Policy

Series: Policing Practices And Accountability In Wisconsin

Many Police Officers In Wisconsin Live Outside The Cities Where They Serve

WisContext

The killing of George Floyd, a Black resident of Minneapolis, reignited ongoing protests against police brutality — a movement fueled in part by a widening breach between law enforcement and the local communities they are charged with serving.

A Year Into The Pandemic, What's Driving Varied Coronavirus Rates Across Wisconsin?

Will Cushman

WisContext

What factors might be driving the comparatively lower case and death rates in Dane and St. Croix counties, located hundreds of miles from each other? What stories do these factors tell about COVID-19's impacts?

COVID-19 Misinformation And The Paranoid Style In Wisconsin's Pandemic Politics

Will Cushman

WisContext

Wisconsin faces a public health nightmare: Officials must simultaneously wage war on COVID-19 pandemic and a parallel "infodemic" of false, misleading and dangerous claims that downplay the seriousness of the disease.

Wisconsin's Urgent, Imperfect, Transparent, Confusing, Essential COVID-19 Data

Will Cushman

WisContext

Wisconsin's public health agencies each day release a deluge of data about where and how quickly COVID-19 is spreading. The river of information helps communities gauge everything from where to expect new outbreaks to which hospitals are likely to see a flood of patients.

Face Masks, Wisconsin's Pandemic Politics And The Limits Of Persuasion

Will Cushman

WisContext

A historically disruptive global pandemic unfolding during an era of deep social and political divisions and widespread distrust in American institutions has led to a swift and fierce politicization of public health.

Series: The Novel Coronavirus, COVID-19 And Wisconsin

Learn More About The Novel Coronavirus, COVID-19 And Wisconsin

Will Cushman

WisContext

Will Kenneally

PBS Wisconsin

For people in Wisconsin who are interested in better understanding the pandemic, how it spreads and the ways they can protect themselves and their families, here are explanations for common questions and additional information about COVID-19 resources.

More Wisconsinites Are Voting Absentee, But Many Have Been Unsuccessful

Tom Scheck

APM Reports

Geoff Hing

APM Reports

Dee J. Hall

Wisconsin Watch

Slightly more than 23,000 ballots were thrown out from Wisconsin's April 2020 election, mostly because those voters or their witnesses missed at least one line on a form.

Series: Policing Practices And Accountability In Wisconsin

From Union Contracts To City Commissions, How Police Oversight Works In Wisconsin

Will Cushman

WisContext

Police unions and the labor contracts they negotiate with local governments are seeing renewed scrutiny in communities across the United States.

Contact Tracers In Wisconsin Are Battling COVID-19 — And Misinformation

Howard Hardee

Wisconsin Watch

Conspiracy theories about contact tracing have percolated on social media since early May, after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention published guidelines on how state health authorities should implement this "core disease control measure" to slow the spread of COVID-19.

Series: Known Unknowns

Series: Policing Practices And Accountability In Wisconsin

Why Determining Where Police Officers Live In Wisconsin Is Complicated

Will Cushman

WisContext

Many police officers in Wisconsin commute to their job from homes in communities different from those in which they work. But how many officers live within and outside the municipal boundaries of the cities where they serve?