The pilot program was meant to offer an alternative route into the classroom, but program leaders are having trouble enticing school districts to take on more apprentices. And enrollment has ...

Overcrowding is particularly extreme in Wisconsin’s women’s prisons, two of which hold more than twice as many people as they were designed for. A new Wisconsin Watch tool, updated weekly, shows ...

State law currently says the practice is optional, which the League of Women Voters of Wisconsin argues leads to voters in different municipalities getting treated differently.

For four years, the city and county health department gave out pipes and other supplies to reduce the health risks of smoking drugs. Officials say the program worked. But it conflicted with state ...

Explore weekly prison population and capacity data for Wisconsin’s correctional system and each facility dating back to 2006.

The exhibition transforms a Green Bay park into a public gathering space for stories, portraits and community conversation.

After returning from her native New Zealand, Hortonville resident Everlee Wihongi was detained over a 2014 marijuana possession conviction. Immigration attorneys say similar low-level offenses are ...

Wisconsin’s minimum wage was last updated in July 2009 and remains at $7.25 per hour, according to the state Department of Workforce Development. That’s the same as the federal minimum wage, which was ...

Homelessness among Milwaukee’s older adults is rising due to a lack of resources, isolation and other systemic gaps. Leaders and health care workers are coming together to address the issue.

Milwaukee’s homelessness crisis is growing more visible, but advocates say there are still signs of progress. A few years ago, Milwaukee leaders said the city was on track to end family homelessness.

The Department of Justice has sued 30 states for access to their voter data, and eight of those lawsuits have now been dismissed.

Forty people take the oath of citizenship in a courtroom in Madison, Wis., including Griselda Solis de Drucker, front center, and Jeanne d’Arc Wydeven, front right. (Joe Tarr / WPR) A great way to ...