A new investigation by Wisconsin Watch has revealed that Wisconsin’s $322 million emergency rental assistance program may be inadvertently excluding undocumented residents. At least eight of the fourteen organizations participating in the program ask applicants to provide their social security numbers, which advocates say may discourage undocumented Wisconsinites from applying. For more, our producer Jonah […]
Examining Wisconsin’s partisan divide
With President Joe Biden in office and Donald Trump’s crusade to overturn the election quashed, the dust has finally settled from the November general election. But, while the outcome of the presidential race may be settled, the long-term implications of Wisconsin’s 2020 election are a more difficult puzzle. That’s the business that concerns Anya van […]
Representative Jimmy Anderson on disability and voting rights.
A recent article in Wisconsin Watch— “We’re not going to be quiet; disability community in Wisconsin demands better access to voting” by Nora Eckert, published earlier this week, shows just how difficult voting can be for disabled people, and casts some light on why Wisconsin is ranked 44th of all the states in the disability […]
Wisconsin hospitals file liens against uninsured residents with unpaid...
In April, after a story by the Wisconsin Center for Investigative Reporting revealed the widespread use of the practice, several Wisconsin hospitals vowed to stop filing small claims suits against uninsured patients with unpaid medical bills. But, even as the financial impact of the pandemic deepened, that didn’t stop hospital leadership from seeking other legal […]
As Madison considers new police chief, lessons from the past can provi...
As Madison enters the final stages of selecting a new Chief of Police, we look back on the tenure of David Couper, the city’s police chief from the early 1970s to 1993. For this conversation, WORT Producer Jonah Chester is joined by Clara Neupert, a reporter and intern with Wisconsin Watch. Neupert recently published a […]
Wisconsin DWD continues to wrestle with unemployment backlog
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 […]
