Homelessness in rural Wisconsin, while often unseen, is increasing. Yet a grueling funding landscape, among other challenges, poses obstacles for local shelters and rural providers.
Category: Forward
Forward is a look at the week in Wisconsin government and politics from the Wisconsin Watch statehouse team.
Posted inForward, Government
State budget, Supreme Court race top 2025’s political calendar
Here are four storylines we predict that Wisconsin Watch’s statehouse team will be following in the new year.
Posted inForward, Government
Forward: Our picks for favorite politics stories of the year
As the year winds down, we gave each state team reporter the assignment of picking a favorite story written by another member of the team. Here were their picks.
Posted inForward, Government
How Meagan Wolfe navigates intense scrutiny to make elections and her peers stronger
Wisconsin’s local clerks have found an ally in the state’s election chief as she withstands efforts to oust her from the job.
Posted inForward, Government
UPDATE: Parties agree on date Trump’s electors are supposed to cast their votes
A lawsuit asked a judge to strike Wisconsin’s required date for casting electoral votes.
Posted inForward, Government
UPDATE: New charges filed in 2020 ‘fake electors’ scheme
Michael Roman and attorneys Jim Troupis and Kenneth Chesebro are scheduled to appear in a Dane County court to face charges stemming from a plan to overturn the 2020 election.
Posted inForward, Health & Welfare
DataWatch: Fight against fluoride is expanding on the local and national stage
Data from the national Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Environmental Protection Agency shows that, in 2024, about 83.6% of Wisconsin’s residents have fluoridated water.
Posted inAsk Wisconsin Watch
Why were state legislative districts redrawn for 2024, but congressional districts remain unchanged?
Wisconsin politics were shaken up this year with the signing of new legislative maps, but the state’s congressional maps were not redrawn.
Posted inFact briefs, Forward, Government
Here are some claims made by Donald Trump’s Cabinet picks — and the facts
As President-elect Donald Trump stocks his Cabinet with some of his most loyal followers, we’ve already checked some of their surprising and dubious claims. Here’s a look at a few of them.
Posted inForward, Government
How Milwaukee’s Election Day mistake left the door open to more misinformation
Despite a checklist to make sure workers don’t overlook any critical steps, Milwaukee election staff at central count made another procedural mistake — and once again left the door open to conspiracy theorists.
Posted inForward, Government
DataWatch: Rightward election shift was weaker in Wisconsin than other states
In Wisconsin’s 2024 U.S. Senate and presidential elections, the youngest voters shifted slightly toward Republicans while other age groups shifted Democratic in the Senate race and Republican in the presidential.
Posted inForward, Government
Record-high number of school referendums held this year, but approval rates are declining
On Nov. 5, Wisconsin voters approved nearly 78% of the 138 school district referendums across the state.