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Wisconsin Gov. Evers finally appoints new DNR secretary after yearlong search

MADISON, Wis. — Democratic Gov. Asked in an email Monday why the search took so long, Evers spokesperson Britt Cudaback responded by saying “we can refer you to the governor’s many previous comments.” She did not elaborate. The Republican-controlled Senate voted to reject four of Evers’ five appointees to the board in October 2023. “It makes it more difficult just …

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15-year-old girl shoots teacher and teenager to death at Christian school in Wisconsin

Hindustan Times

A 15-year-old student opened fire inside a study hall at a small Christian school in Wisconsin, killing a teacher and teenager and prompting a swarm of police officers responding to a second grader's 911 call. A teacher and a teenager were shot to death during a firing by a 15-year-old female student at Abundant Life Christian School in Wisconsin. The …

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1 week, 1 day ago

Death toll of US Wisconsin school shooting revised to 2

China Daily

Multiple people were shot and killed at Abundant Life Christian School in Madison, Wisconsin. NEW YORK -- A teacher and a teenage student were killed and six students were injured in a shooting at the Abundant Life Christian School in Madison, Wisconsin, on Monday, said the police who previously reported a higher death toll but later revised the information. Wisconsin …

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1 month, 1 week ago

Wisconsin Supreme Court considers case affecting future of state’s elections leader

Associated Press

MADISON, Wis. — The Wisconsin Supreme Court grappled Monday with a case affecting whether the swing state’s nonpartisan top elections official, who has been targeted by Republican lawmakers over the 2020 presidential election, can remain in her post despite not being reappointed and confirmed by the state Senate. Republicans who control the state Senate tried to fire Wisconsin Elections Commission …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Wisconsin Republicans return LeMahieu to leadership spot in state Senate

Associated Press

MADISON, Wis. — Devin LeMahieu will return as the Republican majority leader of the Wisconsin Senate. LeMehieu said in a news release that the top issue for Republicans this legislative session will be returning the state’s funding surplus to families. Tony Evers enacted last year, Democrats flipped four Republican districts in Tuesday’s election and shrank the GOP majority from 22-11 …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

New maps help Wisconsin Democrats make legislative gains and set up a push for majorities in 2026

Associated Press

MADISON, Wis. — Democrats came out of Tuesday’s elections with substantial gains in the Wisconsin Legislature under new district boundaries, setting them up for a run for a majority in two years. Democrats failed to take control of the Assembly, but unofficial results Wednesday showed they had flipped 10 Republican seats, narrowing the GOP’s edge from 64-35 last session to …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Worries Grow Over Trump Prematurely Claiming 2024 Victory

Live Mint

With the US barreling toward another protracted and potentially disputed election result, one question hangs over offices across Washington, news organizations in New York, and social networks in Silicon Valley: What happens if Donald Trump again prematurely declares himself the winner? “Can you imagine — they spend all this money on machines, and they’re going to say, ‘We may take …

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1 month, 3 weeks ago

UConn Soars Past Georgia State, Clinches Top 25 Poll Position

Associated Press

UConn defeated Georgia State 34-27 in a thrilling matchup. The Huskies dominated the first half, scoring 10 points in the first quarter. Brown rushed for 138 yards and a touchdown, while Evers threw a touchdown pass and ran for a score. Georgia State fought back in the second half but could not overcome the Huskies' defense. The final score reflects …

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2 months, 1 week ago

After report Trump sent COVID tests to Putin, governors cry betrayal

Raw Story

Tony Evers and two other Democratic governors joined Friday in condemning Donald Trump after reports that as president Trump shipped COVID-19 tests to Russian President Vladimir Putin early in the pandemic. Gretchen Whitmer wrote, “Former President Trump betrayed us.” When the three governors sought in the first months of the pandemic to obtain COVID-19 testing kits, ventilators, and N-95 masks, …

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2 months, 2 weeks ago

Wisconsin Supreme Court grapples with governor’s 400-year veto, calling it ‘crazy’

Associated Press

MADISON, Wis. — Justices on the Wisconsin Supreme Court said Wednesday that Gov. When legal scholars and others look at what Wisconsin courts have allowed relative to partial vetoes, “they think it’s crazy because it is crazy,” said Justice Brian Hagedorn. It is a mess of this court’s making.” The initial reaction from anyone would be that a 400-year veto …

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3 months, 1 week ago

Former employee of troubled Wisconsin prison pleads guilty to smuggling contraband into the prison

Associated Press

WAUPUN, Wis. — A former employee at a troubled Wisconsin prison has pleaded guilty to smuggling contraband into the maximum-security prison that’s been the subject of a federal investigation into alleged smuggling involving employees. William Lee Homan, 47, of Fox Lake, pleaded guilty in federal court Thursday to a charge of conspiracy to commit bribery concerning programs receiving federal funds, …

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3 months, 3 weeks ago

Wisconsin judge rules governor properly used partial veto powers on literacy bill

Associated Press

MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers properly used his partial veto powers on a school literacy bill, a judge ruled Tuesday. The governor used his partial veto powers to change multiple allocations into a single appropriation to DPI, a move that he said would simplify things and give the agency more spending flexibility. They maintained that the governor can …

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4 months ago

Judge rejects GOP call to give Wisconsin youth prison counselors more freedom to punish inmates

Associated Press

MADISON, Wis. — A federal judge has rejected Republican legislators’ calls to give counselors at Wisconsin’s troubled youth prison more leeway in controlling and punishing inmates after a counselor was killed during a fight at the facility this summer. Wanggaard and other Republicans sent a letter on Aug. 16 to Evers, Corrections Secretary Jared Hoy and U.S. District Judge James …

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4 months ago

University of Wisconsin president wants $855 million in new funding to stave off higher tuition

Associated Press

MADISON, Wis. — Universities of Wisconsin officials are asking their regents to approve a request for $855 million in new state funding to stave off another round of tuition increases, cover raises, subsidize tuition and keep two-year branch campuses open in some form. President Jay Rothman said during a brief Zoom news conference Monday that his administration plans to ask …

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4 months, 1 week ago

Wisconsin’s Evers urges federal judge not to make changes at youth prison in wake of counselor death

Associated Press

MADISON, Wis. — Gov. Tony Evers asked a federal judge Wednesday not to impose any changes at Wisconsin’s youth prison after an inmate was accused of killing a counselor during a fight earlier this summer, insisting conditions at the prison have been slowly improving despite the death. Evers, a Democrat, said in the letter to James Peterson, chief judge for …

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4 months, 3 weeks ago

Wisconsin Republicans ask voters to take away governor’s power to spend federal money

Associated Press

Wisconsin Republicans are asking voters to take away the governor’s power to unilaterally spend federal money, a reaction to the billions of dollars that flowed into the state during the COVID-19 pandemic. The changes would apply to Evers and all future governors and cover any federal money to the state that comes without specific spending requirements, often in response to …

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5 months ago

Kamala Harris kicks off Wisconsin rally, tells voters 2024 election is ‘a choice between freedom and chaos’

Hindustan Times

A roaring crowd of battleground state voters greeted Vice President Kamala Harris on Tuesday as she opened her public case against Republican former President Donald Trump by declaring November's election will be "a choice between freedom and chaos.” Harris is in Wisconsin to start her presidential campaign after effectively clinching the Democratic presidential nomination. “She’s prepared to meet this moment …

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5 months, 2 weeks ago

Former guards and inmate families urge lawmakers to fix Wisconsin prisons

Associated Press

MADISON, Wis. — Former guards in Wisconsin prisons and family members of people incarcerated there urged lawmakers Tuesday to address what they said were systemic problems within the state’s prison system going back years. The hearing came two weeks after a guard was killed at the state’s youth prison and a month after multiple staffers at a maximum security adult …

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5 months, 2 weeks ago

Wisconsin Supreme Court changes course, will allow expanded use of ballot drop boxes this fall

Associated Press

Follow live: Updates from AP’s coverage of the presidential election. MADISON, Wis. — The Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled Friday that officials can place ballot drop boxes around their communities in this fall’s elections, overturning its own ruling two years ago limiting their use in the presidential swing state. At least 29 other states allow for absentee ballot drop boxes, according …

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5 months, 2 weeks ago

Wisconsin Republicans are improperly blocking conservation work, court says

Associated Press

MADISON, Wis. — The Wisconsin Legislature’s Republican-controlled budget committee can’t legally block conservation projects initiated by Democratic Gov. “I’ve spent years working against near-constant Republican obstruction, and this historic decision rightfully resets constitutional checks and balances and restores separation of powers,” the governor said in a statement. The court ruled 6-1 that provisions that require the Joint Finance Committee to …

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5 months, 3 weeks ago

The legacy — and efficacy — of the Civil Rights Act on its 60th anniversary

NPR

The legacy — and efficacy — of the Civil Rights Act on its 60th anniversary JUANA SUMMERS, HOST: Sixty years ago today, President Lyndon B. Johnson strode into the East Room of the White House, and, seated at a table surrounded by lawmakers and civil rights leaders like Martin Luther King Jr., Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964 …

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6 months ago

Buttigieg tours Mississippi civil rights site and says transportation is key to equity in the US

Associated Press

— Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg on Friday toured the home of assassinated civil rights leader Medgar Evers in Mississippi’s capital city, saying afterward that transportation is important to securing equity and justice in the United States. He also noted that Friday marked 60 years since Ku Klux Klansmen ambushed and killed three civil rights workers — Michael Schwerner, James Chaney …

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6 months, 1 week ago

On this day: Key events on June 12, from Indira Gandhi’s conviction in 1975 to Nelson Mandela’s sentencing in 1964

Live Mint

Key events happened on this day, June 12: Several events have occurred worldwide on this day in the past. One of which is former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi's conviction by Allahabad High Court in 1975 to South African Black nationalist Nelson Mandela sentenced to life in prison in 1964 to a gunman opened fire at the Pulse nightclub, a gay …

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6 months, 2 weeks ago

With GOP maps out, Democrats hope for more legislative power in battleground Wisconsin

Associated Press

MADISON, Wis. — For the first time in more than a decade, Democrats in key battleground state Wisconsin have a chance at wresting some legislative control from Republicans thanks to Gov. But redrawn districts coupled with retirements have left almost two-thirds of the Assembly’s seats open this election cycle, giving Democrats their best shot at taking control of that chamber …

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Wisconsin Gov. Evers finally appoints new DNR secretary after yearlong search

15-year-old girl shoots teacher and teenager to death at Christian school in Wisconsin

Death toll of US Wisconsin school shooting revised to 2

Wisconsin Supreme Court considers case affecting future of state’s elections leader

Wisconsin Republicans return LeMahieu to leadership spot in state Senate

New maps help Wisconsin Democrats make legislative gains and set up a push for majorities in 2026

Worries Grow Over Trump Prematurely Claiming 2024 Victory

UConn Soars Past Georgia State, Clinches Top 25 Poll Position

After report Trump sent COVID tests to Putin, governors cry betrayal

Wisconsin Supreme Court grapples with governor’s 400-year veto, calling it ‘crazy’

Former employee of troubled Wisconsin prison pleads guilty to smuggling contraband into the prison

Wisconsin judge rules governor properly used partial veto powers on literacy bill

Judge rejects GOP call to give Wisconsin youth prison counselors more freedom to punish inmates

University of Wisconsin president wants $855 million in new funding to stave off higher tuition

Wisconsin’s Evers urges federal judge not to make changes at youth prison in wake of counselor death

Wisconsin Republicans ask voters to take away governor’s power to spend federal money

Kamala Harris kicks off Wisconsin rally, tells voters 2024 election is ‘a choice between freedom and chaos’

Former guards and inmate families urge lawmakers to fix Wisconsin prisons

Wisconsin Supreme Court changes course, will allow expanded use of ballot drop boxes this fall

Wisconsin Republicans are improperly blocking conservation work, court says

The legacy — and efficacy — of the Civil Rights Act on its 60th anniversary

Buttigieg tours Mississippi civil rights site and says transportation is key to equity in the US

On this day: Key events on June 12, from Indira Gandhi’s conviction in 1975 to Nelson Mandela’s sentencing in 1964

With GOP maps out, Democrats hope for more legislative power in battleground Wisconsin