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Isiah Holmes
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Wisconsin Examiner journalist, covering all things Wisconsin like environment/climate, housing, drug policy, and criminal justice, surveillance, etc. A refugee from the corrupted husk once known as Twitter. https://wisconsinexaminer.com/
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Protesters demonstrate outside new ICE detention building in Milwaukee. Via @isiahholmes.bsky.social.
Protesters demonstrate outside new ICE detention building in Milwaukee • Wisconsin Examiner
Protesters gathered to denounce construction of new ICE facility in Milwaukee on Saturday on the Northwest side.
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November 17, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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@isiahholmes.bsky.social covers the criminal complaint against a police chief charged with using department cameras to spy on his wife
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Reporter @isiahholmes.bsky.social dives into the felony criminal complaint vs. the Greenfield police chief accused of using police surveillance equipment to monitor his home during the course of his divorce. (Wait till you get to the part about the anonymous call to the PD!)
Greenfield police chief faces felony charges for misconduct in public office • Wisconsin Examiner
The Greenfield Police Chief is charged for attempting to install a department-owned pole camera at his house, among other reported issues.
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November 12, 2025 at 5:55 PM
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Bills aim to address ‘inhumane’ conditions in Wisconsin prisons and jails. @IsiahHolmes.bsky.social has the details.
Bills aim to address ‘inhumane’ conditions in Wisconsin prisons and jails • Wisconsin Examiner
A package of bills to help improve certain conditions for people housed within prisons and jails statewide was introduced in Milwaukee.
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November 11, 2025 at 6:30 PM
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USDA revises SNAP benefit amounts during shutdown, admitting miscalculation wisconsinexaminer.com/2025/11/06/r...
USDA revises SNAP benefit amounts during shutdown after admitting miscalculation • Wisconsin Examiner
USDA miscalculated SNAP benefit payments to account for a lack of full funding during the government shutdown
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November 6, 2025 at 6:16 PM
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ICYMI: Via @henry-redman.bsky.social, Immigrant advocates, ACLU criticize Marathon County ICE cooperation
Immigrant advocates, ACLU criticize Marathon County ICE cooperation • Wisconsin Examiner
The Marathon County Sheriff has partnered with ICE to detain migrants in the county jail, raising complaints from immigrant advocates.
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November 6, 2025 at 6:30 PM
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New bill in the Wisconsin Legislature seeks to regulate data center construction via @henry-redman.bsky.social wisconsinexaminer.com/2025/11/06/d...
Democratic lawmakers propose ‘policy framework’ for Wisconsin data center construction • Wisconsin Examiner
A pair of Democratic lawmakers have introduced a bill to regulate how Wisconsin handles the growth of data centers across the state.
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November 6, 2025 at 9:32 PM
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Must read story from @isiahholmes.bsky.social on Milwaukee's racist history and the lasting legacy of housing covenants. More to come.
November 7, 2025 at 5:46 PM
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UW project maps Milwaukee’s history of racist housing covenants. @isiahholmes.bsky.social reports on the researchers' work.

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UW project maps Milwaukee’s history of racist housing covenants • Wisconsin Examiner
UW-Milwaukee professors will be presenting "Mapping Racism and Resistance", a project detailing racial housing covenants, on Nov. 8.
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November 6, 2025 at 3:51 PM
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Milwaukee food center sees increased need. @isiahholmes.bsky.social puts a human face on the politics around SNAP's food assistance pause.
Milwaukee food center sees increased need • Wisconsin Examiner
Rooted & Rising, a food pantry on Milwaukee's North Side, has seen increasing numbers of people needing food assistance over the last year.
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November 4, 2025 at 9:00 PM
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President Donald Trump backtracked Tuesday on a pledge by his administration in court filings to partially fund November food assistance wisconsinexaminer.com/2025/11/04/r...
A defiant Trump vows no SNAP payments until Democrats cave on shutdown • Wisconsin Examiner
President Donald Trump backtracked Tuesday on a pledge by his administration in court filings to partially fund November food assistance
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November 4, 2025 at 8:40 PM
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While some states fight to restore Title X family planning funding, Idaho chooses to forfeit it
While some states fight to restore Title X family planning funding, Idaho chooses to forfeit it • Wisconsin Examiner
Idaho declined $1.5 million in annual Title X funding, leaving patients without free and low-cost contraception and reproductive health care
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November 4, 2025 at 8:30 PM
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ICYMI: @erikgunn.bsky.social reports on how this year's proposed update for #Wisconsin #unemployment insurance law -- from a council with equal biz/labor membership to keep things evenhanded -- wound up including policies @govevers.wisconsin.gov has vetoed before.

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Unemployment insurance bill sparks sharp disagreement • Wisconsin Examiner
A draft bill fom the Unemployment Insurance Advisory Council includes several provisions that Gov. Evers has vetoed in the past.
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November 4, 2025 at 8:09 PM
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Bipartisan bill in the Wisconsin Legislature would offer addiction treatment to incarcerated people before and after release wisconsinexaminer.com/2025/11/04/b...
Bipartisan bill seeks more access to care for incarcerated people with substance use disorders • Wisconsin Examiner
A bipartisan bill in Wisconsin would join a federal pilot project providing addiction treatment to people before and after release from prison
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November 4, 2025 at 5:58 PM
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Congrats to jennifershutt.bsky.social of statesnewsroom.com for winning NPF's 2025 Everett McKinley Dirksen Award for Distinguished Reporting of Congress https://nationalpress.org/award-story/jennifer-shutt-of-states-newsroom-wins-2025-dirksen-award/
November 3, 2025 at 5:07 PM
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@jennifershutt.bsky.social of the @statesnewsroom.com DC bureau wins a distinguished reporting award from the National Press Foundation wisconsinexaminer.com/2025/11/04/r...
States Newsroom Washington, D.C., Bureau reporter wins award for coverage of Congress • Wisconsin Examiner
Jennifer Shutt of the States Newsroom Washington, D.C., bureau wins the National Press Foundation's Distinguished Reporting of Congress award
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November 4, 2025 at 3:15 PM
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Many Native women have traumatic brain injury symptoms as a direct result of abuse but there's been little research on the crisis. Nada Hassnein of @stateline.org reports. wisconsinexaminer.com/2025/11/03/r...
Domestic violence in Native communities is focus of new survey • Wisconsin Examiner
Many Native women have traumatic brain injury symptoms as a direct result of abuse. A new study focuses on the crisis.
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November 3, 2025 at 10:52 PM
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Milwaukee holds food drive on eve of SNAP benefits lapse. @isiahholmes.bsky.social reports.
Milwaukee holds food drive on eve of SNAP benefits lapse • Wisconsin Examiner
Milwaukee is organizing a food drive as residents brace for the cutoff of nutrition benefits by the federal government Nov. 1.
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October 29, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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Environmental groups object to Army Corps approving Line 5 permits via @isiahholmes.bsky.social wisconsinexaminer.com/briefs/envir...
Environmental groups react to Army Corps approving Line 5 permits • Wisconsin Examiner
Federal permits for Line 5 have been issued in a move that environmental groups are calling rushed and unlawful.
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October 30, 2025 at 10:14 PM
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Gov. Tony Evers and Milwaukee County Exec David Crowley say the Trump administration's denial of federal funds to rebuild flooded infrastructure hurts Wisconsin via @isiahholmes.bsky.social wisconsinexaminer.com/2025/10/25/e...
Elected officials object as FEMA denies Wisconsin flood disaster relief • Wisconsin Examiner
The Trump administration has denied Wisconsin further disaster assistance after severe flooding, shocking state and local officials.
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October 25, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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One Republican lawmaker hopes that #Wisconsin will be able to have a hearing in the Asembly about #MedicalCannabis, but the question remains...will the state ever have a legal program?
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Republicans push medical cannabis bill, but is there enough support? @isiahholmes.bsky.social covers a hearing on the measure, and also looks at another GOP bill tightening up the laws about cannabis-related products.
Republicans push medical cannabis bill, but is there enough support? • Wisconsin Examiner
A medical cannabis bill has been introduced again by Republicans, who hope to gain support in the Senate and Assembly.
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October 24, 2025 at 8:13 PM
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Republicans push medical cannabis bill, but is there enough support? @isiahholmes.bsky.social covers a hearing on the measure, and also looks at another GOP bill tightening up the laws about cannabis-related products.
Republicans push medical cannabis bill, but is there enough support? • Wisconsin Examiner
A medical cannabis bill has been introduced again by Republicans, who hope to gain support in the Senate and Assembly.
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October 23, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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Shutdown on day 22 sets record as second-longest in US history, with no sign of a deal

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Shutdown on day 22 sets record as second-longest in US history, with no sign of a deal • Wisconsin Examiner
The government shutdown became the second longest in U.S. history Wednesday, with mounting repercussions for dozens of federal programs
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October 23, 2025 at 2:28 PM
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Wisconsin legislators, Halle Berry discuss menopause stigma and lawmakers offer a bill to address falls. @bspears.bsky.social reports.
Wisconsin legislators, Halle Berry discuss menopause stigma • Wisconsin Examiner
Hesselbein and Vining are authors of a bill meant to help women in Wisconsin get the information that they need about menopause.
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October 23, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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Wrongly convicted brothers each awarded $25K, both recommended for $1 million. @ajkennard.bsky.social, who has reported on their case, has the latest.
Wrongly convicted brothers each awarded $25K, both recommended for $1 million • Wisconsin Examiner
The Wisconsin Claims Board awarded the Bintz brothers $25,000 each and recommended an additional $1 million to the Legislature.
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October 22, 2025 at 2:15 PM
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From our @statesnewsroom DC bureau's @jennifershutt.bsky.social ... One stopgap after another: Shutdown puts Congress on the verge of failed spending process
One stopgap after another: Shutdown puts Congress on the verge of failed spending process • Wisconsin Examiner
Normally, by now, Republicans and Democrats would have agreed how much to spend on defense and domestic programs
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October 22, 2025 at 3:45 PM