lgbtq+, news, statehouse, wisconsin, wisconsin watch
The courts and Evers administration have stepped in, but bipartisan efforts to make state law neutral to reflect status of same-sex couples have stalled
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‘They die so quickly’: Fentanyl killing 1,000+ people in Wisconsin each year
August 23rd, 2023 | 15 mins 51 secs
death, drugs, fentanyl, news, unhealthy wisconsin, wisconsin, wisconsin watch
Many teenagers dying from the drug aren’t addicted, says one mother who lost her son to fentanyl. ‘They’re taking pills to make themselves feel better.’
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Some Milwaukee County parents leaving workforce due to sky-high child care costs
August 23rd, 2023 | 16 mins 13 secs
child care, news, news414 / noticias414, wisconsin, wisconsin watch
Milwaukee County parents spend more of their income on child care than most Americans. Gov. Tony Evers wants to intervene as Wisconsin providers face a fiscal cliff.
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Rising cost of living in northeast Wisconsin has many working families treading water
August 23rd, 2023 | 15 mins 1 sec
families matter, housing market, living, living costs, new news lab, news, rent, wisconsin, wisconsin watch
A dearth of affordable housing and the cost and availability of child care remain barriers to opportunity for many working families in the northeast region
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‘Unwanted and unwelcome’: Anti-LGBTQ+ policies common at Wisconsin voucher schools
August 21st, 2023 | 15 mins 59 secs
discrimination, education, false choice, lgbtq+, news, schools, vouchers, wisconsin, wisconsin watch
Many taxpayer-funded ‘choice’ schools in Wisconsin have anti-LGBTQ+ policies, often justified by Christian beliefs. And there’s little the state can do about it.
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Wisconsin students with disabilities often denied public school choices
August 21st, 2023 | 21 mins 56 secs
disability, education, enrollment, false choice, news, students, vouchers, wisconsin, wisconsin watch
Wisconsin lets public schools reject applications of students with disabilities who seek transfers across district lines — a form of exclusion courts have upheld.
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How would widening Milwaukee’s I-94 affect residents near the highway?
August 21st, 2023 | 20 mins 2 secs
infrastructure, news, news414 / noticias414, public transit, transportation, wisconsin, wisconsin department of transportation, wisconsin watch
Milwaukeeans discuss potholes, noise pollution and public transit shortcomings as the Wisconsin Department of Transportation advances a $1.2 billion project to widen the I-94 East-West Freeway corridor.