2+ day, 8+ hour ago   (955+ words) In Milwaukee at H.W. Longfellow School’s Community Learning Center, which is operated by the South Side nonprofit Journey House, staff are always finding new ways to immerse students in art and culture. To help, Cherise Myers, Journey House director of community…...

2+ day, 1+ hour ago   (1454+ words) Protesters burst into a Thursday news conference about the police shooting of a homeless man in Madison, taking the microphone from the police chief and arguing with some attendees who said they wanted to hear more about the investigation. The…...

2+ day, 5+ hour ago   (906+ words) Wisconsin election officials have reignited a legal battle over absentee voting with July guidance stating that voters cannot void a returned absentee ballot and cast a new one, even if Election Day is weeks away or the candidate they supported…...

4+ day, 7+ hour ago   (265+ words) For six months now, Wisconsin Watch has made a concerted effort to report on data centers. We’re publishing major stories at WisconsinWatch.org and, each Monday, we provide data center news nuggets in our Forward newsletter (subscribe here). Here’s a…...

4+ day, 7+ hour ago   (667+ words) Monday afternoon brought the Milwaukee community together to honor late baseball icon Henry “Hank” Aaron. The day’s festivities included a ribbon-cutting ceremony for a new mural featuring Aaron and a proclamation from Mayor Cavalier Johnson recognizing July 20, 2026, as Henry Lewis…...

4+ day, 9+ hour ago   (185+ words) Wisconsin Watch partners with Gigafact to produce Fact Briefs — bite-sized fact checks of trending claims. Read our methodology to learn how we check claims. Wisconsin state government is not spending $2 billion on data centers. The campaign website of Democratic gubernatorial…...

5+ day, 3+ hour ago   (1431+ words) On a Thursday in early July, more than 1,000 children flooded the halls of Pulaski Community Middle School. Heaps of backpacks were piled in corners of classrooms and hallways. Bikes crowded the racks outside. At lunchtime, lines of children snaked around…...

5+ day, 4+ hour ago   (268+ words) A scam operation targeting Spanish-speaking injured workers is laying traps in Wisconsinites’ email inboxes.Wisconsin’s Department of Workforce Development issued an alert this week about a possible “multi-state fraud scheme” that lures targets into fake worker’s compensation hearings to collect…...

5+ day, 6+ hour ago   (1016+ words) The number of Wisconsinites many months behind on student loan bills has risen by nearly 50% since last fall. Across the country, the number of students in student loan default has surged by millions since a four-year pandemic reprieve ended in…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (1415+ words) As early voting starts next week in the Aug. 11 primary to determine who will be on the November ballot, Democrats hope to flip two U.S. House seats in Wisconsin. Republicans took control of the House in 2022 and currently hold six of…...