Wisconsin Watch

Wisconsin is the only state where third-party solar ownership has been blocked, advocates say. Legal uncertainty has prevented property owners from using the financing model.

Wisconsin imprisons Black residents at a higher rate than any other state in the country, a new report found, highlighting long-standing and deep disparities in the state’s criminal justice system.

The latest contaminants of concern in the creek draining Madison’s East Side: PFAS, hazardous chemicals being flagged across Wisconsin.

School officials refer thousands of children to the police each year. In Wisconsin, children with disabilities or who are Black, Latino or Native bear the brunt of it.

Suspicion, right to control health care, create clash between some long-term care workers and vaccine mandates to protect the vulnerable residents they serve

Evanston, Illinois, is compensating victims of housing discrimination. Big questions remain about whether and how reparations should be handled.

Of more than 1,000 officers ousted in the past five years, some returned to police work after allegations including sexual harassment and drunken fights

Following the lead of presidential candidate Andrew Yang, cities in Wisconsin and elsewhere are providing residents a basic income. Will the trend grow?

Setting aside government money at birth for all children — sometimes referred to as “baby bonds” — has been tried both inside and outside of the United States, and even in Wisconsin. Not everyone is a fan.

Outagamie County Circuit Judge Vincent Biskupic has held dozens of review hearings stretching over years to push defendants to pay overdue court costs