Long a staple for reporters and high school civics classes, the Wisconsin Blue Book provides a roadmap for Wisconsin's state government. This year's version, however, features a redesign of the iconic blue cover.
A WisContext report about partisan voting patterns in Wisconsin was cited in an amicus brief submitted by the Republican National Committee in Gill v. Whitford , a case appearing before the U.S. Supreme Court. Malia Jones of the UW Applied Population Lab discusses this report and what was argued in the amicus brief.
The Spanish-language radio station serving the Madison area is owned by local broadcast giant MidWest Family Broadcasting, but operates very much like a family business.
What happened in 2016 with purported Russian hacking on Wisconsin's elections infrastructure? Wisconsin Elections Commission spokesperson Reid Magney says hackers may have been looking for possible entrances to gain access to voter data.
A survey of voters in Madison and Milwaukee found thousands of people were deterred from the polls by Wisconsin's voter ID law. UW-Madison political science professor Ken Mayer describes who these voters are.
Among Governor Scott Walker's 99 vetoes to the 2017-19 budget was a sharp reduction to a tax credit aids developers rehabilitating historic buildings. UW-Milwaukee professor and Historic Preservation Institute director Matthew Jarosz discusses the impacts of this credit.
Governor Scott Walker issued vetoes to the 2017-19 Wisconsin state budget, one of which eliminated funding for low-spending schools districts that have had revenue caps since 1993. Adams-Friendship School District administrator Jim Boebel discusses its impact.
In the wake of the recent hurricanes that have battered the Gulf Coast, Derrick Herndon of UW-Madison's Tropical Cyclone Research Group discusses how meteorologists track storms from the lab they call "The Cave."
The announced end to the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program will affect thousands of immigrants in Wisconsin. Voces de la Frontera executive director Christine Neumann-Ortiz discusses who these young Wisconsinites are and what may be next in their future.
