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When will smoke clear up in Wisconsin? How to monitor air quality
1+ hour, 44+ min ago (744+ words) Wildfires in northern Minnesota and Canada have caused some of the worst air quality on record for Wisconsin. The entire state remains under an Air Quality Advisory for fine particulate matter from wildfire smoke until noon on Friday, according to…...
How long have you waited for a doctor’s appointment?
2+ day, 44+ min ago (315+ words) In early May, as I sat waiting for a connecting flight at O’Hare, I decided to finally do something that had been on my list for far too long: schedule a checkup. It had been years since I’d seen a…...
Track how Wisconsin governments are spending opioid settlement dollars
3+ day, 6+ hour ago (272+ words) Hongyu Liu joined Wisconsin Watch as a data investigative reporter in September 2025. He previously worked at The Post and Courier in Charleston, South Carolina, as a data reporting fellow. He conducts data analysis and creates interactive narratives and graphics to…...
Researchers say car crashes could help identify youth at risk of gun violence
1+ week, 2+ day ago (875+ words) Researchers from Children’s Wisconsin and the Medical College of Wisconsin found an association between motor vehicle crash injuries and firearm injuries among children and adolescents. The findings could help inform violence prevention efforts, said Dr. Mike Levas, one of the…...
Wisconsin to cut FoodShare, Medicaid for thousands of refugees under new federal rules
2+ week, 2+ day ago (568+ words) Wisconsin will begin enforcing new federal eligibility restrictions for FoodShare and Medicaid this week, cutting off thousands of refugees, asylees and other legally present immigrants from public benefits they were previously eligible to receive. The state’s refugee services providers warn…...
Indian Health Center’s grief vigil offers space for remembrance in Milwaukee
2+ week, 3+ day ago (757+ words) In the same way that there is no one cause, there is no one cure. On a Friday night on Milwaukee’s South Side, local Indigenous community members gathered to grieve and try to find healing together. On June 19, the Gerald…...
Guest opinion: Rural Wisconsin workers lose health insurance twice as fast as before the pandemic
4+ week, 4+ hour ago (409+ words) Wisconsin’s unemployment rate sits near a historic low, but for thousands of rural residents the link between a layoff and losing health insurance has never been stronger. Almost all that vulnerability sits outside our cities. In Wisconsin’s 46 nonmetropolitan counties, the…...
Do over half of calories consumed by Americans come from ultraprocessed foods?
3+ week, 6+ day ago (183+ words) Wisconsin Watch partners with Gigafact to produce Fact Briefs — bite-sized fact checks of trending claims. Read our methodology to learn how we check claims. Two 2025 studies found the majority of calories consumed by U.S. residents comes from ultraprocessed foods. From…...
Wisconsin’s lead pipe count is falling. But the search isn’t over.
1+ mon, 4+ day ago (1690+ words) Wisconsin may be closer than previously thought to eliminating lead water pipes. About 164,000 municipal and community lead water service lines still need replacement with safer materials, according to a Wisconsin Watch analysis of water system data reported in April. That’s…...
Have COVID-19 vaccines contributed to as many as 3.9 million deaths?
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (194+ words) Wisconsin Watch partners with Gigafact to produce Fact Briefs — bite-sized fact checks of trending claims. Read our methodology to learn how we check claims. COVID-19 vaccines have not been linked to as many as 3.9 million deaths. Wisconsin U.S. Sen. Ron…...
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