Increased use of compassionate release in prisons could ease costs and crowding with minimal risks to public safety, experts say. But it remains off limits to many prisoners. wisconsinwatch.org/2025/10/wisc... (via @wisconsinwatch.org)

Trump plan would limit disability benefits for older Americans: 
 Trump administration officials are considering eliminating age as a factor in deciding whether someone is capable of working. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

A Manitowoc County dairy worker arrived for her shift early on a Thursday morning & waited for a text from her husband. It’s their routine: rise early, commute to jobs at separate dairies & check in by phone. “But when I called him, he didn’t answer.” wisconsinwatch.org/2025/10/rapi...

The rapid pace of Trump's immigration crackdown and its lack of transparency leave affected families disoriented and attorneys overwhelmed. Just 1/3 of immigrants from Wisconsin with upcoming hearings in immigration court have legal representation. wisconsinwatch.org/2025/10/rapi...

Twelve years after the Kewaunee Power Station shuttered, wounding the local economy, owner EnergySolutions is seeking government approval to build a new nuclear plant — and is trying to buy hundreds of acres of farmland around it. wisconsinwatch.org/2025/10/wisc... (@mirandadunlap.bsky.social)

A Ukrainian family that had settled in Wisconsin decided to move back to Ukraine, despite the war. "Their home country supports its citizens with more housing affordability, health care and social services than the United States does." captimes.com/news/communi... (via @erinmcgroarty.bsky.social)

UW-Madison is changing its financial aid process. Here's what to know. (@wisconsinwatch.org / @captimes.com) wisconsinwatch.org/2025/10/wisc...

Sometimes lovely writing sneaks up on you. For example: @merriam-webster.com’s “Some Notes On 'Asshat'” www.merriam-webster.com/wordplay/som...

Wisconsin’s government is failing to enforce basic protections for owners of manufactured homes at a time when private equity firms are buying up parks to maximize profits. wisconsinwatch.org/2025/09/wisc... @addiecostello.bsky.social)

I learned a lot while editing this piece for @wisconsinwatch.org. wisconsinwatch.org/2025/09/a-de...

"...referee in a state Office of Lawyer Regulation case found that Gableman committed 10 lawyer misconduct violations in his probe of the 2020 presidential election in Wisconsin." via @tomkertschernews.bsky.social wisconsinwatch.org/2025/09/supr...

1/ I’m Till Eckert, a ProPublica reporter. For the past 2 weeks, I’ve been going to the same NY immigration courthouse. Nearly every time, I see ICE agents arresting immigrants. Today, a woman was slammed to the ground after begging officials not to take her husband away. Thread 👇

“I don’t give a shit about getting my head kicked in by both sides.” GOP Rep. Scott Krug hopes to quiet conspiracy theories and rebuild public faith in elections — even if his proposals don’t make it. Great profile from @alexandershur.bsky.social wisconsinwatch.org/2025/09/wisc...

“It's not the first time a poop-smelling spray dispensed at a school has led to criminal charges.” abcnews.go.com/US/assistant...

Can't stop thinking about this heartbreaking, but beautifully reported and written story. “The field is our bond and place to be us. It’s therapy.” www.nytimes.com/2025/09/17/b...

The Trump admin announced last week it’s ending grant programs that help fund minority-serving colleges, including more than 600 Hispanic-serving institutions. Wisconsin colleges say they’ll keep up the work regardless of the cuts. wisconsinwatch.org/2025/09/wisc... (via @wisconsinwatch.org)

“Several international organizations…had offered to buy or accept a donation of the contraceptives. The government would have incurred no costs or might have even been able to recoup taxpayer funds under those scenarios.” www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/h...

Juneau County, Wisconsin keeps its healthy food program alive despite Trump admin cuts, @bennetgoldstein.bsky.social reports. Businesses are backfilling costs of a smaller program. Residents hope donations will sustain it in a community with few grocery stores. wisconsinwatch.org/2025/09/wisc...

Three years and more than 10,000 lawyer calls after being charged, this Wisconsin mother still doesn’t have a defense attorney wisconsinwatch.org/2025/09/wisc... via @wisconsinwatch.org

“Undoubtedly, I’ll receive emails asking why the men were living under a bridge as well as other comments about their life choices. What's important now is that they are human, and they are missing.” www.jsonline.com/story/opinio...

NEW: Deportations were supposed to target bad guys. Most ICE arrests in Michigan capture non-criminals. www.detroitnews.com/story/news/p... via @detroitnews.com

As Wisconsin companies saved $1 billion in rate cuts, severely injured workers haven’t had a raise in 9 years, @tomkertschernews.bsky.social reports. wisconsinwatch.org/2025/09/wisc...

“I signed that letter because it warned that the EPA is no longer using scientific findings to create and revoke regulation, and by doing so, it was placing American health in danger...I still believe that. I have no regrets about signing that letter.” www.wpr.org/news/wiscons...

What are the fastest-growing jobs in Wisconsin? Which jobs are shrinking? @wisconsinwatch.org breaks down the data on nurse practitioners, data scientists, wind turbine techs and more. wisconsinwatch.org/2025/09/wisc...

Are you increasingly seeing news stories noting that someone "did not respond to requests for comment?" That's part of a trend. Public officials are increasingly avoiding answering inconvenient questions about public concerns. The silence harms their constituents. wisconsinwatch.org/2025/09/wisc...

Klein Hall helped some 1,000 veterans rebuild their lives. It’s set to close on Sept. 12 after lawmakers enacted a budget without funds to cover rising costs at veterans homes. Some lawmakers are working on a fix, but opinions differ on a path forward. wisconsinwatch.org/2025/09/vete...

Ope. www.jsonline.com/story/sports...

Madison Assistant City Attorney to @liamberan.bsky.social: “Unfortunately, there is nothing for you to do. (Unless you sue us, which I would never suggest!)” isthmus.com/news/news/ma...

More Midwest basement toilet content, please www.wpr.org/culture/is-t...

Out of the infinite stories we could report at a given time, how do we decide which to pursue with our finite resources? Managing editor @jmalewitz.bsky.social writes about our process.

A Wisconsin judge will resign Feb. 1, but won’t face criminal charges after jailing a man during a probation hearing for an unrelated financial dispute in December 2021. wisconsinwatch.org/2025/08/wisc... (via @tomkertschernews.bsky.social)

Wisconsin’s budget shifts $2.2M/yr from schools to Milwaukee prosecutors. That may violate the state constitution. wisconsinwatch.org/2025/08/wisc... (@wisconsinwatch.org)

Brown County’s 911 dispatcher shortage is relentless. What will it take to fix it? Experts say departments must boost morale, get creative with hiring/training & address the mental health toll. Waukesha County offers an example, @mirandadunlap.bsky.social reports. wisconsinwatch.org/2025/08/wisc...

Dozens of volunteers participated in this summer’s point-in-time count of homelessness in Brown County, documenting an increase of people who lacked shelter. Some volunteers previously experienced homelessness themselves. wisconsinwatch.org/2025/08/wisc...

Wisconsin to compensate workers with disabilities for wrongfully denied unemployment claims wisconsinwatch.org/2025/08/wisc...

A special prosecutor expects to decide soon whether to charge a Wisconsin judge with a crime. The judge jailed a man over an alleged debt even though the man had not been arrested or charged with a crime. wisconsinwatch.org/2025/08/wisc...

Many Midwest state capitols are victory monuments to the Union. The Massachusetts capitol has a painting of their volunteers putting down a pro-confederate riot in Baltimore. Chicago has Grant and Lincoln Parks, and Logan Square. They are all awesome. We should build more.

Making waffles tonight inspired me to brainstorm baseball team rebrands.

Wisconsin long banned workers on fed disability from collecting unemployment aid when they lost their part-time work — a law based on misinformation. A judge said the law violated fed disability protections. Now the case turns to compensation for past denials. wisconsinwatch.org/2025/08/wisc...

NEW: Wisconsin’s recently passed budget doesn’t include the extension of a popular land conservation program, but it does include two earmarks for environmental projects in the home district of the state’s most powerful Assembly Republican.

This is delightful. "What can Wisconsin first-graders expect as they start this school year? We asked the experts: former first-graders" www.greenbaypressgazette.com/story/news/e...

The world’s largest meat snack brand, with dual headquarters in Minong, Wisconsin, and Minneapolis, has spent millions on Trump campaigns and is advocating for support in the nation’s nutrition programs. wisconsinwatch.org/2025/08/wisc... (via @jmcjmc.bsky.social)

Excellent reporting from @mirandadunlap.bsky.social.

“I did drop a tear…Me and my mom are really close.” Camp Reunite helps kids connect with their incarcerated parents, but stigma and other barriers limit its reach. Moving reporting from @addiecostello.bsky.social and @josephmtimmerman.bsky.social. wisconsinwatch.org/2025/08/wisc...

“When you fire the professionals, the statisticians, the scientists that can analyze the data, that allows you to make up whatever facts you want.” www.nytimes.com/2025/08/09/u...

Our new climate normal, and it's so upsetting. www.wpr.org/news/wiscons...

Trump is trying to exclude immigrants from many federally funded programs. Here’s what it means for Wisconsin. (via @wisconsinwatch.org) wisconsinwatch.org/2025/08/wisc...

Amazing news to wake up to. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/06/w...

“I was ill and bedridden for weeks. When I was finally able to get up I was a skeleton. My pants couldn’t stay up and my clothes hung on me.” — Door County resident Pam Goodlet recalls her experience of measles in 1963 as a 13-year-old.

Rent Smart training helps tenants navigate Wisconsin’s housing crunch. One of the most common concerns expressed in community listening sessions held by @wisconsinwatch.org is the high cost of housing, both homes and rentals. share.google/KhlkXXU4lFWZ...