Following the 2020 election, it looked like the midterms could create more chaos. But mostly, they didn’t. Why?
Wisconsin
Big Lie Proponents Are Creating Harsh Criminal Penalties for Elections Activity
The proliferation of election crime legislation is the most threatening front in voter suppression efforts in generations.
A warning from Wisconsin
Tens of thousands of mail-in ballots were rejected on technicalities in a pandemic primary in a key swing state.
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No sanctuary, fewer farmhands: How Dairyland suffers under Trump agenda
Wisconsin farmers say the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown is making it harder to find workers for one of the state’s largest industries and the core of its Cheesehead identity, dairy production.
No country for sanctuary seekers
This week, we look into places that offer sanctuary to those immigrants – and what the conflict between federal and local policies means for them.
Wisconsin veterans hospital’s former director no longer on VA payroll
Officials said the Tomah, Wisconsin, VA medical facility’s former director is no longer working for the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, the latest development after our investigation of the hospital’s improper prescription practices.
Wisconsin VA’s opiate overprescription harmed patients, report finds
A preliminary report by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs revealed that runaway opiate prescriptions and a culture of fear created by hospital leadership compromised patient care and harmed the staff at the Tomah, Wisconsin, VA.
VA gave $8,025 bonus to director of troubled Wisconsin hospital
Mario DeSanctis, director of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs hospital in Tomah, Wisconsin, said his performance bonus was “warranted and justified” even though the facility was being investigated over runaway painkiller prescriptions and patient overdoses.