Biz and education reporter team up for investigative series

Amy Hetzner was struck by an agenda item for the Waukesha School Board's Finance and Facilities Committee. The item, which called for the board to authorize issuing $40 million in bonds toward financing employee post-employment benefits, made this education reporter for the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel want to take a more detailed look at the scheme.
She started digging.
Hetzner turned to business reporter Avrum D. Lank for help and together they produced a Sunday package with months of reporting behind it.
The story, "Schools in Risky Business" detailed that five Wisconsin public school districts have made an investment gamble that could force taxpayers to finance multimillion-dollar bailouts.
To read the series click here.