George Stanley
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‘We don’t turn anyone away’: Wisconsin’s free clinics brace for a surge in patients due to spiking Affordable Care Act premiums and the expiration of a crucial tax credit. By @wisconsinwatch.org wisconsinwatch.org/2025/12/wisc...
‘We don’t turn anyone away’: Wisconsin’s free clinics fill gaps as thousands expected to go uninsured
Free and charitable clinics brace for a surge in patients due to spiking Affordable Care Act premiums and the expiration of a crucial tax credit.
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December 11, 2025 at 9:28 PM
‘We don’t turn anyone away’: Wisconsin’s free clinics brace for a surge in patients due to spiking Affordable Care Act premiums and the expiration of a crucial tax credit. By @wisconsinwatch.org wisconsinwatch.org/2025/12/wisc...
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As managing editor @jmalewitz.bsky.social notes, we've changed a lot as an organization over the past several years -- in response to evolving information needs across Wisconsin and shifting trends in how and where people find news online. So here's where you can find us. And please share! ❤️
Here’s how to keep up with Wisconsin Watch
As our newsrooms grow, it’s worth a reminder of all the places where you can find our free reporting every day.
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December 11, 2025 at 6:46 PM
As managing editor @jmalewitz.bsky.social notes, we've changed a lot as an organization over the past several years -- in response to evolving information needs across Wisconsin and shifting trends in how and where people find news online. So here's where you can find us. And please share! ❤️
How healthy is the air in your Milwaukee neighborhood? Here’s how you can find out, thanks to the MKE FreshAir Collective. (Highest daily pollution level was recorded in Havenwoods on Dec. 26, 2024, while lowest was in Harambee on Jan. 16, 2024) @milwaukeenns.org milwaukeenns.org/2025/12/10/h...
Here's how you can find out the air quality of Milwaukee neighborhoods
MKE FreshAir Collective monitored air quality from 21 sensors around Milwaukee in 2024 to create its first yearly report.
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December 11, 2025 at 4:44 PM
How healthy is the air in your Milwaukee neighborhood? Here’s how you can find out, thanks to the MKE FreshAir Collective. (Highest daily pollution level was recorded in Havenwoods on Dec. 26, 2024, while lowest was in Harambee on Jan. 16, 2024) @milwaukeenns.org milwaukeenns.org/2025/12/10/h...
Look at South Carolina's favorite team. Ironic, don't you think?
The most viewed Baseball Reference team page in each U.S. state this year!
Which team page had the most views in your state? 🤔
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Which team page had the most views in your state? 🤔
See all the full recap here: info.baseball-reference.com/25-br-mlb-se...
December 10, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Look at South Carolina's favorite team. Ironic, don't you think?
Immigration judge grants asylum to couple who fled Venezuela for Wisconsin, but ICE keeps them in jail, hundreds of miles apart, @wisconsinwatch.org wisconsinwatch.org/2025/12/madi...
Madison couple who fled Venezuela win asylum, but ICE detention continues
An immigration court judge granted asylum to Dailin Pacheco-Acosta and Diego Ugarte-Arenas. But they remain jailed — hundreds of miles apart — as Trump administration officials defend a policy bloc…
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December 10, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Immigration judge grants asylum to couple who fled Venezuela for Wisconsin, but ICE keeps them in jail, hundreds of miles apart, @wisconsinwatch.org wisconsinwatch.org/2025/12/madi...
Hope: Young people are flocking to public policy classes at a time when polarization often paralyzes government. To meet demand, UW's La Follette School of Public Affairs will launch its first undergrad major in fall 2026, with a focus on finding common ground wisconsinwatch.org/2025/12/wisc...
New UW-Madison major will teach students to bridge partisan divides
Young people are flocking to public policy classes at a time when polarization and gridlock can paralyze legislative action. To meet the demand, the La Follette School of Public Affairs will launch…
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December 9, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Hope: Young people are flocking to public policy classes at a time when polarization often paralyzes government. To meet demand, UW's La Follette School of Public Affairs will launch its first undergrad major in fall 2026, with a focus on finding common ground wisconsinwatch.org/2025/12/wisc...
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Wis Supreme Court races are everything they were never meant to be — partisan, astronomically expensive national political battles in which candidates’ ideologies overshadow their qualifications.
Why, and what can we do about it? Read our series Supreme Costs wisconsinwatch.org/supreme-cost...
Why, and what can we do about it? Read our series Supreme Costs wisconsinwatch.org/supreme-cost...
Supreme Costs: Wisconsin’s pricey and partisan high court elections
Wisconsin Watch examines record spending in state Supreme Court elections, how Wisconsin became a national outlier and what can be done about it.
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December 8, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Wis Supreme Court races are everything they were never meant to be — partisan, astronomically expensive national political battles in which candidates’ ideologies overshadow their qualifications.
Why, and what can we do about it? Read our series Supreme Costs wisconsinwatch.org/supreme-cost...
Why, and what can we do about it? Read our series Supreme Costs wisconsinwatch.org/supreme-cost...
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Trump hung up on a ProPublica reporter after being asked whether his Florida mortgages were similar to those of others he had accused of fraud. 🤔
Trump’s Own Mortgages Match His Description of Mortgage Fraud, Records Reveal
The Trump administration has argued that Fed board member Lisa Cook may have committed mortgage fraud by declaring more than one primary residence on her loans. We found Trump once did the very thing ...
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December 8, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Trump hung up on a ProPublica reporter after being asked whether his Florida mortgages were similar to those of others he had accused of fraud. 🤔
President Donald Trump sends American taxpayers a new $12 billion bill — to cover losses to farmers caused by his tariffs www.nytimes.com/2025/12/08/u...
Trump Promises Farmers $12 Billion to Blunt Fallout From His Trade War
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December 9, 2025 at 2:08 AM
President Donald Trump sends American taxpayers a new $12 billion bill — to cover losses to farmers caused by his tariffs www.nytimes.com/2025/12/08/u...
It means that ANYTHING is possible!
The 13-0 Big Ten champion Indiana Hoosiers will be the #1 seed in the College Football Playoff
What a world
What a world
December 8, 2025 at 2:33 AM
It means that ANYTHING is possible!
Sick of those Wisconsin Supreme Court campaign attack ads?
Nonpartisan commissions nominate top judges in 11 states. And 12 states use independent performance reviews by experts to help voters determine judges’ competence. Part 3 @wisconsinwatch.org wisconsinwatch.org/2025/12/wisc...
Nonpartisan commissions nominate top judges in 11 states. And 12 states use independent performance reviews by experts to help voters determine judges’ competence. Part 3 @wisconsinwatch.org wisconsinwatch.org/2025/12/wisc...
Sick of those state Supreme Court campaign ads, Wisconsin? Here’s how other states avoid them
Polls show Wisconsin prefers to elect justices, but the timing, term limits and vetting of candidates could be different.
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December 5, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Sick of those Wisconsin Supreme Court campaign attack ads?
Nonpartisan commissions nominate top judges in 11 states. And 12 states use independent performance reviews by experts to help voters determine judges’ competence. Part 3 @wisconsinwatch.org wisconsinwatch.org/2025/12/wisc...
Nonpartisan commissions nominate top judges in 11 states. And 12 states use independent performance reviews by experts to help voters determine judges’ competence. Part 3 @wisconsinwatch.org wisconsinwatch.org/2025/12/wisc...
In 2007, every WI Supreme Ct Justice, conservative and liberal, asked for public financing of Court elections. They worried a $5 million negative ad campaign had left the impression that justices would be more beholden to their sponsors' interests than the law wisconsinwatch.org/2025/12/wisc...
Unlimited donations, weak recusal rules led to record Wisconsin Supreme Court spending
Democrats seek to revive public financing of Supreme Court elections after previous attempts failed.
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December 4, 2025 at 3:17 PM
In 2007, every WI Supreme Ct Justice, conservative and liberal, asked for public financing of Court elections. They worried a $5 million negative ad campaign had left the impression that justices would be more beholden to their sponsors' interests than the law wisconsinwatch.org/2025/12/wisc...
ICE targets Somali neighborhoods in Twin Cities, scooping up up U.S. citizens in sweep Only about 4,200 of the more than 80,000 Somalis living in Minnesota are not U.S. citizens. Many of those 4,200 are green-card holders. @sahanjournal.bsky.social
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‘Creating fear and chaos’: ICE officials target Somali neighborhoods, scoop up U.S. citizens in sweep
Local activists reported a series of arrests across the Twin Cities, including outside Somali housing areas, malls and at a Latino day labor spot, after a contingent of ICE agents descended on the Twi...
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December 4, 2025 at 1:37 AM
ICE targets Somali neighborhoods in Twin Cities, scooping up up U.S. citizens in sweep Only about 4,200 of the more than 80,000 Somalis living in Minnesota are not U.S. citizens. Many of those 4,200 are green-card holders. @sahanjournal.bsky.social
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Wisconsin Supreme Court will hear a lawsuit challenging Wisconsin sheriffs’ practices of holding immigrants in jail for ICE in Brown, Kenosha, Marathon, Sauk and Walworth counties. @wisconsinwatch.org
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Wisconsin Supreme Court to weigh sheriffs’ cooperation with ICE
The ACLU sued on behalf of the immigrant rights group Voces de la Frontera. The lawsuit challenges detention practices in Brown, Kenosha, Marathon, Sauk and Walworth counties.
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December 4, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Wisconsin Supreme Court will hear a lawsuit challenging Wisconsin sheriffs’ practices of holding immigrants in jail for ICE in Brown, Kenosha, Marathon, Sauk and Walworth counties. @wisconsinwatch.org
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Anti-data center protesters arrested during public comment period at Port Washington meeting
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Anti-data center protesters arrested during Port Washington meeting
Multiple people were arrested at a City of Port Washington meeting Dec. 2 where protesters spoke out against the proposed $15 billion data center.
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December 3, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Anti-data center protesters arrested during public comment period at Port Washington meeting
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Wisconsin's Supreme Court races have become everything they were never meant to be — highly partisan, astronomically expensive national political battles in which the candidates’ ideologies overshadow their abilities to “administer justice faithfully & impartially” wisconsinwatch.org/2025/12/wisc...
Wisconsin Supreme Court elections have drawn an ‘obscene’ amount of spending. Here’s why and what can be done about it.
Loose campaign finance laws, lax recusal rules, a purple electorate and even the spring election cycle all help explain why high court races have become so expensive.
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December 3, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Wisconsin's Supreme Court races have become everything they were never meant to be — highly partisan, astronomically expensive national political battles in which the candidates’ ideologies overshadow their abilities to “administer justice faithfully & impartially” wisconsinwatch.org/2025/12/wisc...
Just liberated by Trump: “He boasted he would ‘stuff the drugs up the gringos’ noses.’” He let El Chapo ship cocaine through Honduras. He orchestrated a vast trafficking conspiracy that raked in millions for cartels while keeping Honduras poor, violent & corrupt www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/n...
The Ex-President Whom Trump Plans to Pardon Flooded America With Cocaine
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December 2, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Just liberated by Trump: “He boasted he would ‘stuff the drugs up the gringos’ noses.’” He let El Chapo ship cocaine through Honduras. He orchestrated a vast trafficking conspiracy that raked in millions for cartels while keeping Honduras poor, violent & corrupt www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/n...
Wisconsin high schools want to offer more college classes to give students a jump start. However, teachers with the qualifications to teach college courses are in short supply. For busy teachers, grad school has been a hard sell, @wisconsinwatch.org wisconsinwatch.org/2025/12/wisc...
Wisconsin high schools want to offer more college classes. First, teachers must go back to school.
School officials statewide want to give more students a jump start on college with dual enrollment classes. But they say they lack qualified teachers, and for busy teachers, grad school is a hard s…
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December 2, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Wisconsin high schools want to offer more college classes to give students a jump start. However, teachers with the qualifications to teach college courses are in short supply. For busy teachers, grad school has been a hard sell, @wisconsinwatch.org wisconsinwatch.org/2025/12/wisc...
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In 48 other states, new moms have access to Medicaid for up to one year after they give birth. Not in Wisconsin.
There, the limit remains two months. And it’s only because of one man: Assembly Speaker Robin Vos.
By @megomatz.bsky.social
There, the limit remains two months. And it’s only because of one man: Assembly Speaker Robin Vos.
By @megomatz.bsky.social
He Vowed to “Protect the Unborn.” Now He’s Blocking a Bill to Expand Medicaid for Wisconsin’s New Moms.
Splitting with anti-abortion members of his own party, Wisconsin Assembly Speaker Robin Vos has refused to join 48 other states in ensuring that vulnerable women have access to potentially lifesaving ...
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December 2, 2025 at 2:35 AM
In 48 other states, new moms have access to Medicaid for up to one year after they give birth. Not in Wisconsin.
There, the limit remains two months. And it’s only because of one man: Assembly Speaker Robin Vos.
By @megomatz.bsky.social
There, the limit remains two months. And it’s only because of one man: Assembly Speaker Robin Vos.
By @megomatz.bsky.social
As living costs soar, tax relief shrinks for low-income Wisconsin residents, @wisconsinwatch.org wisconsinwatch.org/2025/12/wisc...
As living costs soar, tax relief shrinks for low-income Wisconsin residents
The homestead credit, a crucial source of property tax relief, has withered due to inflation and legislative inaction.
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December 2, 2025 at 3:13 AM
As living costs soar, tax relief shrinks for low-income Wisconsin residents, @wisconsinwatch.org wisconsinwatch.org/2025/12/wisc...
Defense Secretary Hegseth, with White House help, tries to pin potential war crime on military leader who folliwed his order. “This is ‘protect Pete’ bulls---,” a military official told The Post. “It’s throwing us, the service members, under the bus.”
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Hegseth, with White House help, tries to distance himself from boat strike fallout
As Congress vows accountability, the Trump administration emphasized it was a top military commander — not the defense secretary — who directed the engagement.
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December 2, 2025 at 2:54 AM
Defense Secretary Hegseth, with White House help, tries to pin potential war crime on military leader who folliwed his order. “This is ‘protect Pete’ bulls---,” a military official told The Post. “It’s throwing us, the service members, under the bus.”
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The Ex-President Whom Trump Plans to Pardon Flooded America With Cocaine www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/n...
The Ex-President Whom Trump Plans to Pardon Flooded America With Cocaine
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December 1, 2025 at 12:04 AM
The Ex-President Whom Trump Plans to Pardon Flooded America With Cocaine www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/n...
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Republican senator now publicly defending Mark Kelly
November 25, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Republican senator now publicly defending Mark Kelly
Fantastic news! Please urge your high school to join. So many folks can't answer basic questions about how our government works -- how can we stay in charge of it? 'UW System to take on high school Civics Contest' as it outgrows Wisconsin Newspaper Assoc.
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How a Madison woman’s question sparked a growing statewide civics contest
The annual quiz game about government and democracy has doubled in size since the Wisconsin Newspaper Association started it. The brainchild of a retired teacher-turned-reporter, it encourages youn…
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November 25, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Fantastic news! Please urge your high school to join. So many folks can't answer basic questions about how our government works -- how can we stay in charge of it? 'UW System to take on high school Civics Contest' as it outgrows Wisconsin Newspaper Assoc.
wisconsinwatch.org/2025/11/how-...
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Love this! The closer we get to the natural world, the healthier we become. @milwaukeenns.org
'New nonprofit wants to connect Black and Brown people to nature' milwaukeenns.org/2025/11/24/n...
'New nonprofit wants to connect Black and Brown people to nature' milwaukeenns.org/2025/11/24/n...
New nonprofit wants to connect Black and Brown people to nature
Urban Nature Connection will bring people to nature via outdoor activities, partnerships and advocacy.
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November 25, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Love this! The closer we get to the natural world, the healthier we become. @milwaukeenns.org
'New nonprofit wants to connect Black and Brown people to nature' milwaukeenns.org/2025/11/24/n...
'New nonprofit wants to connect Black and Brown people to nature' milwaukeenns.org/2025/11/24/n...