
Matthew DeFour
State Bureau Chief at Wisconsin Watch
State Bureau Chief for Wisconsin Watch. It's no wonder truth is stranger than fiction. Fiction has to make sense.
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1 week ago |
wisconsinwatch.org | Matthew DeFour
Reading Time: < 1 minute A common idea in recent years among the information-hungry public is “doing your own research.” People have lost trust in traditional news sources, so they scour the dark, fact-lacking corners of the internet to find out what’s really going on. I call this the bucket brigade approach to information gathering. It can work, but it doesn’t make much sense in other areas of modern life.
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1 month ago |
wisconsinwatch.org | Alanna Durkin Richer |Devi Shastri |Matthew DeFour
Reading Time: 3 minutes Wisconsin Watch is a nonprofit and nonpartisan newsroom. Subscribe to our newsletters to get our investigative stories and Friday news roundup. This story is published in partnership with The Associated Press. The FBI on Friday arrested a Milwaukee judge accused of helping a man evade immigration authorities, escalating a clash between the Trump administration and the judiciary over the Republican president’s sweeping immigration crackdown.
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1 month ago |
wisconsinwatch.org | Matthew DeFour
Reading Time: 2 minutes If you want to understand how Wisconsin Supreme Court elections became so political — with a record $100 million spent on this year’s nasty contest — it’s helpful to trace the history of former Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Michael Gableman. Gableman’s career began full of promise, diligence and ambition.
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2 months ago |
civicmedia.us | Matthew DeFour |Adam Hess |Savanna Tomei-Olson |Teri Barr
WAUSAU, Wis. (WXCO) – Ice coated the mountain in Marathon county, as the storm blew through snapping trees and closing business. Cleanup is underway after the north eastern part of the state was hit with a devastating ice storm. Up to a half inch of ice wrapped trees, snapping and crashing them to the ground. It knocked out power for plenty in the Northwoods, with over 35,000 customers still waiting for power on Monday evening.
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2 months ago |
waukradio.com | Matthew DeFour |Adam Hess |Savanna Tomei-Olson |Jimmie Kaska
Wisconsin voters are at the center of a high-stakes election on April 1st. All eyes are on the heated race between former Republican Attorney General Brad Schimel and Judge Susan Crawford for a seat on the State Supreme Court. National figures like Elon Musk are pouring millions into campaign ads and both candidates are scrambling for every vote.
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Here’s what Susan Crawford’s state Supreme Court win means for Wisconsin https://t.co/iootTUT6uC

There were many signs that Susan Crawford was on track to win this election, but when it became a referendum on Elon Musk there was really no amount of money that could change the outcome. People are literally burning Teslas in the streets.