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Hongyu Liu

Reporter · US

Indexed articles, last 90 days
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Latest publication
Sep 11, 2026
Outlet visibility, for Urban Milwaukee
Top 500K sites
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Jul 10, 2026

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  1. Article · Sep 11, 2026 · Hongyu Liu

    DataWatch: The overlooked risks of walking while intoxicated (opens the original)

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    Wisconsin Watch has documented the deadly toll of Wisconsin’s drinking culture, from liver disease and alcohol poisoning to crashes involving impaired drivers. But one alcohol-related danger receives far less attention — and it doesn’t end when someone hands over the car keys: walking while intoxicated. Police reported suspected alcohol use among nearly 1 in 5 pedestrians killed in Wisconsin crashes between 2017 and 2025. Because pedestrians are not routinely tested, researchers say the true sha

  2. Article · Jul 20, 2026 · Hongyu Liu

    DataWatch: Wisconsin air pollution reaches record highs as wildfire smoke engulfs the state (opens the original)

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    Wisconsinites breathed record-breaking levels of air pollution Thursday as wildfire smoke from northern Minnesota and Canada wafted across much of the Great Lakes region and the Northeast. Many monitoring stations across the state recorded pollution considered hazardous for the first time in at least 16 years — the span covered by most monitoring stations’ records. As of 8 a.m. on Friday, Air Quality Index, or AQI, levels in Madison had peaked above 450 — far above the AQI’s 301 threshold for “h

  3. Article · Jul 10, 2026 · Hongyu Liu

    Wisconsin governments have received $160 million in opioid settlement funds. Here’s where it’s going. (opens the original)

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    Local Wisconsin governments have received more than $160 million in settlement payments from drug makers, distributors and pharmacies that were sued for their role in the country’s opioid epidemic. Wisconsin and 87 local governments are expected to receive more than $874 million by 2038, up from projections Wisconsin Watch reported in 2025. The Wisconsin Department of Health Services gets 30% of the state’s settlement payments and documents its spending online while updating the Legislature quar

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