Are Sensenbrenner and Moore in agreement on Voting Rights Act?
Democrat Gwen Moore of Milwaukee and Republican Jim Sensenbrenner of suburban Menomonee Falls are polar opposites politically. But the two members of Congress share a passion for the landmark Voting...
View ArticleIntroducing the High Five: A look at our most-clicked items for May
Today we introduce a new feature: the High Five. We’ll recap the five PolitiFact Wisconsin items that received the most page-views at PolitiFactWisconsin.com during the previous month. Here they are...
View ArticleRecent factchecks and articles about veterans and the military
On May 21, 2014, five days before Memorial Day, President Barack Obama addressed the growing furor over allegations of treatment delays and preventable deaths at VA hospitals nationwide. The Department...
View ArticleBack-to-back Pants on Fire
Our two most recent fact checks -- on Democrat Tom Palzewicz and Republican Leah Vukmir -- both earned ratings of Pants on Fire. Palzewicz claimed that in 40 years in Congress, Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner...
View ArticleLooking back on our U.S. Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner fact-checks
With U.S. Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner announcing his retirement on Wednesday, we decided to look back on how the Wisconsin Republican fared on the PolitiFact Truth-O-Meter over the years. Sensenbrenner was...
View ArticlePolitiFact Wisconsin's 'High Five' for December 2019
In December, Wisconsin -- and the nation -- closed an eventful political year. Here is a look at PolitiFact Wisconsin’s five most-clicked fact-checks from December: U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., said...
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