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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
Fact-checking the controversy over the USPS voting mailer

Fact-checking the controversy over the USPS voting mailer

By Amy Sherman • September 15, 2020
Fact-checking Joe Biden's visit to Kenosha - on Trump, race, taxes and COVID-19

Fact-checking Joe Biden's visit to Kenosha - on Trump, race, taxes and COVID-19

By Madeline Heim • September 3, 2020
Fact-checking the Kenosha shootings involving Jacob Blake, Kyle Rittenhouse

Fact-checking the Kenosha shootings involving Jacob Blake, Kyle Rittenhouse

By Eric Litke • August 28, 2020
What we know about Jacob Blake's shooting in Kenosha, Wis.

What we know about Jacob Blake's shooting in Kenosha, Wis.

By Daniel Funke • August 27, 2020
Taking a look at claims as Republicans gather soon to nominate Trump for a second term

Taking a look at claims as Republicans gather soon to nominate Trump for a second term

By Haley BeMiller • August 21, 2020
Fact-checking Donald Trump’s visit to Oshkosh

Fact-checking Donald Trump’s visit to Oshkosh

By Eric Litke • August 17, 2020
Looking at claims from Biden and other Democrats as DNC is poised to get underway

Looking at claims from Biden and other Democrats as DNC is poised to get underway

By Haley BeMiller • August 14, 2020