Milwaukee officials are defending the city’s parking enforcement, saying many of the tickets were issued before and after the heavy rains.

The Public Service Commission approved a new rate structure for We Energies’ largest data center customers, requiring them to cover the full cost of new power generation and fuel.

Designed to lure data centers, the sales tax break is now drawing scrutiny. But some say the development boom will boost other types of revenue.

Yes. Studies have found a warmer climate increases water vapor in the air, leading to more severe thunderstorms with larger hail.

Search employer-reported layoffs since 2018 by county, industry and year as part of a growing suite of data-driven news apps.

Paul Kiefer joined Wisconsin Watch in September 2025 as a Roy W. Howard fellow, focusing largely on immigration and data reporting. He grew up in Washington state, first setting f ...

State monitoring programs largely overlook glyphosate in northeastern Wisconsin’s CAFO-heavy counties, where groundwater may be most vulnerable.

A Sherman Park kid tapped into a new way to help the homeless in Milwaukee by founding a new youth-led nonprofit that collects aluminum cans for cash.

A conservative group led by one of the investigators involved in the Michael Gableman 2020 election probe brought the case.

Rock County has an all-hands-on-deck approach to keep new clerks in the field as Wisconsin wrestles with unprecedented turnover.

Wisconsin Watch is testing a new approach to data storytelling: news applications. As a first step, we’re launching a tool to track activities in federal immigration courts nationwide, designed with ...

Analytics have changed how we measure success for our work, and with it, some beats have shifted altogether. I see more environmental coverage now than I did 15 years ago, which reflects growing ...