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Wisconsin legislators consider bills tightening prohibitions on National Guard sex assaults
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Lawmakers are considering a package of legislation that would tighten prohibitions on sexual assault within the Wisconsin National Guard after a scathing federal report found commanders had for years been flouting federal requirements for handling complaints. A...
Editorial Roundup: Wisconsin
Eau Claire Leader-Telegram. May 25, 2023. Editorial: Report underscores importance of extracurricular activities The Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction released its 2021 Youth Risk Behavior Survey this week and it includes information that should give...
SEC coaches' opinions on schedule debate range from overrated to undecided to ambivalence
DESTIN, Fla. (AP) — Kirby Smart sounded ready to be done with the Southeastern Conference's great schedule debate. “The most overrated conversation in the world,” the Georgia coach said Tuesday. As is tradition, the Southeastern Conference took over a resort...
Car-van crash in northwestern Wisconsin kills 2, injures 12 others, including 3 critically
RIDGELAND, Wis. (AP) — Authorities Tuesday investigated a van-car collision that injured 14 people, including two fatally, in northwestern Wisconsin. The crash along Highway 25 north of Ridgeland occurred Monday evening when a van carying 10 people was struck by a car carrying four...
Wisconsin Republicans introduce bill that clarifies procedures that don't qualify as abortion
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Republicans released a package of legislation Tuesday that would tweak the state's abortion ban by specifying medical procedures to save a mother's life that don't qualify as abortion. Democratic Gov. Tony Evers is almost certain to veto the measure...
Today in History: May 29, Reagan and Gorbachev meet
Today in History Today is Monday, May 29, the 149th day of 2023. There are 216 days left in the year. This is Memorial Day. Today’s Highlight in History: On May 29, 1988, President Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail S. Gorbachev opened their...
Protester involved in pulling down abolitionist's statue in Wisconsin gets 6 months in jail
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A man who drove the car that helped pull down the statue of a Civil War hero and abolitionist outside of the Wisconsin state Capitol during a night of protests in 2020 has been sentenced to six months in jail. The statue of Hans Christian Heg was toppled and...
Wisconsin lawmaker says his bar where overdose victims bought drugs isn't 'bad establishment'
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Police in Wisconsin say the fentanyl-laced drugs that killed one person and caused three more to overdose in a village north of Milwaukee were bought at a state lawmaker's tavern that has been the subject of multiple calls to police in recent years. Republican...
Kids could fill labor shortages, even in bars, if these lawmakers succeed
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Lawmakers in several states are embracing legislation to let children work in more hazardous occupations, for more hours on school nights and in expanded roles, including serving alcohol in bars and restaurants as young as 14. The efforts to significantly roll...
Finance committee hands WisconsinEye network $10 million endowment
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Legislature's finance committee inserted language into the state budget Thursday that creates a $10 million endowment for the state's C-SPAN-style public affairs network. The Joint Finance Committee voted unanimously to place the money in a fund...
