On Tuesday, Wisconsin’s Assembly Republicans — led by Speaker Robin Vos — introduced a one hundred million dollar coronavirus relief package. One of the central pillars of the package seeks to reduce the state’s Unemployment Insurance backlog — an issue the state’s Department of Workforce Development has spent months trying to solve. For more on […]
Debunking the Wisconsin Election Rumor Mill
On November 6, Speaker of the Wisconsin Assembly Robin Vos ordered the Assembly Committee on Elections to investigate Wisconsin’s general election on November 3rd. With no substantiation, the Rochester Republican Speaker repeated vague claims of “mail-in ballot dumps” and “voter fraud” to call for subpoenas, “so that every Wisconsin citizen knows their vote counted.” The […]
Mistakes Lead to Thousands of Uncounted Ballots
On April 7, 2020, Wisconsin held one of its most chaotic elections ever. The coronavirus pandemic was peaking, state and local lockdown orders were in place. As a result, a whopping 60% of all voters in the state turned to absentee ballots as a safer alternative instead of going to the polls in person. With […]
UW Child Abuse Doctor Investigated, Resigns
Barbara Knox, head of the Child Protective Unit at Madison’s American Family Children’s Hospital abruptly resigned in 2019 after being placed on administrative leave amidst allegations of intimidation and harassment of her colleagues. The Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism has also uncovered evidence that Knox falsified records and misrepresented her own credentials in an effort […]
Catholic Church Limits Reproductive Health Care
One-third of all hospitals in Wisconsin are associated with the Catholic Church. That’s the highest percentage in the country. Catholic hospitals are subject to the Ethical and Religious Directives written by the U.S. Council of Catholic Bishops. Some of these directives are benign, such as requirements for service to the poor, but some, such as […]
Naming Names in the Catholic Church Abuse Scandal
In 1051, Benedictine Monk Peter Damian wrote “Liber Gommorihanus,” a screed against many practices of Catholic priests at the time. Damian was particularly incensed at priests who made it a habit of having sexual relations with adolescent boys. Pope Leo IX praised Damian for his efforts, expressed dismay at the priests’ behavior, but did little […]
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