WED News Summary: Police remove tents at UW-Madison’s pro-Palestinian encampment; Evers not considering National Guard for campus protests

TOP STORIES Police remove tents at UW-Madison’s pro-Palestinian encampment Police arrived on UW-Madison campus shortly before 7 a.m. local time … University police gave the students staying at the encampment a warning to evacuate shortly before 7 a.m. … began removing the tents as students jeered. … Video posted to

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TUE PM Update: Dallet calls for more expansive reading of rights protected in Wisconsin Constitution, drawing rebuke from Rebecca Bradley

From WisPolitics … — Liberal Justice Rebecca Dallet today called for a more expansive reading of Wisconsin’s Constitution to provide broader protections for individual liberties than the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. That drew a rebuke from conservative Justice Rebecca Bradley that her colleague was issuing a “call for

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TUE News Summary: Pro-Palestinian protesters camp at Milwaukee, Madison campuses

TOP STORIES Pro-Palestinian encampment protests reach Universities of Wisconsin Protesters held rallies at UW-Madison and UW-Milwaukee on Monday … [about 300 students, faculty, activists in Madison] After speeches and chants [Students for Justice in Palestine’s Saba called for divestment,] several students pitched tents — two weeks after students at Columbia

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FRI REPORT: Colón decides against state Supreme Court bid

Quotes of the Week Drink more. Tweet less. Get to know your colleagues in real life before trashing them on social media. – U.S. Rep. Mike Gallagher, R-Allouez, after his early departure from Congress telling Fox 11 WLUK what he learned serving Wisconsin’s 8th CD for nearly four terms. I

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FRI News Summary: AG Kaul argues drop boxes legal in Wisconsin

TOP STORIES Ballot drop boxes aren’t actually banned, state’s top cop argues … July 2023 lawsuit, filed by the group Priorities USA, a national nonprofit that supports Democrats, challenges the ruling from two years ago and urges the now liberal-leaning high court to reinstate the legal use of the boxes.

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THU AM Update: Trump to campaign in Waukesha on Wednesday 

From WisPolitics … — Donald Trump will be in Waukesha on Wednesday for his second trip to the state in the past month. Trump’s campaign said he plans to deliver remarks in the early afternoon at the Waukesha County Expo Center. Following the Wisconsin stop, Trump will head to Freeland,

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