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Wisconsin Supreme Court will decide whether mobile voting sites are legal

May. 03, 2024 18:04 PM EDT

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The state Supreme Court announced Friday that it will decide whether mobile voting sites are legal without allowing any lower appellate courts to rule first. The Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty, a conservative law firm, sued in December 2022 on behalf...

Johnson Outdoor: Fiscal Q2 Earnings Snapshot

May. 03, 2024 06:22 AM EDT

RACINE, Wis. (AP) — RACINE, Wis. (AP) — Johnson Outdoors Inc. (JOUT) on Friday reported profit of $2.2 million in its fiscal second quarter. The Racine, Wisconsin-based company said it had net income of 21 cents per share. The outdoor gear company posted revenue of...

Liberal Wisconsin justice won't recuse herself from case on mobile voting van's legality

Mar. 21, 2024 18:33 PM EDT

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A liberal Wisconsin Supreme Court justice said Thursday that she won't recuse herself from a case dealing with the legality of mobile voting sites in the state. The Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty, a conservative law firm, filed a lawsuit in December...

Fewer fish and more algae? Scientists seek to understand impacts of historic lack of Great Lakes ice

Mar. 08, 2024 00:44 AM EST

RACINE, Wis. (AP) — Michigan Tech University biologists have been observing a remote Lake Superior island's fragile wolf population every winter since 1958, but they had to cut this season's planned seven-week survey short after just two weeks. The ski plane they study the wolves...