Wires and Fires*

Part 1: Electrical fires hit Black renters hardest. Nobody is held accountable.

Part 2: Frayed wires. Defective lights. Fire traps. What we found doing electrical inspections in one neighborhood.

Part 3: How your tax dollars keep renters in danger from faulty wiring.

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*Pulitzer Prize finalist for Public Service, 2022

1 military unit, 4 suicides

Four Wisconsin Natural Guardsmen went to Afghanistan together. All returned home safely. Within months, all took their own lives.

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The Landlord & the Tenant

A young mother rents a home near Milwaukee. The previous tenant tells her, "Baby, they shouldn't have let you move in."

Maricella's last breath

She died alone in a jail cell at age 16. Officials said they were devasted. They didn't admit they did anything wrong.

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The death of Nate Lindstrom

First came sex abuse allegations at the abbey. Then secret payments from the priests. Then a suicide.

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The long road home

A labor camp, a Super 8 and a 1,000-mile bus ride: How 1 in 14 migrant workers at a Wisconsin green bean canning plant died of Covid.

In the shadows

Part 1: Health care workers have been attacked in parking garages for decades. Why haven't hospitals done more to stop it?

Part 2: Hailed as heroes, hospital workers have been bitten, hit, kicked – and ignored.

Part 3: More hospitals are creating their own police forces, raising concerns about abuse.

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'Hero to zero'

The National Guard welcomes and promotes women. That is, until they report a sexual assault.

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Tainted drinking water

Journal Sentinel testing finds 30 percent of Wisconsin homes have high levels of 'forever chemicals.'

Delay, denial

The NFL's landmark concussion settlement leaves former players struggling for relief.

He was just 24

What led to the migrant worker's death from heat stroke?

Vulnerable veterans

Part 1: Wisconsin veterans home among most troubled in nation.

Part 2: Two deaths, including man who caught fire, underscore problems at veterans home.

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'Nobody cared'

Broad failures fueled Wisconsin's absentee ballot crisis.

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