For the past 13 years, the Salcherts have adopted five children who have terminal prognoses. They hope to give the children love and a comforting home.

As the cost of everything, especially energy, increases, nonprofit organizations stockpile wood to help neighbors stay home through winter.

Jon Henkes is president and CEO of WisconsinEye. WisconsinEye needs to raise $250,000 (three months of its operating budget) ...

Chinese state-backed money is remaking the hemisphere’s ports, reshaping grain routes to Asia and squeezing U.S. farmers as tariffs deepen the split with Washington.

WisconsinEye needs to raise $250,000 (three months of its operating budget) to bridge a financial gap and allow state Capitol programming to resume.

Wisconsin Watch is a project of the Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism (WCIJ Inc.) — a 501 (c) (3) nonprofit ...

Residents fear a wave of long-distance transmission projects for data centers threatens old-growth forests and pristine waters ...

The Social Development Commission spent 2025 trying to restore services and funding in the face of legal challenges, board friction and government audits and reviews.

The Trump administration has announced $12 billion in relief for farmers, but that won’t cover all their losses.

We asked each Wisconsin Watch reporter to pick a favorite story written by another colleague on staff. Here were their picks.

Before aging out of the foster care system, Avenues West resident Angel Shelton never knew her struggles were meant for a greater purpose. She now guides efforts to improve the lives of youths in ...

Wisconsin Watch published 83 original fact briefs this year. Fact briefs are 150-word answers to yes/no questions based on surprising or dubious statements made by politicians or other information ...