Madeline Heim
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Madeline Heim is a health and science reporter for USA TODAY Network-Wisconsin based in Appleton. She is a contributor to Politifact Wisconsin.
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Latest Fact-Checks by Madeline Heim
- No evidence that eliminating school choice is on Susan Crawford’s agenda March 13, 2025
- Claim that Chicago Cubs owner gave to Wis. Supreme Court hopeful Schimel is Mostly True February 25, 2025
- Yes, Wisconsin makes it harder to vote than most other U.S. states January 28, 2025
- Yes, there have been placebo-controlled studies on childhood vaccines January 2, 2025
- President-elect Trump says Wisconsin’s electric and energy costs are ‘just about at the highest’ November 26, 2024
- Wisconsin official wrong that Harris did worse than Biden in ‘every single county in America’ November 14, 2024
- Eric Hovde didn’t say people who believe in transitioning to clean energy are smoking crack cocaine October 30, 2024
- Tammy Baldwin claim that Eric Hovde “just proposed cutting Social Security by 28%” is misleading October 21, 2024
- No, Wisconsin Sen. Baldwin did not give federal money to a ‘transgender-affirming clinic’ for youth October 3, 2024
- Trump has not said he’ll raise taxes on people making less than $100,000 September 20, 2024
Latest Stories by Madeline Heim
- Fact-check: Is replacing Joe Biden on the ticket ‘unlawful’? Election law experts say it’s not July 22, 2024
- United Facts of America: Experts say facts alone won’t bridge the partisan divide September 27, 2022
- Would Tom Hanks have qualified for a coronavirus test in the US? March 12, 2020
- Fact-checking Donald Trump’s 2020 State of the Union address February 5, 2020
- What we know about Shadow, Acronym and the Iowa caucuses February 4, 2020
- A new look for the PolitiFact website February 2, 2020
- PolitiFact answers the Senate’s impeachment questions January 31, 2020
- Ron Johnson called Joe Biden dropping out of the race for president a ‘coup.’ Is that accurate? August 23, 2024
- Can we compare Republicans’ 2020 voter fraud claims with what Clinton said about the 2016 election? May 31, 2024
- PolitiFact Wisconsin’s recent ‘High Five’ fact checks January 9, 2023
- Politifact Wisconsin’s top campaign season claims on abortion, other hot-button issues November 7, 2022
- PolitiFact Wisconsin ‘High Five’ for September 2022 October 5, 2022
- PolitiFact Wisconsin ‘High Five’ for June 2022 July 8, 2022
- PolitiFact Wisconsin ‘High Five’ for April 2022 May 4, 2022
- PolitiFact Wisconsin ‘High Five’ for March 2022 April 5, 2022
- Updating Evers’ promises on tax cuts, education spending, expanding broadband and more July 28, 2021
- What Ron Johnson gets wrong about the COVID-19 vaccines April 23, 2021