Chris Rickert's most excellent 5 stories from 2022
Elections and the city of Madison's continued grappling with race and policing were what most triggered my reporting chops in 2022.
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At the same time, when margins of victory are narrow, voter ID can lower turnout — especially among poor and nonwhite voters, some research suggests.
The City Council ultimately voted 11-9 at about 4 a.m. to let the city begin preparations for a yearlong body-worn camera pilot program.
This fact-check did not keep the national media from continuing to parrot the Michels-will-suspend-democracy canard.
Madison pays price for City Council's endorsement of racial quotas.
It wasn't hard to be suspicious of alleged 100% turnout at Wisconsin nursing homes — or anywhere else.
At the same time, when margins of victory are narrow, voter ID can lower turnout — especially among poor and nonwhite voters, some research suggests.
The City Council ultimately voted 11-9 at about 4 a.m. to let the city begin preparations for a yearlong body-worn camera pilot program.
This fact-check did not keep the national media from continuing to parrot the Michels-will-suspend-democracy canard.
Madison pays price for City Council's endorsement of racial quotas.
It wasn't hard to be suspicious of alleged 100% turnout at Wisconsin nursing homes — or anywhere else.
Madison police said they are investigating the death of an infant after a call to a home on Friday night.
Tax assessors for Delavan properly excluded comparable dark-store valuations when setting a new property tax rate for a Lowe's Home Center in 2013, the Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled.
Former UW-Madison graduate student Arvin Raj Mathur is charged with interstate or foreign threat to injure after authorities say he emailed threats from outside the U.S. to nine Wisconsin residents
Arvin Raj Mathur will remain in custody and be transported to Wisconsin from Michigan to face a charge of making threats against people at the school.
The organization, not named in the indictment, found the email account of an employee had been compromised.
“So many wonderful people lost their stuff,” said longtime artist Jaroslava Sobiskova, whose art studio, husband's carpentry supplies and children's possessions burned in the fire.
The attacker left before police arrived, but probable cause was developed to arrest her for simple battery and disorderly conduct, police said.
Grace Martin, 22, and Kayley Meissner, 19, could face up to 35 years in prison in the violent protest at a police training being built outside Atlanta.
Police have said the shootings stemmed from a long-standing dispute between two groups.
The vehicle was found about 8:45 a.m. Monday and a ping of the boy’s cell phone led authorities to search an area near Highway 12 and the Sauk Hill.
