Some police agencies across the country have used the voter-approved constitutional amendment that broadens victim privacy to shield officers who use force.
Author Archives: Jacob Resneck / Wisconsin Watch
Jacob Resneck joined Wisconsin Watch in 2022 via Report for America, covering threats to democracy with an emphasis on rights in the workplace. Previously, he worked in Juneau, Alaska as an editor and reporter for the nonprofit public media consortium CoastAlaska. Before that he spent more than eight years abroad reporting from Germany, Turkey, the Balkans and Middle East. He’s also worked for weekly and daily newspapers in rural Northern California where he grew up and New York’s Adirondack Mountains. He now lives in Oshkosh with his wife, a poet and teacher and their two young children.
https://journa.host/@jacobresneck
Posted inGovernment
Wisconsin billionaires quietly bankroll effort to shrink state’s social safety net
A group funded by deep-pocketed GOP donors is pushing to make it harder to vote and to receive unemployment insurance and Medicaid
Posted inEconomy
Rising cost of living in northeast Wisconsin has many working families treading water
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
Posted inGovernment
Wisconsin Republicans clear out projects stalled by secretive ‘pocket veto’
Gov. Tony Evers is considering next steps as conservation groups question legal authority of Legislature to block projects anonymously
Posted inGovernment
Mega donors fuel record-shattering $45M Wisconsin Supreme Court race
A few ultra-wealthy donors play an outsize role as liberal Janet Protasiewicz competes against conservative Daniel Kelly in the April 4 spring election.
Posted inGovernment
‘There’s no transparency’: Secretive ‘pocket veto’ scuttles Wisconsin projects
The Joint Finance Committee has long allowed members to anonymously block projects, but some want to rein in its dubious practice of not holding hearings
Posted inEconomy
In rural Wisconsin, former employees lift curtain on troubled crypto mine
An energy intensive Bitcoin mining operation in Park Falls can’t replace a once vibrant paper mill, but it has created new conflicts and a cautionary tale.
Posted inDemocracy on the Ballot
Wisconsin clerks face challenges as voter skepticism becomes new reality
Ahead of midterm elections, the GOP has signed up more than 5,000 election workers, three times as many as 2020, in response to demand for ballot scrutiny.
Posted inDemocracy on the Ballot, Government
In search for illegal Wisconsin votes, activists uncover gaps — but no plot
Elections officials agree the system to track ‘incompetent’ voters needs fixing, but claims by conservative groups of thousands of ineligible voters are overblown
Posted inState of the Unions
Wisconsin workers show renewed energy after decade of anti-union laws
Formerly unionized employees switch tactics, using a collective voice to force change. And private sector efforts to organize are on the rise, union leaders say.
Posted inState of the Unions
Workers lost ground on wages in wake of Wisconsin’s anti-labor laws
One labor leader says the state’s ‘right-to-work’ law made his union stronger. But others say the laws favor corporations and their CEOs — not workers.
Posted inState of the Unions
Glossary of terms related to Wisconsin unions
A glossary of terms related to Wisconsin unions.