Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism

Wisconsin’s Medicaid Postpartum Protection Lags Most States

Wisconsin’s Medicaid Postpartum Protection Lags Most States

Legislature has refused to accept federal money to expand Medicaid, with harmful results.

Wisconsin Has A “Smart Growth” Law To Encourage Housing, But No One Is Enforcing It

Wisconsin Has A “Smart Growth” Law To Encourage Housing, But No One Is Enforcing It

Planner Robin Palm has been willing to go to court over a proposal in Wauwatosa.

Milwaukee County Is Funding Affordable Housing In Suburbs

Milwaukee County Is Funding Affordable Housing In Suburbs

Multi-year effort aims to address shortage, reduce disparities in communities that once opposed such housing.

MPS Promised Stipends For Bad Bus Service, Few Parents Received Them

MPS Promised Stipends For Bad Bus Service, Few Parents Received Them

The district did not distribute $500,000 and says problem fixed. Parents disagree.

PayPal Shielded COVID-19 Misinformation Group Donors

PayPal Shielded COVID-19 Misinformation Group Donors

PayPal Giving Fund allowed for anonymous donations to anti-vaccine, discredited treatment groups.

Legislative Democrats on ‘Veto Watch’ after Gov. Evers Blocks 10 Bills

Legislative Democrats on ‘Veto Watch’ after Gov. Evers Blocks 10 Bills

Republicans only need two-thirds of those present to override the governor’s veto

Residents Concerned I-94 Widening Would Increase Flooding In Nearby Neighborhoods

Residents Concerned I-94 Widening Would Increase Flooding In Nearby Neighborhoods

Valley Park, Merrill Park and other low-lying neighborhoods would see increased runoff.

Alcohol Killing More Wisconsinites, Studies Show

Alcohol Killing More Wisconsinites, Studies Show

State’s excessive drinking culture causes alcohol-induced deaths at a rate nearly 25% higher than rest of the country.

Milwaukee Police Chases At 20-Year High, Injuries and Deaths Have Followed

Milwaukee Police Chases At 20-Year High, Injuries and Deaths Have Followed

Milwaukee sees a surge in police pursuits in years since loosening policy to target reckless drivers.

Court Blocks Judges’ Quick Termination of Court Alternatives Program

Court Blocks Judges’ Quick Termination of Court Alternatives Program

But exactly why two judges pursued terminating decades-old JusticePoint partnership is unclear.

Artificial Intelligence Being Used To Generate Election Ads

Artificial Intelligence Being Used To Generate Election Ads

"Synthetic media" allows coordination with super PACs, deep faces. Will it be regulated?

Wisconsin Billionaires Bankroll Efforts To Shrink State’s Social Safety Net

Wisconsin Billionaires Bankroll Efforts To Shrink State’s Social Safety Net

Quiet lobbying backed by major GOP benefactors like the Uihleins and Bradley Foundation.