Erin McGroarty
@erinmcgroarty.bsky.social
Policy and health for the @captimes.com | 2025 IWMF Ukraine fellow | @uwethics.bsky.social board member | Bylines: Wisconsin Watch , Poynter, Chicago Reader, Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, Juneau Empire. Signal: erinmcgroarty.608
Dr. Adam Brinkman wasn't on call on Dec. 16, 2024. He began his day attending to scheduled clinic patients. But, by 11 a.m., he had initiated mass casualty protocol for the hospital, preparing to intake a then-unclear number of critically wounded children. captimes.com/news/communi...
Madison emergency doctors remember ‘horrifying’ Abundant Life shooting
Nearly one year after a student opened fire on children and teachers at Abundant Life Christian School, three doctors who responded share their stories.
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November 25, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Dr. Adam Brinkman wasn't on call on Dec. 16, 2024. He began his day attending to scheduled clinic patients. But, by 11 a.m., he had initiated mass casualty protocol for the hospital, preparing to intake a then-unclear number of critically wounded children. captimes.com/news/communi...
My colleagues and I at @captimes.com want to continue doing great journalism in 2026, but we need your help! We just launched our winter membership drive with the goal to raise $60,000 by the end of the year. Help us get there by contributing today: capitaltimes.fundjournalism.org/contribute/?...
November 24, 2025 at 5:20 PM
My colleagues and I at @captimes.com want to continue doing great journalism in 2026, but we need your help! We just launched our winter membership drive with the goal to raise $60,000 by the end of the year. Help us get there by contributing today: capitaltimes.fundjournalism.org/contribute/?...
The goal of the proposal is specifically to allow those who qualified for former President Barack Obama's Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program to apply for occupational licenses necessary to work as teachers, registered nurses and certain other professions in Wisconsin.
A bipartisan group of Wisconsin lawmakers says DACA recipients having licenses for professions like nursing will help fill workforce shortages.
Bill would give DACA recipients access to professional licenses
A bipartisan group of Wisconsin lawmakers says DACA recipients having licenses for professions like nursing will help fill workforce shortages.
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November 19, 2025 at 7:32 PM
The goal of the proposal is specifically to allow those who qualified for former President Barack Obama's Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program to apply for occupational licenses necessary to work as teachers, registered nurses and certain other professions in Wisconsin.
Reposted by Erin McGroarty
The window for nominations for the 2026 Anthony Shadid Award for Journalism Ethics opens today! Winners will receive $10,000 and will be honored at a ceremony in Washington, DC, on April 20, 2026. Full nomination info here: ethics.sjmc.wisc.edu/shadid-award...
November 11, 2025 at 5:08 PM
The window for nominations for the 2026 Anthony Shadid Award for Journalism Ethics opens today! Winners will receive $10,000 and will be honored at a ceremony in Washington, DC, on April 20, 2026. Full nomination info here: ethics.sjmc.wisc.edu/shadid-award...
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The Grow Academy near Fitchburg hopes to expand its program for boys as evidence shows the alternative to incarceration works.
Innovative juvenile corrections program is growing roots
The Grow Academy near Fitchburg hopes to expand its program for boys as evidence shows the alternative to incarceration works.
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November 5, 2025 at 3:00 PM
The Grow Academy near Fitchburg hopes to expand its program for boys as evidence shows the alternative to incarceration works.
Reposted by Erin McGroarty
UnityPoint Health-Meriter Hospital and UW Health Hospital opened a center to train nurses, doctors and other health workers on simulated babies.
With VR and mannequins, Madison hospital staff learn to treat newborns
UnityPoint Health-Meriter Hospital and UW Health Hospital opened a center to train nurses, doctors and other health workers on simulated babies.
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November 5, 2025 at 3:59 PM
UnityPoint Health-Meriter Hospital and UW Health Hospital opened a center to train nurses, doctors and other health workers on simulated babies.
Reposted by Erin McGroarty
Sen. Jesse James says his own experience informed a bill to give Medicaid coverage for mental health and addiction to some Wisconsin prisoners.
A senator’s sobriety journey sparks bill to give Medicaid to prisoners
Sen. Jesse James says his own experience informed a bill to give Medicaid coverage for mental health and addiction to some Wisconsin prisoners.
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November 6, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Sen. Jesse James says his own experience informed a bill to give Medicaid coverage for mental health and addiction to some Wisconsin prisoners.
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A Wisconsin Hospital Association report shows unpaid medical care has increased again. An exodus from costly health care plans could make it worse.
Wisconsin hospital debt rises, report says. ACA fight could worsen it.
A Wisconsin Hospital Association report shows unpaid medical care has increased again. An exodus from costly health care plans could make it worse.
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November 10, 2025 at 3:58 PM
A Wisconsin Hospital Association report shows unpaid medical care has increased again. An exodus from costly health care plans could make it worse.
A Madison family is in shock after ICE agents arrested their nanny of two and half years in Milwaukee last week, the latest local residents to feel the effects of President Donald Trump’s continued immigration crackdown.
My latest:
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My latest:
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ICE arrests Madison nanny in Milwaukee: ‘Like losing another member of our family’
A Madison family is reeling after the ICE arrest of their nanny and her husband in Milwaukee. The Venezuelan couple’s asylum case was pending but ICE says they were here
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October 31, 2025 at 3:55 PM
A Madison family is in shock after ICE agents arrested their nanny of two and half years in Milwaukee last week, the latest local residents to feel the effects of President Donald Trump’s continued immigration crackdown.
My latest:
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My latest:
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The federal government shutdown means food assistance runs dry this weekend. Locals are turning to mutual aid to keep their neighbors fed.
As SNAP benefits run out, look for Madison’s helpers
The federal government shutdown means food assistance runs dry this weekend. Locals are turning to mutual aid to keep their neighbors fed.
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October 31, 2025 at 12:01 PM
The federal government shutdown means food assistance runs dry this weekend. Locals are turning to mutual aid to keep their neighbors fed.
Reposted by Erin McGroarty
Madison City Council Ald. Dina Nina Martinez-Rutherford would replace state Rep. Francesca Hong. Former Ald. Juliana Bennett also is running for the Assembly seat.
Madison alder could be first transgender member of Legislature
Madison City Council Ald. Dina Nina Martinez-Rutherford would replace state Rep. Francesca Hong. Former Ald. Juliana Bennett also is running for the Assembly seat.
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October 21, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Madison City Council Ald. Dina Nina Martinez-Rutherford would replace state Rep. Francesca Hong. Former Ald. Juliana Bennett also is running for the Assembly seat.
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A Ukrainian family that had settled in Wisconsin decided to move back to Ukraine, despite the war. "Their home country supports its citizens with more housing affordability, health care and social services than the United States does."
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October 2, 2025 at 6:31 PM
A Ukrainian family that had settled in Wisconsin decided to move back to Ukraine, despite the war. "Their home country supports its citizens with more housing affordability, health care and social services than the United States does."
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The former Democratic vice presidential nominee returned to Madison for Cap Times Idea Fest, hailed as a progressive hero rather than a failed candidate.
Tim Walz captivates Madison audience, talking politics and decency
The former Democratic vice presidential nominee returned to Madison for Cap Times Idea Fest, hailed as a progressive hero rather than a failed candidate.
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September 13, 2025 at 10:03 AM
The former Democratic vice presidential nominee returned to Madison for Cap Times Idea Fest, hailed as a progressive hero rather than a failed candidate.
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To untangle the oil pipeline’s complicated legal history and find out what’s next in the fight to stop Enbridge’s proposed reroute, @fayeparks.bsky.social sat down with @erinmcgroarty.bsky.social.
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Line 5 legal battle is far from over, Cap Times reports - WORT-FM 89.9
Erin McGroarty joins WORT to help untangle the oil pipeline’s complicated legal history – and explain what’s next in the fight to stop the proposed reroute.
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September 11, 2025 at 11:24 PM
To untangle the oil pipeline’s complicated legal history and find out what’s next in the fight to stop Enbridge’s proposed reroute, @fayeparks.bsky.social sat down with @erinmcgroarty.bsky.social.
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Tribal members have long contended a major pipeline that carries crude oil and liquid natural gas through the reservation risks contaminating those wetlands and the waters where the rice grows, and that its continued use has been illegal for 12 years.
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Oil and water: What happens next in the fight over Line 5?
The Wisconsin DNR has OK’d Enbridge’s plans to reroute Line 5 around the Bad River Reservation, but environmentalists and tribes want the line shut down.
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September 11, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Tribal members have long contended a major pipeline that carries crude oil and liquid natural gas through the reservation risks contaminating those wetlands and the waters where the rice grows, and that its continued use has been illegal for 12 years.
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My latest
The Wisconsin DNR has OK’d Enbridge’s plans to reroute Line 5 around the Bad River Reservation, but environmentalists and tribes want the line shut down.
Oil and water: What happens next in the fight over Line 5?
The Wisconsin DNR has OK’d Enbridge’s plans to reroute Line 5 around the Bad River Reservation, but environmentalists and tribes want the line shut down.
captimes.com
September 10, 2025 at 9:59 PM
My latest
Conservative Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Rebecca Bradley will not seek reelection, leaving the 2026 race open to a new Republican choice to run against Appeals Court Judge Chris Taylor for the race that could expand the liberal majority on the bench.
August 29, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Conservative Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Rebecca Bradley will not seek reelection, leaving the 2026 race open to a new Republican choice to run against Appeals Court Judge Chris Taylor for the race that could expand the liberal majority on the bench.
Vance touts Trump tax cuts in Wisconsin; experts see more pain than gain. My latest for @captimes.com captimes.com/news/governm...
Vance touts Trump tax cuts in Wisconsin; experts see more pain than gain
Vice President JD Vance boasted tax cut benefits in the federal reconciliation bill to supporters in La Crosse Thursday. Economists warn of drawbacks.
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August 29, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Vance touts Trump tax cuts in Wisconsin; experts see more pain than gain. My latest for @captimes.com captimes.com/news/governm...
Another article by one of my Youth Press Corps students!
Sens. Kelda Roys and Melissa Ratcliff represent Dane County but both say policies should benefit state residents as a whole — not just their constituents.
Dane County senators say rural Wisconsin is getting stiffed
Sens. Kelda Roys and Melissa Ratcliff represent Dane County but both say policies should benefit state residents as a whole — not just their constituents.
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August 26, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Another article by one of my Youth Press Corps students!
Another thoughtful article by one of my students who participated in the Youth Press Corps summer journalism camp earlier this month.
Campus protesters say the keffiyeh, a checkered headscarf that is a symbol of Palestinian resistance and pride, has also become a target for backlash.
The keffiyeh and pro-Palestinian campus protests
Campus protesters say the keffiyeh, a checkered headscarf that is a symbol of Palestinian resistance and pride, has also become a target for backlash.
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August 26, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Another thoughtful article by one of my students who participated in the Youth Press Corps summer journalism camp earlier this month.
Read this piece by one of my Youth Press Corps students!
As detentions of undocumented immigrants increase nationwide, one immigration attorney says Madisonians need to know their rights.
ICE raids could come to Madison, attorney says — here’s how to prepare
As detentions of undocumented immigrants increase nationwide, one immigration attorney says Madisonians need to know their rights.
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August 26, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Read this piece by one of my Youth Press Corps students!
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Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders rallied with Democrat Rebecca Cooke in Viroqua Saturday as Cooke hopes to oust Republican U.S. Rep. Derrick Van Orden.
Bernie Sanders adds star power to Rebecca Cooke's battle with Van Orden
Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders rallied with Democrat Rebecca Cooke in Viroqua Saturday as Cooke hopes to oust Republican U.S. Rep. Derrick Van Orden.
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August 23, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders rallied with Democrat Rebecca Cooke in Viroqua Saturday as Cooke hopes to oust Republican U.S. Rep. Derrick Van Orden.
Folks are filing into the rally in Viroqua with @sanders.senate.gov and Rebecca Cooke. More on @captimes.com later.
August 23, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Folks are filing into the rally in Viroqua with @sanders.senate.gov and Rebecca Cooke. More on @captimes.com later.
Wisconsin’s secretary of state wants to be lieutenant governor. Here’s how those jobs differ. captimes.com/news/electio...
Wisconsin’s secretary of state wants to be lieutenant governor. Here’s how those jobs differ.
In an office that currently holds few official duties, Sarah Godlewski says she is running for a position that can make a difference.
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August 21, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Wisconsin’s secretary of state wants to be lieutenant governor. Here’s how those jobs differ. captimes.com/news/electio...
. @sarahgodlewski.bsky.social says she’s proud of her work as former state treasurer and now Secretary of State. “Service has been a part of who I am since I was really young,” she says as she announced her campaign for lt gov
August 20, 2025 at 3:12 PM
. @sarahgodlewski.bsky.social says she’s proud of her work as former state treasurer and now Secretary of State. “Service has been a part of who I am since I was really young,” she says as she announced her campaign for lt gov