Dee J. Hall
WisconsinWatch.org
Madison, WI, United States
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How and why Wisconsin Watch examined ways to improve jail voting
As part of its “Democracy on the Ballot” series, Wisconsin Watch is highlighting barriers to voting as part of its commitment to strengthening democracy → Read More
Focus on traumatic childhood helps victims heal and succeed
Wisconsin is part of a growing nationwide movement to adopt trauma-informed care, or using information about children’s troubled pasts to improve mental health, provide social services and address a wide → Read More
Behind the story: Why we delayed publication of our labor trafficking report
While journalists’ first inclination is to bring you the news as soon as we learn it, we decided to delay release of the story and to conceal Roberto’s identity to minimize harm. → Read More
Your Right to Know: Bill would block scrutiny of lottery winners
Shielding the names of winners would make it hard for the public and the media to figure out whether the lottery is on the up-and-up — or whether we are → Read More
We're hiring! Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism seeks 2019 interns
The award-winning Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism is seeking applicants for paid internships that will begin in March and June 2019. The Center is hiring one full-time investigative reporting intern, one part-time public engagement and marketing intern, and one full-time public engagement and marketing intern. → Read More
Critics call Wisconsin’s Medicaid fraud crackdown ‘bullying’
The state claims tens of millions in fraud in the Medicaid program, but some home care and family planning providers say their expenses are legitimate → Read More
Critics call Wisconsin’s Medicaid fraud crackdown ‘bullying’
The state claims tens of millions in fraud in the Medicaid program, but some home care and family planning providers say their expenses are legitimate. → Read More
Your Right to Know: Wisconsin lawmakers embrace secrecy, fast-tracking
On Dec. 5, after the package of GOP lame-duck bills passed, Gov.-elect Tony Evers called the GOP lawmakers “power-hungry” and accused them of overriding the will of voters “while hidden → Read More
Your Right to Know: Wisconsin lawmakers embrace secrecy, fast-tracking
Many people in Wisconsin feel state government is moving in the wrong direction, away from the citizenry and toward the interests of politicians and their financial backers. → Read More
Last-minute surprises and secretive moves hide Wisconsin lawmakers’ actions from public view
Anonymous budget amendments and ‘Body Snatcher’ bills give power to special interests and change the scope of legislation with no chance for public input. → Read More
Your Right to Know: Survey: Dems back more openness, GOP mostly mum
In advance of the Nov. 6 elections, the Wisconsin Freedom of Information Council surveyed candidates for state Assembly and Senate to gauge support for initiatives to require more openness by → Read More
Wisconsin to force parents to work for FoodShare, despite doubts about effectiveness
Gov. Scott Walker and the Republican-run Legislature expand work mandate to parents of school-age children and increase requirement to 30 hours a week → Read More
Wisconsin man, casualty of flawed hair forensics, latest to be exonerated
Charges against Richard Beranek were dropped after DNA proved hair and semen from rape were not his; junk hair analysis cause of numerous wrongful convictions. → Read More
Undemocratic: Secrecy and Power vs. The People Archives
This series examines the state of Wisconsin’s democracy in an era of gerrymandering, secret campaign money, restrictive voting laws and legislative maneuvers that weaken the power of regular citizens to influence government. The series was reported by University of Wisconsin-Madison journalism students Cathleen Draper, Nicole Ki, Pawan Naidu, Cameron Smith, Teodor Teofilov and CV Vitolo-Haddad… → Read More
Injured Wisconsin workers face higher hurdles when seeking compensation
Under a Gov. Scott Walker-appointed panel, appeals of worker’s compensation decisions are up, and a study shows more injured workers lost. → Read More
Wisconsin inmate says flawed FBI hair, fiber analysis forced him to take plea deal, 50-year prison term
In 1991, in a string of attacks, three women were sexually assaulted by a man in a ski mask in and around Baraboo, a Sauk County community just north of → Read More
Undocumented Workers Are The Backbone Of Dairies. Will Trump Change That?
DANE, Wis. — On a recent summer evening, dozens of farmers, public officials, dairy workers and rural residents took their seats in the lofty pole barn of Ripp’s Dairy Valley farm to talk about the health of Wisconsin’s dairy industry. The main topic of the night, pushed to the forefront by the election of President Donald Trump: immigration. “Well, it’s a hot topic, and every night on the news… → Read More
After 27 years, judge overturns rape conviction, cites flawed FBI hair analysis
Richard Beranek's conviction was overturned after serving 27 years in prison for sexual assault. His case is the latest in which flawed hair analysis by the FBI led to a wrongful conviction. → Read More
Wisconsin, U.S. used flawed hair evidence to convict innocent people
FBI admits errors in 90 percent of hair and fiber cases, including 13 in Wisconsin. Such errors are now a factor in one-fifth of all DNA exonerations. → Read More
Wisconsin inmates report despair, little counseling in solitary confinement that can stretch on for years
Prisoners recount suicide attempts, mental harm and lack of services in solitary confinement; former Waupun psychologist describes harsh treatment of inmates. → Read More