Wisconsin Watch
From the Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism
We found 10 episodes of Wisconsin Watch with the tag “news”.
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Some Milwaukee County parents leaving workforce due to sky-high child care costs
August 23rd, 2023 | 16 mins 13 secs
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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.
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Rising cost of living in northeast Wisconsin has many working families treading water
August 23rd, 2023 | 15 mins 1 sec
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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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Wisconsin students with disabilities often denied public school choices
August 21st, 2023 | 21 mins 56 secs
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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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‘Unwanted and unwelcome’: Anti-LGBTQ+ policies common at Wisconsin voucher schools
August 21st, 2023 | 15 mins 59 secs
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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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How would widening Milwaukee’s I-94 affect residents near the highway?
August 21st, 2023 | 20 mins 2 secs
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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.
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Wisconsin eviction process: What happens to a tenant’s property?
June 22nd, 2023 | 8 mins 50 secs
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What Milwaukee renters and those statewide should know about their possessions after an eviction.
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Voting has gotten harder in Wisconsin. Organizers have found ways to help
June 22nd, 2023 | 17 mins 10 secs
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Two different research initiatives have documented the ways it’s now more difficult to vote in Wisconsin, from disparities in access to added barriers.
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Federal, state law permit disability discrimination in Wisconsin voucher schools
June 22nd, 2023 | 17 mins 35 secs
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The state Department of Public Instruction says it has no legal authority to force private taxpayer-funded schools to accommodate students with disabilities
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False choice: Wisconsin taxpayers support schools that can discriminate
June 19th, 2023 | 28 mins 44 secs
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Dozens of voucher schools have policies that allow them to exclude LGBTQ+ students or those with disabilities. In many cases, it’s legal.
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Wisconsin Republicans clear out projects stalled by secretive ‘pocket veto’
June 19th, 2023 | 12 mins 12 secs
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Gov. Tony Evers is considering next steps as conservation groups question legal authority of Legislature to block projects anonymously