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News on Wisconsin data centers is updated each Monday in Forward, a free @wisconsinwatch.org newsletter. Today's reports on a mayor's apology for his handling of a proposed data center; a candidate for governor including DCs in a campaign ad; why Wisconsin is emerging as a DC destination; and more.

Tinashe Nyamudoka, a winemaker from Zimbabwe, appeared virtually at Radio Milwaukee on 4/12/26 for Milwaukee Wine Academy's MKE Wine Weekend. His Kumusha brand means your home/your roots. But the experience of wine, he said, is not where it's from, but where it takes you.

Remember Harvey’s Wallbangers? The Milwaukee Brewers made manager Pat Murphy happy tonight with a 2-1 win. They scored both runs in the 8th inning, largely by hitting 3 ground balls no farther than you’d see in the lowest-level Little League game. For tonight, call this team Murphy’s Floorbangers.

Get the latest Wisconsin data center news you might have missed Wisconsin Watch offers brief reports on data center development across the state exclusively in our free Monday newsletter Forward.

A lot has happened with data centers proposed, planned and under construction in Wisconsin. Here's a look at some of what you might have missed over the past six weeks. wisconsinwatch.org/2026/04/late...

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Get the latest Wisconsin data center news you might have missed Wisconsin Watch offers brief reports on data center development across the state exclusively in our free Monday newsletter Forward.

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Get the latest Wisconsin data center news you might have missed Wisconsin Watch offers brief reports on data center development across the state exclusively in our free Monday newsletter Forward.

Wisconsin data centers news: What you might have missed. Each Monday in its free Forward newsletter, @wisconsinwatch.org provides updates that go beyond its full-length articles and videos on data centers. Here's a rundown of what we've published in Forward over the past six weeks:

Two young women, each pushing a stroller, approach me on the sidewalk. As they pass, I don't see babies, but cats. Two in the first stroller, at least one in the second.

Do about half the states, including Wisconsin, have a constitutional right to hunt and fish? Yes. 24 states have a constitutional right to hunt, almost all of which passed since 1996.

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With @gigafactproject.bsky.social, my @wisconsinwatch.org fact-check on high-level legal protection in the states to hunt and fish.

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In today’s Forward, a free newsletter from @wisconsinwatch.org, we report on what’s next for the Port Washington data center; the defeat of a mayor where a proposed data center is controversial; and another poll on state voters’ views on data centers. To stay on top of data center news:

Tuesday 4/7/26: Shelly Kittleson abduction, NDAs and data centers, Devil's Lake gets bigger We learn about a journalist from Wisconsin who was abducted in Iraq last week. We look at the use of NDAs by local towns for data center deals. Wisconsin's most popular state park is getting bigger.

@wisconsinwatch.org coverage of secrecy in Wisconsin data center deals are discussed by "Lake Effect" host Joy Powers and I on @wuwmradio.bsky.social coverage. (At 11:15 of the recording.) www.wuwm.com/show/lake-ef...

Two Fact Briefs in the Wisconsin Supreme Court race clear up: 1. A statement by the liberal candidate on whether the conservative candidate is endorsed by judges. 2. A claim by the conservative about whether the liberal supports non-citizen voting. The election is Tuesday.

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For updates on data centers news, subscribe to Forward, the free @wisconsinwatch.org newsletter. Today we report on a data center possibly being a cure for decades-long blight; a referendum vote that could affect future development; and reaction to limiting public comment at a city council meeting.

The Last Dinner Party Riverside Theater, Milwaukee, April 3, 2026

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Has Wisconsin Supreme Court candidate Chris Taylor been ‘pushing noncitizen voting’? No. Supreme Court candidate Judge Maria Lazar’s campaign did not provide evidence that supports a claim in one of her campaign ads.

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Has Wisconsin Supreme Court candidate Maria Lazar been endorsed by any Wisconsin judges? Yes. Lazar lists endorsements from nearly 50 current and former Wisconsin judges.

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Two Fact Briefs in the Wisconsin Supreme Court race clear up: 1. A statement by the liberal candidate on whether the conservative candidate is endorsed by judges. 2. A claim by the conservative about whether the liberal supports non-citizen voting. The election is Tuesday.

New details emerge on possible data center in Wisconsin’s Driftless Area Grant County economic development official says the center would generate more than $5 million in annual property taxes and not require a public subsidy.

Progress on a possible $1 billion-plus data center in southwest Wisconsin's Driftless Area. wisconsinwatch.org/2026/04/wisc...

Dream weaving and self-discovery Dream expert Laurel Clark, BA '78, offers some helpful perspective on managing our waking hours by tapping into the sleeping ones. The author, counselor, and interfaith minister says, 'Everybody dream...

"We can find meaning in our experience." -- From my Q&A with dream expert and @umich.edu alum Laurel Clark. michigantoday.umich.edu/2026/04/01/d...

Have Wisconsin electricity price increases exceeded the Midwest average for 20 years? Yes. Wisconsin’s rate was second-highest in 2023-24 and third-highest in 2024-25 among 12 central region states.

With We Energies proposing rate hikes, our recent look at Wisconsin's above-average electricity price hikes. wisconsinwatch.org/2025/09/wisc...

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... on a resident who was circulation a petition; another local government that signed a data center nondisclosure agreement; how data centers helped fuel a record stock price for one Wisconsin utility; and more. Please subscribe: wisconsinwatch.org/subscribe/

Wisconsin data center news just keeps coming, more than we can publish in larger articles on the Wisconsin Watch website. So, each Monday in Forward, our free newsletter, we report short data center updates. This week, we told about a town official who called the cops ...

Tom Kertshcer on Wisconsin Ai data centers Signing NDA's with local government Spotify video

I joined the Ventures of the Land podcast to talk about data centers, particularly proposals cloaked by nondisclosure agreements. Key policy question: The challenge for local governments that sign NDAs to keep data center details quiet while still serving the public. open.spotify.com/episode/2IWm...

As Wisconsin companies saved $1 billion in rate cuts, severely injured workers haven’t had a raise in 9 years Worker’s comp raises have a better chance of passing after the Legislature and governor agreed in the state budget to develop a medical fee schedule.

Here's our story that first brought the issue to light. wisconsinwatch.org/2025/09/wisc...

Big raise on its way for permanently and totally disabled workers as Tony Evers set to sign worker’s comp bill More than 300 permanently and totally disabled recipients haven’t received a raise in their worker’s comp benefits since 2016.

The most seriously injured-on-the-job worker's compensation recipients in Wisconsin -- those declared permanently and totally disabled -- are getting raises in benefits for the first time since 2016. wisconsinwatch.org/2026/03/wisc...

Do some Wisconsin counties have no maternal health care providers? Yes. Nine rural Wisconsin counties have no obstetric care providers.

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