Reporter covering hospitals and health care for @journalsentinel. Former @Report4America, @TheMarionStar, @GFHerald, @Enquirer. Hablo español. Data nerd.
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: https://t.co/TFjA8c18wz
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:
https://t.co/zAXxysv7wi
What we know about the cyberattack on Ascension facilities in Wisconsin and the ransomware known as "Black Basta." @SarahVolp breaks it down:
https://t.co/5WJzchG6kP
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 https://t.co/yLdD8NDO6X
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.
https://t.co/n6u7IajILC
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.
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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. https://t.co/Ygo1KS5mHV via @SarahVolp
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:
https://t.co/tq7oZTEQ1k
Word of a youth prison coming to Milwaukee's northwest side brings mixed reactions from neighbors who just learned the news https://t.co/yVa0isZbXG 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
https://t.co/tn1reerxSj via @journalsentinel
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 https://t.co/AmNhZYJKbc
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.
If the draft opinion overturning Roe holds, abortion will immediately become illegal in Wisconsin because of a 19th century law.
Here’s where the candidates for governor stand on abortion:
https://t.co/0q4pOw1AQP