Archive | May 2010

Wisconsin InfoLink: Military links for Memorial Day

Wisconsin InfoLink is an almanac of Wisconsin facts and resources compiled by Ron Larson. Each week on the WisconsinWatch blog, Larson introduces us to one of these gems.
Next Monday, people around Wisconsin and the country will be celebrating Memorial Day with parades, cookouts, picnics and a day off from work. The primary significance of [...]

Wisconsin dairy farms are growing — along with their immigrant work forces
Wisconsin dairy farms are growing — along with their immigrant work forces

Wisconsin’s dairies are expanding, and they can’t do it without immigrant labor. Part 5 in our Dairyland Diversity project.

Wisconsin InfoLink: Health statistics

Wisconsin InfoLink is an almanac of Wisconsin facts and resources compiled by Ron Larson. Each week on the WisconsinWatch blog, Larson introduces us to one of these gems.
How healthy is Wisconsin? Let’s take the state’s temperature to find out. A good place to begin the diagnosis is the Health Statistics page at the Wisconsin Department [...]

News about us: Kudos to our UW grads

Props to two WisconsinWatch.org reporters who are graduating from UW-Madison.

New nonprofits are breaking investigations, but are they sustainable?

While “The New Investigators” are producing high-quality investigative journalism and are developing new models for collaboration, doubts remain about their economic viability.

Wisconsin InfoLink: The Herbarium

Learn to identify Wisconsin plants with the Wisconsin State Herbarium’s online resources.

News about us: Transparency in donations

We want you to know who’s supporting the Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism. That’s why the Center’s Board of Directors recently voted on a fund-raising policy that formalizes a practice we have been following – disclosing all the names of all our donors.

Chart: Wisconsin’s ever-more-efficient milk industry
Chart: Wisconsin’s ever-more-efficient milk industry

Chart: Wisconsin has fewer cows than ever, but they produce more milk than before.

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