web02.fireside.fm Sun, 15 Mar 2026 22:49:10 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) Wisconsin Watch - Episodes Tagged with “Milwaukee” https://wisconsinwatch.fireside.fm/tags/milwaukee Wed, 30 Aug 2023 12:00:00 -0400 The Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism is an independent, nonpartisan and nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization that reports on government accountability and quality of life issues, like education, the economy and the environment. It’s more important to us to get the story right than it is to be first and we believe in collaborating, not competing, with other news outlets. Not only can you find our stories on WisconsinWatch.org, but we give all of our reports away for free to hundreds of other news organizations. We are excited to start sharing our reports in audio form and you can find them wherever you get your podcasts! en-us episodic From the Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism Wisconsin Watch The Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism is an independent, nonpartisan and nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization that reports on government accountability and quality of life issues, like education, the economy and the environment. It’s more important to us to get the story right than it is to be first and we believe in collaborating, not competing, with other news outlets. Not only can you find our stories on WisconsinWatch.org, but we give all of our reports away for free to hundreds of other news organizations. We are excited to start sharing our reports in audio form and you can find them wherever you get your podcasts! no Wisconsin, news, investigative Wisconsin Watch info@wisconsinwatch.org JusticePoint offers incarceration alternatives in Milwaukee. Two judges tried to cancel its contract. https://wisconsinwatch.fireside.fm/justicepoint-offers-incarceration-alternatives-in-milwaukee-two-judges-tried-to-cancel-its-contract 0311564a-d6ee-4e01-8102-7cc880504acc Wed, 30 Aug 2023 12:00:00 -0400 Wisconsin Watch full 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. 16:24 no 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. Story by Wisconsin Watch’s Jonmaesha Beltran and Devin Blake of Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service, produced in collaboration with The Appeal. Originally published on July 27, 2023. Wisconsin, milwaukee, Milwaukee Municipal Court, Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service, news, News414 / Noticias414, The Appeal, 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. Story by Wisconsin Watch’s Jonmaesha Beltran and Devin Blake of Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service, produced in collaboration with The Appeal. Originally published on July 27, 2023.

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]]> MATC broadens access for Milwaukee students amid historical inequities, dropping enrollment https://wisconsinwatch.fireside.fm/matc-broadens-access-for-milwaukee-students-amid-historical-inequities-dropping-enrollment d1854c39-2ac2-4fd7-991e-492c03536080 Tue, 11 Jan 2022 14:00:00 -0500 Wisconsin Watch full Wisconsin Watch Wisconsin Watch reporter Mario Koran explores how Milwaukee Area Technical College offers free tuition, debt forgiveness and early credit to make college more affordable and more available to a diverse student population. 24:15 no Wisconsin Watch reporter Mario Koran explores how Milwaukee Area Technical College offers free tuition, debt forgiveness and early credit to make college more affordable and more available to a diverse student population. Narration by Wesley Lethem for Wisconsin Watch. Originally published Dec. 15, 2021 on wwww.wisconsinwatch.org news, Wisconsin, community college, Broken Ladder, Milwaukee, Milwaukee Area Technical College, Education Wisconsin Watch reporter Mario Koran explores how Milwaukee Area Technical College offers free tuition, debt forgiveness and early credit to make college more affordable and more available to a diverse student population. Narration by Wesley Lethem for Wisconsin Watch. Originally published Dec. 15, 2021 on wwww.wisconsinwatch.org

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]]> Wisconsin Watch reporter Mario Koran explores how Milwaukee Area Technical College offers free tuition, debt forgiveness and early credit to make college more affordable and more available to a diverse student population. Narration by Wesley Lethem for Wisconsin Watch. Originally published Dec. 15, 2021 on wwww.wisconsinwatch.org

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]]> ‘It’s criminal’: Milwaukeeans call for speedier lead pipeline removal to cut childhood poisoning https://wisconsinwatch.fireside.fm/its-criminal-milwaukeeans-call-for-speedier-lead-pipeline-removal-to-cut-childhood-poisoning 1b04974c-fade-4609-9606-5bb8bc372493 Tue, 12 Oct 2021 18:00:00 -0400 Wisconsin Watch full Wisconsin Watch Replacing all Milwaukee lead service lines would take 70 years at current pace. Meanwhile, Wisconsin home lead investigations rarely test water amid focus on paint. 24:45 no Replacing all Milwaukee lead service lines would take 70 years at current pace. Meanwhile, Wisconsin home lead investigations rarely test water amid focus on paint. Reporting by Diana Butsko / Wisconsin Watch. Originally published Sept. 9, 2021. Wisconsin, Milwaukee, lead, lead poisoning, lead pipes, news Replacing all Milwaukee lead service lines would take 70 years at current pace. Meanwhile, Wisconsin home lead investigations rarely test water amid focus on paint. Reporting by Diana Butsko / Wisconsin Watch. Originally published Sept. 9, 2021.

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]]> Replacing all Milwaukee lead service lines would take 70 years at current pace. Meanwhile, Wisconsin home lead investigations rarely test water amid focus on paint. Reporting by Diana Butsko / Wisconsin Watch. Originally published Sept. 9, 2021.

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]]> A national debt: Should government compensate for slavery and racism? https://wisconsinwatch.fireside.fm/should-government-compensate-for-slavery-and-racism 1117004a-8abd-489b-8615-27ab942d1875 Tue, 12 Oct 2021 17:00:00 -0400 Wisconsin Watch full Wisconsin Watch Evanston, Illinois is compensating victims of housing discrimination. Big questions remain about whether and how reparations should be handled. 16:34 no Evanston, Illinois is compensating victims of housing discrimination. Big questions remain about whether and how reparations should be handled. Reporting by Molly Carmichael and Martha Daniels / Wisconsin Watch. Originally published on Oct. 2, 2021. Wisconsin, reparations, Black, Milwaukee, slavery, Evanston, Color of Money Evanston, Illinois is compensating victims of housing discrimination. Big questions remain about whether and how reparations should be handled. Reporting by Molly Carmichael and Martha Daniels / Wisconsin Watch. Originally published on Oct. 2, 2021.

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]]> Evanston, Illinois is compensating victims of housing discrimination. Big questions remain about whether and how reparations should be handled. Reporting by Molly Carmichael and Martha Daniels / Wisconsin Watch. Originally published on Oct. 2, 2021.

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