Why do so many local officials run for reelection unopposed? How a Madison woman’s question sparked the Wisconsin Civics Games — a growing contest to get young people interested in government. wisconsinwatch.org/2025/11/how-... (@wisconsinwatch.org)

Another deeply reported and beautifully told story from Eli Saslow. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/u...

"The subpoena seeks contact information for employees who have filed complaints about discrimination based on Jewish faith, those who belong to Jewish clubs or groups on campus, and anyone who works in the university’s Jewish studies program." www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/u...

"Vos did not respond to multiple requests for comment." isthmus.com/news/news/ad... (via @liamberan.bsky.social)

As ICE ramps up enforcement nationwide, Wisconsin courts are increasingly left with loose ends: defendants without their day in court, victims without a chance to testify and thousands of dollars in forfeited bail paid by family, friends and employers. wisconsinwatch.org/2025/11/wisc...

“Wisconsin taxpayers bear the highest financial burden of any state for supervision violations and revocation, at $72 per resident.” www.jsonline.com/story/news/2...

A Midwest Standoff and Midwest Paradox: A politeness forcefield surrounds the last uneaten snack. But if everyone leaves it for someone else, it’s essentially left to no one. 🤔

[email protected] spent months visiting manufactured homes across Wisconsin — a vital yet overlooked source of affordable housing. Here’s what she learned. wisconsinwatch.org/2025/11/wisc...

News that makes Madison folks (like me) exclaim: "Let's goooooooo!!!!" madison.com/news/local/s...

“Joseph Ladapo, Florida’s surgeon general, announced that the reporters from The Atlantic and The Washington Post in the room ‘represent forces who are working toward the enslavement of humanity’ — though he allowed that he had ‘nothing against them.’” www.theatlantic.com/health/2025/...

A Board of Immigration Appeals ruling has made it easier for the Trump administration to send asylum seekers to a "third country" where they have never lived. “This is so sudden, so jarring, and it has such an immense impact," an MKE immigration attorney said. wisconsinwatch.org/2025/11/wisc...

"The American penny died on Wednesday in Philadelphia. It was 232. The cause was irrelevance and expensiveness, the Treasury Department said." www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/b...

Feeling lonely? Appleton’s Community Living Room offers an antidote to isolation. Community leaders across the state want to replicate their approach, @mirandadunlap.bsky.social reports. wisconsinwatch.org/2025/11/wisc...

On the eve of Veterans Day, Wisconsin lawmakers are considering these 12 bills impacting veterans. A hot debate has been funding for the Veterans Housing and Recovery Program, which supports vets at risk of homelessness @wisconsinwatch.org wisconsinwatch.org/2025/11/wisc...

50 years later, the mystery of the Edmund Fitzgerald still haunts the children of its lost crew. www.startribune.com/50-years-lat... (via @startribune.com)

“Luis Chacón…was one of several men who said the constant abuse at the prison led him to contemplate suicide. A father of three, he said he had been working as a driver for Uber Eats in Milwaukee before being detained and expelled to the prison.” www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/w...

Staggering

"The increases depend on where you live. For example, the new benchmark plan in Milwaukee County will be 44% more expensive than the 2025 benchmark." wisconsinwatch.org/2025/11/how-...

“I came from nothing and built a community.” After years of healing, a Green Bay woman takes her next step in sobriety — carrying new perspectives and a support network with her. Beautiful storytelling by @josephmtimmerman.bsky.social wisconsinwatch.org/2025/11/laur...

NEWS: Federal agents crashed with woman’s car, pointed guns at her, dragged her out by legs, tossed her in a minivan, held her and (eventually) let her go without charges. This as Chicagoans say the immigration blitz is out of control. (DHS blames her.) www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/03/c...

Factory-built homes help families realize ownership dreams. A more affordable model helps Habitat for Humanity build more homes. But some Wisconsin municipalities exclude manufactured homes from neighborhoods. wisconsinwatch.org/2025/11/wisc... (via @addiecostello.bsky.social)

Now I miss baseball.

The Blue Jays should have stolen second base.

If you're in line to bat at Game 7 of the World Series STAY IN LINE

ICE arrests of asylum seekers in Milwaukee show shifting tactics wisconsinwatch.org/2025/10/milw... (via @wisconsinwatch.org)

"In recent years, complaints about dire conditions within the cell halls have mounted, with inmates describing a crumbling infrastructure and infestations of birds and rodents." wisconsinwatch.org/2025/10/wisc... (via @wisconsinwatch.org)

“In recent years, complaints about dire conditions within the cell halls have mounted, with inmates describing a crumbling infrastructure and infestations of birds and rodents.” wisconsinwatch.org/2025/10/wisc... (via @wisconsinwatch.org)

Farmers turn to flawed visa program in search for legal labor. Now the rules — and costs — are changing. wisconsinwatch.org/2025/10/wisc...

"The Janesville school district arrived at its $245,000 estimate by assuming it would take an employee, earning $35.54 per hour, about 6,900 hours to search for all the relevant records." captimes.com/news/educati...

A proposed Vienna data center could use 2.5x the energy consumption of Dane County, the county's Office of Energy and Climate Change director told @liamberan.bsky.social isthmus.com/news/vienna-...

Wisconsin members of Congress point fingers as SNAP benefits run dry. The state will run out of SNAP funds for nearly 700,000 people on Nov. 1. (@notus.com / @wisconsinwatch.org) wisconsinwatch.org/2025/10/wisc...

Wisconsin mother gets defense attorney days after @wisconsinwatch.org reported on her three years of legal limbo. wisconsinwatch.org/2025/10/wisc...

Meet the teens keeping this northeast Wisconsin village from becoming a news desert. Pulaski News is a fixture of the community, a tool to prepare students for the workforce and the last official source keeping residents informed about hyperlocal happenings. wisconsinwatch.org/2025/10/wisc...

The Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction dedicates scant resources to investigate educator misconduct, raising questions about the quality of its oversight and protection of children, a @captimes.com investigation has found. wisconsinwatch.org/2025/10/wisc...

After court ruling, the state is notifying some 13,000 disabled Wisconsin workers that they may be eligible for backpay for discriminatory unemployment claim denials. wisconsinwatch.org/2025/10/afte...

Worried about private equity ownership, residents of mobile home parks are exploring purchasing them and running them as cooperatives. But Wisconsin doesn’t make it easy, @addiecostello.bsky.social reports. wisconsinwatch.org/2025/10/wisc...

Long wait for a dental appointment? Wisconsin tech colleges are working to fix that, @mirandadunlap.bsky.social reports. A $20 million boost from the Legislature is expanding oral health training programs, aiming to ease a dental worker shortage. wisconsinwatch.org/2025/10/wisc...

No matter what problem you aim to address in our democracy, you’ll need honest reporters to inform the public, to show how the problem is affecting real people and to highlight better ways. We need local news that nurtures community and keeps the people in charge wisconsinwatch.org/2025/10/wisc...

Good reporting on the South Shore raid from South Side weekly here. Confirms one thing I was told but didn't put in my own piece because I didn't have a second source and it seemed too insane: border agents segregated arrested residents by race southsideweekly.com/federal-agen...

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...