Veteran lawmaker hopes to quiet the conspiracy theories and rebuild public faith — even if his proposals don’t make it.

We live in a world with ever-increasing reams of raw data that, if understood and analyzed, can help us better understand our communities. I’m stepping in at Wisconsin Watch to take the lead on how we ...

U.S. Rep. Tom Tiffany, a fierce loyalist of President Donald Trump who represents a broad swath of Wisconsin’s rural north woods in Congress, entered the governor’s race, shaking up the Republican ...

A Votebeat investigation highlighted constitutional questions and election officials’ concerns over reconciling tallies by removing ballots at random.

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In response to FEMA’s uncertain future, the Mississippi River Cities and Towns Initiative, in partnership with Convoy of Hope, announced a new program to deliver assistance to its members within ...

Wisconsin Republicans are reviving a plan to let poll workers process absentee ballots on the Monday before an election, a change long sought by election officials, but blocked by a small but ...

Hongyu Liu joined Wisconsin Watch as a data investigative reporter in September 2025. He previously worked at The Post and ...

Some of the 193 Madison voters whose ballots mistakenly didn’t get counted in the 2024 presidential election filed a lawsuit seeking class-action status.

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) awarded almost $5 billion less in research grants to U.S. institutions in the 2025 fiscal year than the year prior, a 13.6% reduction, according to an ...

Jodi S. Cohen is a senior editor for ProPublica. Previously, Cohen worked at the Chicago Tribune for 14 years, where she ...

Public Schools has rolled out a new emergency protocol designed to standardize and simplify responses to emergencies.