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Judge releases woman who stabbed a classmate to please Slender Man from a psychiatric hospital

MADISON, Wis. — A Wisconsin woman who at age 12 stabbed her sixth grade classmate nearly to death to please online horror character Slender Man is set to be released from a psychiatric hospital, a judge ordered Thursday. She has petitioned Waukesha County Circuit Judge Michael Bohren, who committed her, for release four times since June 2022. The girls later …

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2 months ago

Por qué AP anunció a Trump como ganador en Wisconsin y la Casa Blanca

Associated Press

WASHINGTON — La Associated Press anunció que el republicano Donald Trump ganó Wisconsin —y con ello, un retorno a la Casa Blanca— una vez que determinó que los votos restantes sin contar, principalmente del área metropolitana de Milwaukee, no serían suficientes para permitir que la vicepresidenta Kamala Harris superara a Trump. Con casi todos los votos contados a primera hora …

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2 months, 2 weeks ago

Harris and Walz to campaign across battleground states this week

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2 months, 2 weeks ago

Long-Serving Wisconsin Republican Says He’s Voting For Kamala Harris

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LOADING ERROR LOADING The longest-serving member of the Wisconsin state Senate ― a Republican who’s been in the chamber since 1987 ― revealed Thursday that he’s voting Kamala Harris for president, warning that Donald Trump is “a totalitarian and very much a fascist.” State Sen. Robert Cowles, who’s retiring at the end of his term, shared his decision with Madison-based …

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2 months, 2 weeks ago

In the final stretch, Harris and Trump are taking two different strategies

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Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. But in 2016, Trump shocked much of the …

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Harris Targets Suburban Voters in Crucial Mid-Term Election

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Vice President Kamala Harris is making an aggressive bid to win over independents and moderate Republicans in the suburbs, visiting vote-rich counties in three Great Lakes swing states Monday with former Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney. The campaign is courting a small but potentially decisive group across what it sees as similar terrain in Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, a trio of …

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Harris to Hold Town Halls in Midwestern Suburbs to Win Over Republicans

Associated Press

Democratic vice president Kamala Harris will visit three Midwestern states to win over suburban voters uneasy about Republican Donald Trump. She will hold moderated conversations with Republican Liz Cheney in Chester County, Pennsylvania; Oakland County, Michigan; and Waukesha County, Wisconsin, to address their concerns about Trump's lies and the 2020 election.

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4 months ago

Mayor condemns GOP Senate race ad tying Democrat to Wisconsin Christmas parade killings

Associated Press

MADISON, Wis. — The mayor of Waukesha on Wednesday condemned a campaign ad run by a Republican independent group that links Democratic U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin with the killings of six people at a 2021 Christmas parade in that Wisconsin city. Waukesha Mayor Shawn Reilly called the ad a “pitiful political tool” that “doesn’t just hurt the families that had …

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5 months ago

'Be normal': Trump voter turnout organizers fret over proposal that looks like 'stalking'

Raw Story

Deep into an investigation into the unorthodox methods the Republican National Committee is sanctioning to get out conservative voters for Donald Trump in November, newly minted organizers at the state level are learning the ropes on the fly and brainstorming what could turn out to be controversial methods of voter outreach. According to a report from the Washington Post's Isaac …

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5 months ago

Meet Matthew Trewhella — the far-right Wisconsin pastor influencing Republican politics

Raw Story

ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Trewhella helped to rehabilitate his reputation through his 2013 self-published book, “The Doctrine of the Lesser Magistrates,” which uses a 16th-century Protestant doctrine to argue that government officials have a God-given right and duty to defy laws, policies or court opinions deemed “unjust or immoral” under “the law of God.” He’s preached this …

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5 months, 4 weeks ago

How a militant anti-abortion activist is influencing Republican politics

Raw Story

Co-published with Wisconsin Watch. Trewhella has applied it to today’s political battles, writing that government officials have a divine “right and duty” to defy any laws, policies or court opinions that violate “the law of God.” To him, that means outlawing abortion and same-sex marriage, or even violently resisting the government if necessary, noting in his book that there are …

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6 months, 4 weeks ago

Liberal Judge Susan Crawford enters race for Wisconsin Supreme Court with majority at stake

Associated Press

MADISON, Wis. — A liberal judge who previously represented Planned Parenthood in a case related to abortion access entered the race for Wisconsin Supreme Court on Monday, with majority control of the battleground state’s highest court on the line. AP AUDIO: Liberal Judge Susan Crawford enters race for Wisconsin Supreme Court with majority at stake Wisconsin’s Supreme Court is once …

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7 months ago

Milwaukee schools superintendent resigns amid potential loss of millions in funding

Associated Press

MILWAUKEE — The superintendent of Milwaukee Public Schools resigned Tuesday, with Wisconsin’s largest school district in jeopardy of losing millions of dollars in state funding after not submitting required financial reports to the state. In addition to potentially losing millions from the state due to missing report filing deadlines, millions of dollars in federal funding are also being withheld from …

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8 months, 1 week ago

Election 2024: Trump calls judge 'crooked' after facing warning of jail time

Associated Press

FREELAND, Mich. — Donald Trump returned briefly to the campaign trail Wednesday and called the judge presiding over his hush money trial “crooked” a day after he was held in contempt of court and threatened with jail time for violating a gag order. In imposing the fine for posts on Trump’s Truth Social account and campaign website, Judge Juan M. …

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8 months, 3 weeks ago

Prosecutor won’t bring charges against Wisconsin lawmaker over fundraising scheme

Associated Press

MADISON, Wis. — A Wisconsin prosecutor said Friday that she won’t bring charges against a Republican lawmaker accused of trying to evade state campaign finance laws in order to unseat the powerful speaker of the Assembly. Waukesha County District Attorney Susan Opper said she would not be filing felony charges against Rep. Janel Brandtjen as was recommended by the bipartisan …

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8 months, 4 weeks ago

Experts say Wisconsin woman who at 12 nearly killed girl isn’t ready to leave psychiatric center

Associated Press

Two psychologists testified Wednesday that a Wisconsin woman who at age 12 stabbed a sixth-grade classmate nearly to death to please the online horror character Slender Man should not be released yet from a psychiatric hospital. But one psychologist said the case has taken an unusual turn because Geyser claims she had been faking psychotic symptoms, which “doesn’t line up” …

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1 year, 1 month ago

Former Wisconsin GOP Attorney General Brad Schimel is running for the state Supreme Court

Associated Press

MADISON, Wis. — Former Republican Attorney General Brad Schimel announced Thursday that he is running for the Wisconsin Supreme Court against incumbent Justice Ann Walsh Bradley in 2025, casting the race as a chance for conservatives to win back a majority and serve as a check on liberals. As Waukesha County district attorney in 2012, Schimel endorsed a Wisconsin Right …

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1 year, 2 months ago

University of Wisconsin leaders to close 2 more branch campuses due to declining enrollment

Associated Press

MADISON, Wis. — Two more Universities of Wisconsin two-year branch campuses will close by next year and more shutdowns might be on the way as students continue to opt for four-year colleges and online classes, Universities of Wisconsin President Jay Rothman announced Tuesday. Rothman told reporters during a conference call that he has decided to shutter UW-Milwaukee’s Washington County campus …

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1 year, 3 months ago

Milwaukee suburb delaying start of Lake Michigan water withdrawals to early October

Associated Press

MADISON, Wis. — Officials in a Milwaukee suburb have pushed plans to withdraw water from Lake Michigan back to early October, saying they need more time to clean out reservoirs and address problems with their pumps. City officials in Waukesha had planned to begin pulling millions of gallons per day from the laIke to serve as the city’s public water …

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1 year, 5 months ago

Wisconsin judge dismisses lawsuit over military voting lists

Associated Press

MADISON, Wis. — A Wisconsin judge has dismissed a GOP state lawmaker’s lawsuit over military voting records, saying Friday that the challenge should have been brought against a local elections official, not the statewide elections commission. Rep. Janel Brandtjen, the former head of the Assembly elections committee who has promoted election conspiracy theories, and a local veterans group sued the …

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1 year, 8 months ago

Wisconsin Supreme Court won't order ivermectin use for COVID

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1 year, 8 months ago

Man who killed 6 in Christmas parade to pay more restitution

Associated Press

MADISON, Wis. — A Wisconsin judge ordered a man convicted of killing six people when he drove his SUV through a Christmas parade in suburban Milwaukee to pay tens of thousands of dollars more in restitution Thursday, saying she wants to make sure he doesn’t profit from any potential movie or book deal. Dorow increased that restitution amount to $476,200 …

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1 year, 9 months ago

Wisconsin voters pass amendment for stricter cash bail

Associated Press

MADISON, Wis. — It will be harder to get out of jail on bail before trial in Wisconsin under an amendment to the state constitution approved by voters on Tuesday. The amendment’s passage, which appeared as two separate ballot questions that were approved by wide margins, is the latest victory in a Republican-backed push to enact stricter bail laws across …

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1 year, 9 months ago

Dolly Parton and Miley Cyrus’ ‘Rainbowland’ was banned from a first-grade spring concert

LA Times

“Rainbowland,” a song by Dolly Parton and Miley Cyrus that celebrates acceptance, was recently banned from a spring concert set list at a Wisconsin elementary school. She pulled up the songs on YouTube, Louis Armstrong’s “What a Wonderful World,” Kermit the Frog’s “Rainbow Connection” from “The Muppet Movie,” and a song she’d never heard before — “Rainbowland,” by Dolly Parton …

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Judge releases woman who stabbed a classmate to please Slender Man from a psychiatric hospital

Por qué AP anunció a Trump como ganador en Wisconsin y la Casa Blanca

Harris and Walz to campaign across battleground states this week

Long-Serving Wisconsin Republican Says He’s Voting For Kamala Harris

In the final stretch, Harris and Trump are taking two different strategies

Harris Targets Suburban Voters in Crucial Mid-Term Election

Harris to Hold Town Halls in Midwestern Suburbs to Win Over Republicans

Mayor condemns GOP Senate race ad tying Democrat to Wisconsin Christmas parade killings

'Be normal': Trump voter turnout organizers fret over proposal that looks like 'stalking'

Meet Matthew Trewhella — the far-right Wisconsin pastor influencing Republican politics

How a militant anti-abortion activist is influencing Republican politics

Liberal Judge Susan Crawford enters race for Wisconsin Supreme Court with majority at stake

Milwaukee schools superintendent resigns amid potential loss of millions in funding

Election 2024: Trump calls judge 'crooked' after facing warning of jail time

Prosecutor won’t bring charges against Wisconsin lawmaker over fundraising scheme

Experts say Wisconsin woman who at 12 nearly killed girl isn’t ready to leave psychiatric center

Former Wisconsin GOP Attorney General Brad Schimel is running for the state Supreme Court

University of Wisconsin leaders to close 2 more branch campuses due to declining enrollment

Milwaukee suburb delaying start of Lake Michigan water withdrawals to early October

Wisconsin judge dismisses lawsuit over military voting lists

Wisconsin Supreme Court won't order ivermectin use for COVID

Man who killed 6 in Christmas parade to pay more restitution

Wisconsin voters pass amendment for stricter cash bail

Dolly Parton and Miley Cyrus’ ‘Rainbowland’ was banned from a first-grade spring concert