Every other Thursday, our contributor Jonah Chester sits down with Tom Kamenick, President of the Wisconsin Transparency Project, to discuss open records and open government. This week on Transparency Talk, […]
The Trial of Elizabeth Holmes
In 2003, Stanford drop-out Elizabeth Holmes founded Theranos, a med-tech company that promised to revolutionize the world of blood testing. At its height, it was valued at $9 billion, with […]
State of Wisconsin reaches settlement with StubHub
Last March, at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, live music and performance venues closed their doors. Shortly afterwards, StubHub, one of the nation’s largest ticket marketplaces, suddenly changed its […]
Wisconsin DOJ announces sexual assault kit tracking initiative
In 2014, the Wisconsin Department of Justice uncovered a massive backlog of some 6,000 unprocessed sexual assault kits. The state spent the next four years clearing through that backlog. The […]
Wisconsin DOJ identifies officer who shot Jacob Blake
(Photo c/o Chali Pittman) Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul has identified the Kenosha Police Officer who shot Jacob Blake seven times in the back on Sunday. The officer, Rusten Sheskey, […]
Police shooting of Kenosha man, Jacob Blake, spurs protests
(Photo: A solidarity protest Monday moves from the state capitol building to the UW-Madison campus.) Yesterday, 29-year-old Jacob Blake of Kenosha was shot seven times in the back by a […]
