Reporter covering hospitals and health care for @journalsentinel. Former @Report4America, @TheMarionStar, @GFHerald, @Enquirer. Hablo español. Data nerd.
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This morning, Wisconsin gubernatorial candidate Tom Tiffany's campaign barred two Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reporters from entry to a campaign event, because the campaign didn't like the newspaper's coverage 👇🧵
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Save Sept. 30 to celebrate longtime Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reporter Dan Bice. This event will launch the @MKEPressClub Endowment fundraising campaign in his honor to support an investigative reporting internship. 5 p.m., The Fitzgerald, 1119 N. Marshall St.
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The journalist Shelly Kittleson was kidnapped earlier this year by one of the most powerful armed factions in Iraq. “If I tried to escape, I was told, I would be killed,” she writes.
Kittleson recounts her captivity, and how she was eventually released: theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0…
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A major US newspaper publisher is rolling out an AI-generated content farm that will use the bylines of real reporters without their consent.
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In Dismissed, the @CapTimes revealed extensive gaps in how Wisconsin handles educator sexual misconduct and grooming
Here are 7 ways state officials could fix that by adopting laws used in other states, like banning NDAs between schools and employees:
captimes.com/news/education/…
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Wisconsin at risk of measles outbreak. Its kindergartner vaccination rates among lowest in U.S. jsonline.com/story/news/2025… via @SarahVolp
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I’ve read quite a few university investigative reports and this strays far from the others in how it was handled.
UW-Milwaukee flip-flops on inquiry into whether professor Margaret Noodin misled people about her Indigenous identity, after asking one of Noodin's biggest defenders for an "expert review."
By @KellyMeyerhofer, @vaisvilas_frank and @SarahVolp:
jsonline.com/story/news/educ…
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'Dramatic changes,' new leaders needed at Milwaukee Housing Authority, says Ald. José Pérez jsonline.com/story/news/loca… via @g_redsten
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What we know about the cyberattack on Ascension facilities in Wisconsin and the ransomware known as "Black Basta." @SarahVolp breaks it down:
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An important and deeply reported story from @g_redsten on the conditions in the Golda Meir House on Milwaukee's east side
Woman found decomposed in Milwaukee senior housing, raising questions for HUD, owners jsonline.com/story/money/bus…
Updated today - the former caregiver of the Helping Hands group home has been charged with intentional abuse of a patient. With @tamiafowlkes
A caregiver at a group home in Milwaukee has been arrested after reports of battery and resident abuse were made to Milwaukee police. Latest for @journalsentinel with @SarahVolp.
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Wisconsin residents can get free, at-home COVID-19 tests mailed to their home again jsonline.com/story/news/heal… via @journalsentinel @SarahVolp
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If you haven't read this article yet, you should, because it articulates clearly the losses that newsrooms, including ours, have faced in the past few years.
We are fighting for the future of our paper. You can help us.
"It’s as if, instead of merging America’s two largest newspaper chains, one of them was simply wiped off the face of the earth." @jbenton on the latest astonishing-in-a-bad-way numbers from Gannett buff.ly/3kZFcw6
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Wisconsin's youth prison was still struggling with staffing shortages this fall, leading to concerns about safety and youth wellbeing at the facility, according to the latest report by a court-ordered monitor. jsonline.com/story/news/loca… via @SarahVolp
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Meet Sesame Street’s new Muppets, on screens now thanks to Milwaukee’s Rohingya community jsonline.com/story/news/educ… via @RoryLinnane & @SarahVolp
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Asthma data from Wisconsin Hospital Association shows kids who live in 53205 in MKE visit the ER for asthma 20x more than kids living a 15-minute drive away in Whitefish Bay
One of many eye-opening stats in @talisseer's series:
jsonline.com/in-depth/news/h…
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Word of a youth prison coming to Milwaukee's northwest side brings mixed reactions from neighbors who just learned the news jsonline.com/story/news/loca… via @AlisonDirr & @SarahVolp
Menominee tribe will partner with Hard Rock in its latest bid to open a casino complex in Kenosha
Tribes are limited in the taxes they can impose & often rely on gaming revenue to fund social services, tribal courts & other programs
jsonline.com/story/money/bus… via @journalsentinel
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Important and deeply reported story from @SarahVolp. A must-read.
'People need to know what happened': Wisconsin tribes, families welcome federal scrutiny of Indian boarding school system jsonline.com/story/news/2022…
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Interested in evaluating a state veterans home for your loved one? Check out the look-up tool created by @DaphneChen_ ... It showed the home in Union Grove ranks among the worst for violations and fines.
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