Wisconsin Watch
From the Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism
Displaying Episode 61 - 70 of 139 in total of Wisconsin Watch with the tag “wisconsin”.
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Many in Wisconsin GOP drop ‘stop the steal’ talk, play up inflation, crime
January 3rd, 2023 | 17 mins 28 secs
ballots, crime, election deniers, gop, government, governor, news, politics, protests, republican, riots, twitter, voting, voting rights, voting security, wisconsin
As they try to win enough seats for a supermajority to override a governor’s veto, most Republicans don’t even mention ‘election integrity’ on their websites
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Two couples sue former UW child abuse doctor for alleged misdiagnoses
January 3rd, 2023 | 20 mins 37 secs
alleged misdiagnoses, child abuse, child abuse doctor, child abuse pediatrician, doctor, health, misdiagnoses, news, wisconsin
Dr. Barbara Knox left Wisconsin and Alaska amid allegations of workplace bullying and wrongful diagnoses of child abuse; she now practices in Florida.
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As Midwest summers get hotter, Milwaukee’s most at risk have an unmet need: air conditioning
January 3rd, 2023 | 19 mins 48 secs
air conditioning, climate crisis, health and safety, heat risk, heat stroke, housing, livable conditions, living conditions, news, news414, wisconsin
Wisconsin’s primary energy aid program focuses mostly on winter heating, leaving few summer cooling options. A neighborhood community group is stepping up.
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Wisconsin’s 173-year-old ban allows only life-saving ‘therapeutic abortions.’ No one knows what that means.
October 19th, 2022 | 22 mins 21 secs
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Physicians criticize the law as outdated, vague and severe. Health systems are scrambling to guide them on how to stay out of criminal trouble.
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‘I had to speak up’: Two Northwoods friends push Wisconsin DNR to protect lakeshore forests
October 18th, 2022 | 18 mins 55 secs
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A retired forester and a writer say the DNR allows logging perilously close to lakes. State officials disagree. Now the agency’s auditor is being audited.
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As universal free school meals end, are Wisconsin families ready for it?
October 18th, 2022 | 19 mins 21 secs
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Elected officials and advocates debate the fate of free school meals that provided relief to families during the pandemic.
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Federal food aid in Wisconsin has evolved, but users still face decades-old barriers
September 13th, 2022 | 23 mins 41 secs
beyond hunger, food, food assistance, food deserts, food insecurity, foodshare, news, pandemic, school lunch, snap, wisconsin
The former head of Wisconsin’s FoodShare program says qualifying for and maintaining food assistance is overly cumbersome for participants
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15 years later, Wisconsin university’s massive Lake Michigan seawall frustrates downstream neighbors
August 30th, 2022 | 15 mins 35 secs
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Erosion concerns and seawall feuds span the Great Lakes and the globe. Concordia University Wisconsin’s fortification has left neighbors bitter.
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Oshkosh Defense sent a big contract to the non-union South. Will it keep future jobs in Wisconsin?
August 30th, 2022 | 29 mins 48 secs
jobs, news, oshkosh, oshkosh defense, unemployment, union jobs, wisconsin
Despite tens of millions in state and local government incentives, the Wisconsin company is steering billions of dollars of work away from its namesake city.
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‘When it’s rigid, it breaks’: How federal rules and market dominance fueled Wisconsin’s baby formula shortage
August 3rd, 2022 | 15 mins 39 secs
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The Women, Infants, and Children program funds about half of U.S. formula purchases. Wisconsin contracts only with Abbott Nutrition, whose recall and plant shutdown jolted the market.