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Fact checking Kenosha shootings, violent protests one year later

Fact checking Kenosha shootings, violent protests one year later

By Vanessa Swales • August 24, 2021
Updating Evers' promises on tax cuts, education spending, expanding broadband and more

Updating Evers' promises on tax cuts, education spending, expanding broadband and more

By Madeline Heim • July 27, 2021
Are state legislators really seeking power to overrule the voters?

Are state legislators really seeking power to overrule the voters?

By Louis Jacobson • July 14, 2021
What Ron Johnson gets wrong about the COVID-19 vaccines

What Ron Johnson gets wrong about the COVID-19 vaccines

By Madeline Heim • April 23, 2021
Was ‘Democracy in the Park’ illegal?

Was ‘Democracy in the Park’ illegal?

By Eric Litke • March 10, 2021
Fact-checking Biden's Milwaukee visit

Fact-checking Biden's Milwaukee visit

By Eric Litke • February 17, 2021
A look back at our Act 10 fact checks

A look back at our Act 10 fact checks

By Eric Litke • February 9, 2021
Checking Evers' promises on Act 10, prisons, commissions

Checking Evers' promises on Act 10, prisons, commissions

By Eric Litke • January 22, 2021
9 key fact-checks about the 2020 presidential election in Wisconsin

9 key fact-checks about the 2020 presidential election in Wisconsin

By D.L. Davis • January 4, 2021
Pants on Fire in Review 2020 -- Wisconsin

Pants on Fire in Review 2020 -- Wisconsin

By Haley BeMiller • December 28, 2020
COVID-19 fact checks in review -- Wisconsin

COVID-19 fact checks in review -- Wisconsin

By Madeline Heim • December 28, 2020
Top Flip-O-Meter fact checks 2020 -- Wisconsin

Top Flip-O-Meter fact checks 2020 -- Wisconsin

By Haley BeMiller • December 28, 2020
Top 10 Kenosha-related fact checks of 2020

Top 10 Kenosha-related fact checks of 2020

By Eric Litke • December 28, 2020
Top election fact checks -- Wisconsin

Top election fact checks -- Wisconsin

By Haley BeMiller • December 24, 2020
Top 10 fact checks of 2020 -- Wisconsin

Top 10 fact checks of 2020 -- Wisconsin

By Eric Litke • December 24, 2020
Rudy Giuliani, Trump legal team push conspiracy theories, baseless claims about 2020 election

Rudy Giuliani, Trump legal team push conspiracy theories, baseless claims about 2020 election

By Samantha Putterman • November 20, 2020
Fact-checking Trump’s election fraud falsehoods in White House remarks

Fact-checking Trump’s election fraud falsehoods in White House remarks

By Daniel Funke • November 5, 2020
Fact-checking the avalanche of Wisconsin election misinformation

Fact-checking the avalanche of Wisconsin election misinformation

By Madeline Heim • November 4, 2020
Split in voting methods puts COVID, mail center stage in Wisconsin

Split in voting methods puts COVID, mail center stage in Wisconsin

By Eric Litke • October 10, 2020
Here’s what Tucker Carlson got wrong about the Kenosha shootings

Here’s what Tucker Carlson got wrong about the Kenosha shootings

By Eric Litke • September 23, 2020