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TOP STORIES Biden is returning to Madison for rally Friday It’s his first appearance in swing state Wisconsin following last week’s debate controversy … Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre confirmed the upcoming visit in a news briefing Tuesday, but the White
TOP STORIES Funding block delayed transfer of youth tied to Lincoln Hills death … [JFC] have voted against [DHS request for funding to add/train 124 staff for new portion of] Mendota Juvenile Treatment Center in Madison as it completes necessary
TOP STORIES Baldwin distances herself from Biden after debate night stumbles … Baldwin’s campaign initially declined to say whether Baldwin supported Biden as Democrats’ 2024 nominee before offering a one-sentence response: “Tammy supports the president.” … “Tammy Baldwin is running
TOP STORIES WEC rejects recall attempt against state’s top Republican … commission [GOP + Riepl 4-2 Thomsen, Jacobs] broke with the staff recommendation Thursday and threw out an additional 188 signatures because they were collected beyond the 60-day petition circulation
TOP STORIES Evers orders flags at half-staff for DOC counselor who was killed while on duty Gov. Tony Evers signed Executive Order #231 ordering the flags at half-staff for 49-year-old Lincoln Hills youth counselor Corey P. Proulx who died from
TOP STORIES Enough signatures collected to force recall election for Wisconsin GOP leader, commission says Supporters of former President Donald Trump submitted 16 more valid signatures than needed to force a recall election of Wisconsin’s top elected Republican depending on
TOP STORIES WI taxpayers to pay half the cost of redistricting consultants hired by Supreme Court … Supreme Court in its order Monday ruled that the [$128K] will be evenly shared by the parties in the case [$21,359 each], which
TOP STORIES GOP Convention security will allow guns in outer perimeter, sets protester parade route … security plan authorities released Friday establishes a parade route just inside the far southern edge of the outer perimeter, about five blocks from the
TOP STORIES Gow’s faculty hearing concludes, decision on his tenured role ‘as soon as practicable’ … decision will be a written report delivered to Gow and interim chancellor Betsy Morgan. Morgan will either adopt the recommendation or send it to
TOP STORIES Wisconsin Supreme Court to rename State Law Library after Lavinia Goodell [WI’s first female lawyer, 1874] … In 1877, Goodell worked with state lawmakers to pass a bill allowing women to practice law in Wisconsin. … court’s announcement
TOP STORIES Trump declares ‘I love Milwaukee’ after reportedly calling the RNC host city “horrible” … Hours before Trump took the stage, a line of hundreds of supporters snaked around the block between rows of hawkers selling Trump T-shirts, hats,
TOP STORIES Evers’ ‘400-year veto’ to be decided by Wisconsin Supreme Court … [WMC] lawsuit — filed in April by … representing taxpayers Jeffery LeMieux, of Green Bay, and David DeValk, of Kimberly — challenges what attorneys have called an
TOP STORIES Sen. Johnson urges mayor and governor to get involved with RNC protest zone debate … “The proximity is ridiculous,” Johnson said on WISN’s ‘UPFRONT,’ which is produced in partnership with WisPolitics.com. “I’d like to see Mayor Johnson step
TOP STORIES Trump refers to Milwaukee as ‘horrible’ just before the city hosts RNC convention … The comment, first reported by Punchbowl News while the meeting was in progress, immediately drew disagreements from those there about what Trump meant. Several
TOP STORIES WI Supreme Court keeps ban on mobile absentee voting sites in place for now … a win for Republicans … in a victory for Democrats, the court [stayed Judge Gasiorkiewicz’s interpretation of partisan advantage in early vote sites]
TOP STORIES Former Trump attorney Troupis suspended from state judicial ethics panel … after he was charged with a felony for his role in a 2020 fake electors scheme. … Wisconsin Supreme Court [Bradley not participating], in its order, notified
TOP STORIES Gov. Evers seeks ‘outside, independent’ auditors of MPS … would examine MPS operations and educational practices. … separate from [Baker Thilly’s internal] financial audit, which is … many months overdue. DOA will soon issue RFP for “outside, independent”
TOP STORIES Protesters disrupt Democrats’ convention, call for defunding Gaza war … Earlier [Satur]day, organizers gathered at the state Capitol building in Madison and in front of the Potawatomi Casino and Hotel in Milwaukee … [after] delegates reject[ed] two proposed
TOP STORIES Pro-Palestinian protesters interrupt Regents meeting at UWM, leading to 7 arrests … “Not another nickel! Not another dime! No more money for Israel’s crime!” [about 12] protesters chanted in a UWM student union meeting room during [SY24-25 budget]
TOP STORIES Waupun Warden Hepp, 8 staffers charged following probes into 4 inmate deaths … Hepp is charged with misconduct in public office. The other eight face charges of felony inmate abuse. Three of them are also charged with misconduct.
TOP STORIES Biden is returning to Madison for rally Friday It’s his first appearance in swing state Wisconsin following last week’s debate controversy … Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre confirmed the upcoming visit in a news briefing Tuesday, but the White House has yet to announce an exact location. … RSVP
TOP STORIES Funding block delayed transfer of youth tied to Lincoln Hills death … [JFC] have voted against [DHS request for funding to add/train 124 staff for new portion of] Mendota Juvenile Treatment Center in Madison as it completes necessary renovations to help state officials carry out a law to
TOP STORIES Baldwin distances herself from Biden after debate night stumbles … Baldwin’s campaign initially declined to say whether Baldwin supported Biden as Democrats’ 2024 nominee before offering a one-sentence response: “Tammy supports the president.” … “Tammy Baldwin is running her own race for the people of Wisconsin,” a campaign
TOP STORIES WEC rejects recall attempt against state’s top Republican … commission [GOP + Riepl 4-2 Thomsen, Jacobs] broke with the staff recommendation Thursday and threw out an additional 188 signatures because they were collected beyond the 60-day petition circulation window. … leaving them with 6,678. [they needed 6,850] …
TOP STORIES Evers orders flags at half-staff for DOC counselor who was killed while on duty Gov. Tony Evers signed Executive Order #231 ordering the flags at half-staff for 49-year-old Lincoln Hills youth counselor Corey P. Proulx who died from his injuries Tuesday after sustaining an assault at the school
TOP STORIES Enough signatures collected to force recall election for Wisconsin GOP leader, commission says Supporters of former President Donald Trump submitted 16 more valid signatures than needed to force a recall election of Wisconsin’s top elected Republican depending on what district the recall should be held in, based on
TOP STORIES WI taxpayers to pay half the cost of redistricting consultants hired by Supreme Court … Supreme Court in its order Monday ruled that the [$128K] will be evenly shared by the parties in the case [$21,359 each], which included six groups that submitted proposed maps. … Evers, Republican
TOP STORIES GOP Convention security will allow guns in outer perimeter, sets protester parade route … security plan authorities released Friday establishes a parade route just inside the far southern edge of the outer perimeter, about five blocks from the arena, with a stage for speakers within the route. …
TOP STORIES Gow’s faculty hearing concludes, decision on his tenured role ‘as soon as practicable’ … decision will be a written report delivered to Gow and interim chancellor Betsy Morgan. Morgan will either adopt the recommendation or send it to the Board of Regents if she disagrees … While the
TOP STORIES Wisconsin Supreme Court to rename State Law Library after Lavinia Goodell [WI’s first female lawyer, 1874] … In 1877, Goodell worked with state lawmakers to pass a bill allowing women to practice law in Wisconsin. … court’s announcement did not mention that the State Law Library is currently
TOP STORIES Trump declares ‘I love Milwaukee’ after reportedly calling the RNC host city “horrible” … Hours before Trump took the stage, a line of hundreds of supporters snaked around the block between rows of hawkers selling Trump T-shirts, hats, signs and flags. … event in downtown Racine had the
TOP STORIES Evers’ ‘400-year veto’ to be decided by Wisconsin Supreme Court … [WMC] lawsuit — filed in April by … representing taxpayers Jeffery LeMieux, of Green Bay, and David DeValk, of Kimberly — challenges what attorneys have called an “imaginative veto” [claim it violates constitutionally banned “Vanna White” veto]
TOP STORIES Sen. Johnson urges mayor and governor to get involved with RNC protest zone debate … “The proximity is ridiculous,” Johnson said on WISN’s ‘UPFRONT,’ which is produced in partnership with WisPolitics.com. “I’d like to see Mayor Johnson step up to the plate or demand change as well. Again,
TOP STORIES Trump refers to Milwaukee as ‘horrible’ just before the city hosts RNC convention … The comment, first reported by Punchbowl News while the meeting was in progress, immediately drew disagreements from those there about what Trump meant. Several congressmen who support Trump and attended the meeting argued he
TOP STORIES WI Supreme Court keeps ban on mobile absentee voting sites in place for now … a win for Republicans … in a victory for Democrats, the court [stayed Judge Gasiorkiewicz’s interpretation of partisan advantage in early vote sites] ensured late Tuesday that municipalities … can use the same
TOP STORIES Former Trump attorney Troupis suspended from state judicial ethics panel … after he was charged with a felony for his role in a 2020 fake electors scheme. … Wisconsin Supreme Court [Bradley not participating], in its order, notified Troupis and the judicial advisory committee that he was “temporarily
TOP STORIES Gov. Evers seeks ‘outside, independent’ auditors of MPS … would examine MPS operations and educational practices. … separate from [Baker Thilly’s internal] financial audit, which is … many months overdue. DOA will soon issue RFP for “outside, independent” auditors … a “similar effort” to a [Barrett-Doyle] initiative 15
TOP STORIES Protesters disrupt Democrats’ convention, call for defunding Gaza war … Earlier [Satur]day, organizers gathered at the state Capitol building in Madison and in front of the Potawatomi Casino and Hotel in Milwaukee … [after] delegates reject[ed] two proposed resolutions that call for a cease-fire as part of the
TOP STORIES Pro-Palestinian protesters interrupt Regents meeting at UWM, leading to 7 arrests … “Not another nickel! Not another dime! No more money for Israel’s crime!” [about 12] protesters chanted in a UWM student union meeting room during [SY24-25 budget] presentation … cited seven people with disorderly conduct … Non-students
TOP STORIES Waupun Warden Hepp, 8 staffers charged following probes into 4 inmate deaths … Hepp is charged with misconduct in public office. The other eight face charges of felony inmate abuse. Three of them are also charged with misconduct. … All of the charges are related to the deaths