Megan O'Matz
Reporter at ProPublica
Reporter for @ProPublica, now covering Wisconsin. Formerly of @SunSentinel in South Florida. Signal: (954) 873-7576. [email protected]
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3 weeks ago |
alternet.org | Megan O'Matz
Push NotificationTen years ago, when Wisconsin lawmakers approved a bill to allow unlimited spending in state elections, only one Republican voted no. “I just thought big money was an evil, a curse on our politics,” former state Sen. Robert Cowles said recently of his 2015 decision to buck his party. As Wisconsin voters head to the polls next week to choose a new state Supreme Court justice, Cowles stands by his assessment.
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3 weeks ago |
pbswisconsin.org | Megan O'Matz
This story was originally published by ProPublica, which is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign up for The Big Story newsletter to receive stories like this one in your inbox. In 2015, when Wisconsin lawmakers approved a bill to allow unlimited spending in state elections, only one Republican voted no. “I just thought big money was an evil, a curse on our politics,” former state Sen. Robert Cowles said recently of his decision that year to buck his party.
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3 weeks ago |
rawstory.com | Megan O'Matz
ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign up for The Big Story newsletter to receive stories like this one in your inbox. Ten years ago, when Wisconsin lawmakers approved a bill to allow unlimited spending in state elections, only one Republican voted no. “I just thought big money was an evil, a curse on our politics,” former state Sen. Robert Cowles said recently of his 2015 decision to buck his party.
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Oct 28, 2024 |
pbswisconsin.org | Jennifer Richards |Megan O'Matz
This story was originally published by ProPublica, which is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign up for The Big Story newsletter to receive stories like this one in your inbox. One by one, Catholic dioceses in key presidential swing states are putting out unusual statements: Newspapers whose titles include the word Catholic that are showing up in people’s mailboxes aren’t what they seem and aren’t connected to the church.
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Oct 20, 2024 |
wisconsinwatch.org | Jennifer Richards |Megan O'Matz
Reading Time: 6 minutesProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up for Dispatches, a newsletter that spotlights wrongdoing around the country, to receive our stories in your inbox every week. Click here to read highlights from the storySwing state voters across the U.S. are being mailed Catholic Tribunes. They’re neither church-affiliated nor legitimate news.
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