Milwaukee Press Club-2022-News
How government aid helped Ron Johnson
In his two terms in office, Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) has run hard against government spending. Since his first Senate campaign in 2010, the Oshkosh Republican has described himself as an outsider and business creator who has succeeded without government help. He has dismissed big-ticket bills as wasteful, telling a TV host in June that […]
How the Milwaukee PD uses cell phone surveillance technology
Through an open records request, the Wisconsin Examiner has obtained a log from a cell site simulator used by the Milwaukee Police Department (MPD). This release marks the second time a log documenting use of the powerful phone surveillance technologies by MPD has been made public. The last time a log was made public in […]
Companies developing new forestry rules bought timber where the rules were allegedly broken
Four companies on a Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources committee developing new logging rules purchased timber from lakes in Northern Wisconsin in which local residents have alleged that those rules are frequently being broken, documents obtained by the Wisconsin Examiner show. For nearly two years, a group of residents who live and work near the […]
With abortion blocked, what happens to the health of the mother?
For Wisconsin women who are pregnant and face a life-threatening illness — and for the doctors who treat them — the overnight change in abortion access has upended medical care. Some cancer patients will no longer be able to get lifesaving chemotherapy or radiation treatment. Some people with chronic heart or kidney disease could face […]
Five years after massive manure spill, residents fighting for clean water
In late 2016, a pipe burst at the Emerald Sky Dairy, a factory farm in the town of Emerald in St. Croix County. The resulting leak ended up spilling nearly 300,000 gallons of manure into the surrounding wetlands and water systems. The farm, which has a permit to operate as a Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation […]
Wauwatosa school district pressured after classroom discussions of ongoing lawsuits
The question of what topics should and should not be discussed in the classroom is a political flash point. But while Wauwatosa’s school district says it hasn’t grappled with debates about so-called critical race theory, or discussions of gender and sexuality in class, one topic has generated complaints. That’s the discussion of the protests for […]