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Wisconsin Legislature rejects governor's special session on child care, worker shortages
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin's Republican-controlled Legislature on Wednesday ignored Democratic Gov. Tony Evers' call for a special session to pass a $1 billion package that would keep a pandemic-era child care program running, send more money to the University of Wisconsin and create a paid...
Editorial Roundup: Wisconsin
Eau Claire Leader-Telegram. September 19, 2023. Editorial: Brewers proposal isn’t a good deal for Wisconsin The new proposal to spend $614 million on American Family Field in exchange for the Brewers agreeing to stay in Milwaukee through 2050 is not the deal it’s...
Wisconsin Republican leader blocks pay raises in continuation of DEI fight
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Republican speaker of the Wisconsin Assembly is blocking pay raises for University of Wisconsin employees unless the university cuts diversity, equity and inclusion spending by $32 million — a move that comes amid the Democratic governor's calls for lawmakers to spend...
Wisconsin redistricting fight focuses on the recusal of a key justice as impeachment threat lingers
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Republicans fighting to preserve Wisconsin legislative electoral maps they drew argue in new legal filings that a key liberal Wisconsin Supreme Court justice must recuse from the case despite the dismissal of complaints against her related to comments she made about...
Planned Parenthood resumes offering abortions in Wisconsin after more than a year
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Planned Parenthood resumed offering abortion services in Wisconsin on Monday after halting them for more than a year since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. Providers across the state stopped offering abortions following the June 2022 decision,...
Republican legislatures flex muscles to keep power in closely divided North Carolina and Wisconsin
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — In 2020, North Carolina seemed the model of an evenly-divided swing state. Then-President Donald Trump barely won, beating Democrat Joe Biden by just over a percentage point. Meanwhile, the state's Democratic governor, Roy Cooper, won reelection by a relatively comfortable 5...
Mordecai and Allen each run for 2 TDs, Wisconsin beats Georgia Southern 35-14
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Tanner Mordecai ran for two touchdowns, Braelon Allen added two more and the Wisconsin defense forced six turnovers — including five interceptions — to help the Badgers beat Georgia Southern 35-14 Saturday. Hunter Wohler, a junior safety who went into the...
Wisconsin man accused of pepper-spraying police at US Capitol on Jan. 6 pleads guilty
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin man pleaded guilty Friday to a federal assault charge after being accused of bragging in a social media message that he pepper-sprayed police officers so severely during the Jan. 6 attack at the U.S. Capitol that they had to undress. Prosecutors...
Biden sending aides to Detroit to address autoworkers strike, says 'record profits' should be shared
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Friday dispatched two of his top aides to Detroit to help resolve the strike by unionized autoworkers, expressing sympathy for the union by suggesting that the Big 3 automakers should share their “record profits.” “No one wants to...
A member of the secret panel studying Wisconsin Supreme Court justice's impeachment backed her rival
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — One of the former Wisconsin Supreme Court justices tapped to investigate impeaching newly elected Justice Janet Protasiewicz for taking Democratic Party money accepted donations from the state Republican Party when he was on the court. The former justice,...
