Category: Investigations
Milwaukee Election Commission Still Hasn’t Released All Central Count Records 38 Days After Request
A new letter asks the Milwaukee Election Commission to produce the remaining records or explain...
Milwaukee Election Commission Hit With New Complaint Alleging “Pattern of Failures” in 2026 Primary
A new complaint filed with the Wisconsin Elections Commission says Milwaukee’s election...
Did Milwaukee Chief Election Inspectors Actually Review Election Night Activity at Central Count?
Hundreds of original EL‑104 forms from Milwaukee’s Central Count for the August partisan primary...
Milwaukee Election Commission Warns of “Months-Long” Delay for Primary Records
Get reporting like this in your inbox, free. After ten days of silence and a direct follow-up...
After Dairyland Sentinel Investigation, WMC and Lawmaker Call Out DPI for Overlooking Workforce Needs
Portrait of Deceit, Part II Wisconsin’s largest employer organization and state lawmakers are...
Portrait of Deceit: Public Records Prove DPI Misled Wisconsinites About “Portrait of a Graduate” Steering Committee
When State Superintendent Jill Underly launched Wisconsin’s “Portrait of a Graduate”...
DPI balks at oversight, accountability, transparency
By Brian Fraley, Dairyland Sentinel Publisher The stonewalling continues. For more than fifteen...
DOJ Prod Gets DPI to Release $8M Forward Exam Workplan & Waterpark Workshop Details
By Brian Fraley Dairyland Sentinel It took fourteen months, a mountain of ignored requests, the...
Nationalized Local Races: How a D.C. Alliance is Targeting Wisconsin City Races
A Washington, D.C.-based political organization has deployed more than $700,000 into Wisconsin’s...
Dairyland Sentinel Asks AG Kaul to Force DPI Open Records Compliance
The Dairyland Sentinel filed a formal request Tuesday asking Attorney General Josh Kaul to...
The Waterpark Department: DPI Pushes More Resort Conferences While Threatening Staff Layoffs
By Brian Fraley, Dairyland Sentinel The Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction is returning to...
DPI Stonewalls Public: Where’s the Secret Waterpark Workshop Contract?
By Dairyland Sentinel Publisher Brian Fraley DPI has a transparency problem that is quickly...
DPI response fails to make the grade
A Dairyland Sentinel perspectives column by Brian Fraley The Wisconsin Department of Public...
The list: Did an employee from your school attend the $368k dollar DPI waterpark conference?
By Brian Fraley, Publisher, Dairyland Sentinel When the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction...
Delayed DPI Records Reveal Taxpayers Soaked with $368K Water Park Resort Bill to Weaken State Exam Standards
By Brian Fraley, Dairyland Sentinel Publisher UPDATE 6:18pm As a result of Dairyland...
One Year Later: Dairyland Sentinel, Institute for Reforming Government Press DPI for Transparency on Forward Exam Changes
More than a year after first seeking public records related to changes to Wisconsin’s Forward Exam...
275 Days Later: Underly, DPI Still Withhold Public Records on Lowering of State Education Standards
As of Thursday, October 23, 2025, it will have been 275 days since the Dairyland Sentinel filed a...
64 Days Later: Underly, DPI Refuse to Grant Access to Public Records Surrounding Lowering of State Ed Standards
Originally Published March 26, 2025 Sixty-four days have passed since the Dairyland Sentinel filed...
