Joe Timmerman

2 months ago | civicmedia.us | David Hilzenrath |Jodie Fleischer |Joe Timmerman |Jimmie Kaska

For months, Republican lawmakers on the powerful Joint Finance Committee have cast doubt on the reauthorization of Wisconsin’s following a July state Supreme Court ruling that prohibited the legislative committee from blocking projects after the funds have been budgeted. A 2023 Wisconsin Watch investigation found that the GOP-controlled committee had increasingly used a secretive “pocket veto” power since Democratic Gov.

2 months ago | civicmedia.us | Hallie Claflin |Joe Timmerman |Jimmie Kaska |James Kelly

A year ago, a new head of Social Security set out to stop the agency from financially devastating many of the people it was meant to help. The agency had long made it a practice to reduce or halt benefit checks to recoup billions of dollars in payments it sent recipients but later said they never should have received.

Feb 5, 2025 | wisconsinwatch.org | Bennet Goldstein |Joe Timmerman |Trisha Young

Reading Time: 8 minutes Bennet Goldstein: Water cooler conversations rarely get as quirky as strategizing the best ways to obtain photographs of cute, occasionally destructive rodents. But for nearly a month it was all I could discuss. From equipment purchases to road trip plotting, our team’s preparation to spot a beaver was either a lesson in steadfast resolve or overkill.

Nov 6, 2024 | wisconsinwatch.org | Joe Timmerman |Julius Shieh |Bennet Goldstein

Reading Time: 3 minutesElection Day involves more than quickly marking a ballot and anxiously awaiting election returns. Filing dispatches from across Wisconsin during Tuesday’s general election, our reporters examined how residents participated in the democratic process. Voters and election workers brought joy, angst and purpose to the polls. In some cases images told their stories more powerfully than words.

May 17, 2024 | sports.yahoo.com | Mykal McEldowney |Joe Timmerman

IndyCar teams continue to test their cars on the track during 'Fast Friday' at IMS for the 108th running of the Indy 500. See the best photos here.