The pandemic grace period has ended, along with the most generous repayment plan. Now, borrowers across the state are struggling to repay, and those who attended Wisconsin’s for-profit colleges are twice as likely to be delinquent on their loans.
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Posted inCommunity
Can Wisconsin voters void a returned absentee ballot? New lawsuit sends issue back to court
The Wisconsin Elections Commission said they can’t, contradicting its past guidance and legal arguments.
Posted inCommunity
Wisconsin’s Democratic primary for governor has changed a lot since January — and not much at all
Wisconsin Watch checked in with the five remaining candidates as they made their pitch to voters across the state.
Posted inEconomic Development
The public demanded data center news, and Wisconsin Watch is delivering
For the past six months we’ve produced multiple stories to inform the public debate about this hot topic.
Posted inEconomic Development, Health and Wellness
Can Wisconsin’s health apprenticeships become a national model? UW Health thinks so
To fill openings for nurses, surgical techs and more, UW Health pays staff to train for new health careers, on the clock. Now, as other states struggle to find enough health workers, the company wants to show them how it’s done.
Posted inPublic Safety & Criminal Justice
Scammers target injured Wisconsin workers with fake worker’s compensation hearings
Wisconsin officials warn that scammers are using fake worker’s compensation hearings to trick injured workers, most of them Spanish-speaking, into paying bogus fees.
Posted inEconomic Development
Oracle credit rating drops amid Wisconsin fight over data center credit rules
The downgrade comes as Oracle challenges state regulators’ decision to require companies with lower credit ratings to post millions in collateral for new data centers.
Posted inCommunity
As Democrats aim to retake the Wisconsin Legislature, here are the races we’re watching in the Aug. 11 primary
Control of the Legislature won’t be known until the Nov. 3 general election, but the primary could offer clues about who has momentum.
Posted inEconomic Development
Fight over who expands Wisconsin’s power grid heads to Washington
After losing a major transmission project to a startup, American Transmission Company asks federal regulators to reopen the bidding, escalating a fight over who will build — and profit from — Wisconsin’s grid expansion as data centers drive demand.
Posted inEconomic Development
In a Wisconsin land rush, data centers made them millionaires
Some sellers whose properties fetched several times the fair market value are dissatisfied, and their former neighbors aren’t happy either.