FeaturedSeptember 17 2025

WBA honors top newsrooms of 2019

The WBA announced Wednesday the recipients of the News Operation of the Year Awards. Here are the winning stations: News and Talk Radio Small Market – WHYB-FM, Marinette Medium Market – WTAQ-AM, Green Bay Large Market – WTMJ-AM, Milwaukee Television Small Market – WSAW-TV, Wausau Medium Market – WMTV-TV, Madison... - MORE -

How to keep an eye on stimulus spending

From Investigative Reporters and Editors: Join IRE on Thursday to discuss how to best track stimulus money. You can register for the webinar here. The CARES Act is a $2 trillion stimulus bill with aid for workers and businesses, but the government hasn’t released many details about which businesses ... - MORE -

WBA online award presentations start Tuesday

The WBA Awards for Excellence will be distributed in a series of virtual online presentations this week. The presentations on the WBA’s Facebook page will be streamed at 10 a.m. Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday. After the last presentation on Thursday, the WBA will release the results from all the individual... - MORE -

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    Civic and legislative leaders of Wisconsin have always felt strongly about the importance of having the public aware of what their governmental bodies are doing. Wisconsin law, with very few exceptions, requires that such meetings be held publicly in places reasonably accessible to members of the public, and that such... - MORE -