Jim Malewitz

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Deputy Managing Editor, Wisconsin Watch
Member of Board of Directors, Iowa Watch

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Crime and Justice, U.S.

As seen in: Iowa Watch, Wisconsin Watch, The New York Times, HuffPost, The Guardian, The Washington Post, USA Today, POLITICO, The Daily Beast, U.S. News and World Report, Chron, The Minnesota Star Tribune and

Covers: Environment, energy, state government, consumer issues, people.

@WisconsinWatch managing editor. Husband, baseballer, Alum: @IowaWatch, @BridgeMichigan, @TexasTribune, #Stateline, @gazettedotcom

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Abandoned Texas oil wells seen as "ticking time bombs" of contamination

IMPERIAL, Texas — Peculiar things can happen after folks drill deep into the earth — looking for oil, water o…

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In Flint, trust is lost. And bottled water supplies are running low.

A year after Michigan declared Flint, Michigan's drinking water "restored" and began encouraging residents to…

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Blood Lessons

Are oil refineries any safer 10 years after one of the most studied industrial disasters in U.S. history? The…

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Rethinking the Oklahoma Border (This Time It's About Water)

LAKE TEXOMA, Texas — Texas is poised to reopen discussions about its border with Oklahoma after an episode in…

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The Texas Energy Revolt

DENTON, Texas — State lawmakers, the oil and gas industry and national environmental groups have become acute…

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Floods test mettle in Michigan's UP. Waiting for relief tests patience.

Yoopers are doing it themselves, digging out after the worst flooding in more than a generation. But money is…

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At the Top of Texas, Town Offers Lessons In Oil Bust Survival

PERRYTON, Texas — Nearly three decades ago, Perryton's town-wide celebration for $20-per-barrel oil made news…

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For Texas grandparents raising children, 'we have to fight' to get state help

HOUSTON — A $733 federal disability check doesn’t stretch far each month when you have more than a dozen chil…

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Indictment Aside, Crystal City Mayor Runs Again

CRYSTAL CITY - Shrugging off federal corruption charges and possible prison time, Ricardo Lopez, the former m…

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Sinkhole Warnings Don't Faze West Texas

WINK, Texas — A recent study has thrust the Wink Sinks — two breathtaking sinkholes in Winkler County which h…

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Years Later, Benefits from State Subsidy to Chevron Hard to Find

Texas announced in 2013 it was giving Chevron millions of dollars toward building a new office tower and crea…

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Texas to Injured Worker: "You Have Been Sued"

CALDWELL, Texas — Teresa Hammond, who was injured on the job at a youth lock-up, thought she had won her more…

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In Texas, Injured Workers Struggle to Be Counted

On any given day across Texas, truck drivers might crash their vehicles, construction workers tumble from sca…

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High Power Rates Spark Outrage in Rural Texas

"Politicians shouldn’t mess with churches or farmers, and this is a church full of farmers,” says Janey Burke…

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New Law Will Help More Texans Go Solar

BASTROP, Texas — A loophole in state law allowed some developers to block solar installations on homes in new…

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Great Lakes drownings an 'epidemic.' Meet a Michigan man obsessed with ending them.

At least 640 people have drowned on the Great Lakes since 2010. We know that because of Bob Pratt, a former E…

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Michigan shrinks credits for rooftop solar, clouding industry's future

In a battle over fairness and who controls Michigan's renewable energy future, utilities successfully pushed …

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