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Your Right to Know: Ask lawmakers for the records they delete
Reading Time: 2 minutes Wisconsin Watch is a nonprofit newsroom that focuses on government integrity and quality of life issues.…
Payday Lending at a Crossroads: Balancing Access to Credit with Consumer Protection
Payday lending, a quick fix for cash-strapped…
Boop! The Musical: Box Office Bomb Might be Closing Soon
The Broadway musical “Boop!” might be closing…
Two decades after high-profile murder trial, questions remain in the prosecution of Ken Hudson
Reading Time: 15 minutes This is the…
Midwestern community colleges work to lure, and keep, students struggling with poverty and other barriers
Reading Time: 7 minutes Wisconsin Watch is a nonprofit newsroom that focuses on government integrity and quality of life issues.…
Drop out or drown in debt? Many Black students in Wisconsin face stark choices in paying for college
Reading Time: 9 minutes When Clint Myrick graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee in 2010, he left with two consequential…
The State of Education in Wisconsin: A Comprehensive Look at Schools, Higher Education, and Literacy Programs
Education is one of the most important factors that can determine the future of a region, and Wisconsin is no…
Your Right to Know: Fee recovery is key to transparency
Reading Time: 2 minutes Many states, including Wisconsin, have public records laws. But that doesn’t mean requesters always get the…
Wisconsin school districts keep begging voters for more money. Is the state funding formula broken?
Reading Time: 7 minutes This piece was produced for the NEW News Lab, a local news collaboration in Northeast Wisconsin.…
Wisconsin Student Proficiency Inches Up, Yet Achievement Gap Persists
Despite a modest improvement in standardized test scores, Wisconsin faces persistent challenges in student proficiency, with fewer than 40% of…
Your Right to Know: Bill Lueders named to National Freedom of Information Hall of Fame
Reading Time: 3 minutes Bill Lueders was a young journalist at Madison’s Isthmus newspaper in the late 1980s when he…
Wisconsin state parks battered as Lake Michigan shrinks beaches, smashes boardwalks
Reading Time: 7 minutes This piece was produced for the NEW News Lab, a local news collaboration in Northeast Wisconsin.…
