Documents obtained by News 3 Now explain why Madison Police won't press charges in alleged hate crime incident
After the Madison Police Department closed its investigation into an alleged hate crime that happened in front of Portillo's on the city's east side, News 3 Now filed an open records request to obtain the documents disclosing why MPD did not follow through with criminal charges.
State lawmakers and vaccines: Who got one, who hasn't yet, and who won't get one
Many Republican and a few Democrat lawmakers in Wisconsin's legislature aren't disclosing whether they've had or plan to get the Covid-19 vaccine, in response to questions emailed to 130 Assembly and Senate lawmakers over the past week.
Records: PHMDC issues almost $200K in Covid-related fines to individuals, businesses in pandemic
Public health officials in Dane County have issued almost $200,000 in fines to businesses and individuals violating Dane County public health orders since last summer, a records request filed with Public Health Madison and Dane County shows.
Reopening the Tony Robinson Case: Grandmother starts petition to get MPD officer fired for perjury
The death of Tony Robinson made national headlines nearly six years ago. It's a day that Robinson's grandmother, Sharon Irwin Henry has never forgotten.
A Beloit restaurant worker died in a Covid-19 outbreak. Throughout the pandemic, worker protections often left behind
Loved by all who knew him, James “Yoda” Fisher of Beloit was just weeks away from his 42nd birthday when he died on November 22.
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Wisconsin's vaccine rollout consistently among slowest nationwide. What's working in other states?
Vaccination rates per state tracked by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have consistently ranked Wisconsin near the bottom for shots in arms per 100,000 in population.
Corporate giants pull funding from GOP lawmakers who voted to overturn election. Will Wisconsin-based business spenders follow suit?
A growing number of national companies heavily invested in political spending are distancing themselves or withdrawing support for members of Congress who voted last week to block the certification of President-Elect Joe Biden’s electoral victory. Some, like Facebook, Google and Microsoft, have announced plans to put all of their political donations on pause.
No safety net: How one disabled veteran fears losing Janesville home over $15K bill after city sewer line filled her basement
There's few headaches for homeowners that can match the stress of a sewage backup.
Investigation reports chronicle police, Jacob Blake's own accounts of knife during shooting
Investigation reports from the Wisconsin Department of Justice detail Jacob Blake's own account of the knife that played such a key role in an officer's decision to shoot him seven times on August 3 in Kenosha--and a prosecutor's decision not to charge the officer.
‘I was not sentenced to death’: As COVID-19 surges through Wisconsin prisons, New Lisbon inmates call for safer procedures
It’s a chilly afternoon in mid November outside the governor’s mansion in Madison, but Eugene Crisler’s young daughter isn’t deterred. Her older sister rests in the car, but she remains with her father as he fulfills a two-hour shift in an ongoing “sit-in” outside the residence.
34 dead from COVID-19 at King veterans nursing home as outbreak continues
In just the last six days, nine residents at the Wisconsin Veteran Affairs nursing home in King passed away from COVID-19. New death totals released Thursday show a total of 34 COVID-related deaths have occurred at the home since the pandemic began; across all three VA nursing homes in Wisconsin, 45 residents have died.
No, Wisconsin voter turnout wasn't 'improbably high.' Here's the facts about turnout calculations
In the wake of former Vice President Joe Biden's win in Wisconsin by 23,000 votes according to unofficial totals, theories have been flying from social media influencers that involve miscalculations of turnout or comparisons of turnout rates that aren’t equal. Frequently located outside Wisconsin and picking up traction within the state on Twitter and Facebook, accounts posting about “improbably high” turnout or theories of “more votes than registrations” lack both context and facts.
A pile of mailboxes: Tracking the spread of misinformation in Wisconsin
A self-described media junkie and active voter who’s passionate about liberal political causes, Keith Klein of Menomonee Falls recently started using Twitter heavily. In spite of himself, he occasionally succumbs to what he calls “Twitter rage.”
Madison woman files complaint against local KFC franchise owner after she was fired for not wearing company hat over hijab
A Madison woman is facing a legal battle with a KFC franchise owner, Mitra QSR, after she said she was fired from her job for not wearing a company-provided hat over her hijab.
Thousands of contact tracing calls later, Wisconsin struggles to meet the surging needs of local departments
As local health departments struggle to meet the demands of high daily case counts, Wisconsin's Department of Health Services says they've made several thousand contact tracing calls in the past month to alleviate the pressure.
As outbreaks in prisons grow, Wisconsin DOC continues to withhold COVID-19 death totals
Citing HIPAA laws, the Wisconsin Department of Corrections leaves it up to medical examiners and coroners to disclose inmate deaths of those who have tested positive for COVID-19.
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