Native fishing rights encroached; Wisconsin cleaning company fined; ag emissions major source of greenhouse gasses; nursing homes close
Category: Wisconsin Weekly
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Wisconsin Weekly: PFAS solutions elusive for Peshtigo residents
Forever chemicals linger; GOP suppression of Wisconsin’s Black voters; state law hobbles lead response; formula shelves still empty; Green Bay’s secret taping system
Wisconsin Weekly: Sheboygan police disciplined in sex harassment scandal
Officers harassed colleagues; state licensing agency faces audit; DA shortage ‘dire’; land dispute erupts; Trump’s Wisconsin campaign peddled election lie
Wisconsin Weekly: ‘This is every parents’ worst nightmare’
Child-abuse case raises questions; wetlands ruling looms; energy efficiency pushed; Rittenhouse trial advances; solar panels vs. corn fields
Wisconsin Weekly: Extremists ‘spewing defamatory filth against our teachers and librarians’
Kiel culture war shifts; tackling medical debt; Milwaukee lead pipe replacement lags; Madison food pantry surge expected; Social Security wait lengthens
Wisconsin Weekly: Questions mount over Wisconsin cryptocurrency mining operation
Crypto controversy; Milwaukee’s eviction king; ‘forever chemicals’ taint Great Lakes fish; Ukrainian refugees’ future uncertain; Black youth suicides rising
Wisconsin Weekly: Wisconsin property owners liable for contamination they didn’t cause
Pollution costs fall on ‘innocent’ Wisconsin buyers; repatriation of remains lags; road salt damage mounts; amendment pushed to skirt Gov. Tony Evers vetoes
Wisconsin Weekly: LGBTQ farmers plow new paths in old profession
Medical examiner turmoil; abortion access flights; Elections Commission shakeup; hypnotist pushes election misinfo; baby formula crisis
Wisconsin Weekly: Top stories, photos from Wisconsin Watch in 2022
Top 2022 journalism; shuttered maternity services; lawmakers mull changes to sexual misconduct policies; 3M to end PFAS manufacturing; few MKE children boosted; black carp invade Mississippi River
Wisconsin Weekly: More privately funded election help is on the way
Controversial grant program restarts; democracy’s near-death experience in Wisconsin; new tech to clean PFAS; ‘tripledemic’ hits families; Foxconn mystery continues
Wisconsin Weekly: ‘It becomes very difficult to recruit candidates when we know we’re going to lose’
WI gerrymandering worse in 2022; Black suicides in Milwaukee County up; nursing homes lack staff; town sued for manure rules; tough times for two-year UW campuses
Wisconsin Weekly: Will 2020 election deniers change future Wisconsin elections?
Wisconsin’s unborn child abuse law; minors lack health care right; small-town fears about America; handling PFAS in drinking water; navigators help with health insurance