The public is invited to examine the first online archive of top state officials’ 2011 financial disclosure forms, now posted on Wisconsin Watch, the website for the Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism.

“Governor Walk, Hang in there, the American people are behind you, with you, and praying for you, don`t let those union scum sucking thugs push you around …” A selection of emails sent to Gov. Scott Walker from Feb. 11 to Feb. 18, 2011.

A six-month examination of more than 150,000 reports filed by pilots and others in the aviation industry over the past 20 years reveals surprising and sometimes shocking safety breaches and close calls at local, regional and major airports throughout the country.

Opengovernment.org, a promising new tool that tries to scrape pretty much everything you could want to know about the Wisconsin state legislature.

The situation facing Dane County indicates a problem that pervades the whole  state.

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 [...]

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

There are far fewer accidents involving canoes and rowboats than motorized boats, but those that are reported are far more likely to be deadly.