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Investigative reporter/data specialist

Kevin Crowe is an investigative reporter/data specialist at the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.

Featured Statements

Rebecca Dallet
stated on January 19, 2018 in an interview:

Says that as a judge, she has "presided over more than 10,000 cases."

By Tom Kertscher • February 16, 2018
Mahlon Mitchell
stated on November 19, 2017 in an interview:

Wisconsin has "the fastest-shrinking middle class in the country."

By Kevin Crowe • November 29, 2017
Peter Barca
stated on January 10, 2017 in a news conference:

Wisconsin’s middle class is the "most diminished" in the United States.

By Jonathan Anderson • January 20, 2017
Scott Walker
stated on December 3, 2015 in a tweet:

"From 2010-2014, median household income" in Wisconsin "has actually gone up 7.4 percent."

By Kevin Crowe • December 7, 2015
Rachel Maddow
stated on July 13, 2015 in a television show:

Under Scott Walker, "the Wisconsin middle class is shrinking at a faster rate than any other state in the country."

By Kevin Crowe • August 24, 2015
Mary Burke
stated on March 25, 2014 in a report:

"Wisconsin now ranks among the top 10 states for out-migration."

By Tom Kertscher • March 30, 2014
Jim Sensenbrenner
stated on March 22, 2013 in a press release:

"75 percent of the (air traffic control) towers the Obama Administration is closing are located in Republican Congressional Districts."

By James B. Nelson • April 3, 2013

Fact-checking more claims about the sequester

By Amy Sherman • May 14, 2013
Fact-checking more claims about the sequester

By Amy Sherman • May 13, 2013