web01.fireside.fm Sun, 26 Apr 2026 07:33:40 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) Wisconsin Watch - Episodes Tagged with “News414 / Noticias414” https://wisconsinwatch.fireside.fm/tags/news414%20%2F%20noticias414 Thu, 14 Sep 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 Hot pursuit: Milwaukee police chases now top 1,000 per year. Some prove deadly. https://wisconsinwatch.fireside.fm/milwaukee-police-chase-pursuit-some-deadly 9bb8ec77-8973-4a06-9042-9509298e779a Thu, 14 Sep 2023 12:00:00 -0400 Wisconsin Watch full 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. 17:24 no Milwaukee sees a surge in police pursuits in years since loosening policy to target reckless drivers. Critics say the trend makes streets more dangerous. By Jonah Chester, Wisconsin Public Radio's 2022-2023 Mike Simonson Memorial Investigative Reporting Fellow embedded in the Wisconsin Watch newsroom. Originally published on Aug. 2, 2023. Wisconsin, Milwaukee Police Department, news, News414 / Noticias414, police, transportation, 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. By Jonah Chester, Wisconsin Public Radio's 2022-2023 Mike Simonson Memorial Investigative Reporting Fellow embedded in the Wisconsin Watch newsroom. Originally published on Aug. 2, 2023.

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]]> Milwaukee sees a surge in police pursuits in years since loosening policy to target reckless drivers. Critics say the trend makes streets more dangerous. By Jonah Chester, Wisconsin Public Radio's 2022-2023 Mike Simonson Memorial Investigative Reporting Fellow embedded in the Wisconsin Watch newsroom. Originally published on Aug. 2, 2023.

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]]> 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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]]> 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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]]> Some Milwaukee County parents leaving workforce due to sky-high child care costs https://wisconsinwatch.fireside.fm/some-milwaukee-county-parents-leaving-workforce-due-to-sky-high-child-care-costs ae517ac1-6cd0-4a62-b481-e52e2f392662 Wed, 23 Aug 2023 14:00:00 -0400 Wisconsin Watch full 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. 16:13 no 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. By Tyler Dedrick for Wisconsin Watch. Originally published on June 15, 2023. Wisconsin, child care, news, News414 / Noticias414, 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. By Tyler Dedrick for Wisconsin Watch. Originally published on June 15, 2023.

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]]> 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. By Tyler Dedrick for Wisconsin Watch. Originally published on June 15, 2023.

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]]> How would widening Milwaukee’s I-94 affect residents near the highway? https://wisconsinwatch.fireside.fm/how-would-widening-milwaukees-i-94-affect-residents-near-the-highway d023bfa6-0a63-411b-b350-5dc16f6565bb Mon, 21 Aug 2023 15:00:00 -0400 Wisconsin Watch full 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. 20:02 no Gov. Tony Evers in 2020 revived a plan to widen a 3.5-mile segment of the Interstate 94 East-West Freeway corridor in Milwaukee — calling it one of the state’s “most congested and dangerous roads.” But the highway cuts through the city, and opponents say the expansion will disproportionately disrupt Milwaukee's West Side neighborhoods that the highway shaped six decades ago, Jonmaesha Beltran reports for Wisconsin Watch’s News414 collaboration. Originally published on May 23, 2023. Wisconsin, infrastructure, news, News414 / Noticias414, public transit, transportation, Wisconsin Department of Transportation, Wisconsin Watch Gov. Tony Evers in 2020 revived a plan to widen a 3.5-mile segment of the Interstate 94 East-West Freeway corridor in Milwaukee — calling it one of the state’s “most congested and dangerous roads.” But the highway cuts through the city, and opponents say the expansion will disproportionately disrupt Milwaukee's West Side neighborhoods that the highway shaped six decades ago, Jonmaesha Beltran reports for Wisconsin Watch’s News414 collaboration. Originally published on May 23, 2023.

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]]> Gov. Tony Evers in 2020 revived a plan to widen a 3.5-mile segment of the Interstate 94 East-West Freeway corridor in Milwaukee — calling it one of the state’s “most congested and dangerous roads.” But the highway cuts through the city, and opponents say the expansion will disproportionately disrupt Milwaukee's West Side neighborhoods that the highway shaped six decades ago, Jonmaesha Beltran reports for Wisconsin Watch’s News414 collaboration. Originally published on May 23, 2023.

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