web02.fireside.fm Tue, 05 May 2026 21:40:41 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) Wisconsin Watch - Episodes Tagged with “News414” https://wisconsinwatch.fireside.fm/tags/news414 Tue, 03 Jan 2023 13:00:00 -0500 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 As Midwest summers get hotter, Milwaukee’s most at risk have an unmet need: air conditioning https://wisconsinwatch.fireside.fm/as-midwest-summers-get-hotter-milwaukees-most-at-risk-have-an-unmet-need-air-conditioning a960b765-951d-462c-a7ad-03449c939cc9 Tue, 03 Jan 2023 13:00:00 -0500 Wisconsin Watch full Wisconsin Watch Wisconsin’s primary energy aid program focuses mostly on winter heating, leaving few summer cooling options. A neighborhood community group is stepping up. 19:48 no <p>Samantha McCabe, Wisconsin Watch’s News414 accountability reporting intern, reports that about 36,500 homes in the Milwaukee metro area lacked any air conditioning as of 2019. But Wisconsin’s main program for utility assistance focuses largely on heating aid during cold weather, and typically runs out of resources to offer assistance during heat waves. Reporting by Samantha McCabe. Originally published on August 23rd, 2022. </p> Wisconsin, air conditioning, climate crisis, health and safety, heat risk, heat stroke, housing, livable conditions, living conditions, milwaukee, summer heat waves Samantha McCabe, Wisconsin Watch’s News414 accountability reporting intern, reports that about 36,500 homes in the Milwaukee metro area lacked any air conditioning as of 2019. But Wisconsin’s main program for utility assistance focuses largely on heating aid during cold weather, and typically runs out of resources to offer assistance during heat waves. Reporting by Samantha McCabe. Originally published on August 23rd, 2022.

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]]> ‘Nowhere to go’: Wisconsin renters face evictions as emergency aid falls short https://wisconsinwatch.fireside.fm/rental-assistance-eviction a2db0d41-3846-4e1c-89f0-8bb3c925c782 Mon, 12 Oct 2020 16:00:00 -0400 Wisconsin Watch full Wisconsin Watch Milwaukee’s Black neighborhoods hit hardest as evictions eclipse pre-pandemic levels. A state aid program can’t keep up. 19:22 no <p>As part of a news service journalism project, Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service (NNS), Wisconsin Watch and Outlier Media are collaborating on the News414 project, which uses innovative technology and research techniques to deliver crucial information to residents, investigate neighborhoods’ most pressing issues and deliver accountability journalism to Milwaukee and the broader public.</p> <p>Listen to how Milwaukee's black neighborhoods are being effected by the Covid-19 pandemic and how evictions filings are changing.</p> <p>Reported by Allison Dikanovic and Clara Neupert (Wisconsin Watch) and Princess Safiya Byers (Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service), on August 22, 2020. </p> Wisconsin, eviction, rent As part of a news service journalism project, Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service (NNS), Wisconsin Watch and Outlier Media are collaborating on the News414 project, which uses innovative technology and research techniques to deliver crucial information to residents, investigate neighborhoods’ most pressing issues and deliver accountability journalism to Milwaukee and the broader public.

Listen to how Milwaukee's black neighborhoods are being effected by the Covid-19 pandemic and how evictions filings are changing.

Reported by Allison Dikanovic and Clara Neupert (Wisconsin Watch) and Princess Safiya Byers (Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service), on August 22, 2020.

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]]> As part of a news service journalism project, Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service (NNS), Wisconsin Watch and Outlier Media are collaborating on the News414 project, which uses innovative technology and research techniques to deliver crucial information to residents, investigate neighborhoods’ most pressing issues and deliver accountability journalism to Milwaukee and the broader public.

Listen to how Milwaukee's black neighborhoods are being effected by the Covid-19 pandemic and how evictions filings are changing.

Reported by Allison Dikanovic and Clara Neupert (Wisconsin Watch) and Princess Safiya Byers (Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service), on August 22, 2020.

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