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MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Animal welfare advocates filed a lawsuit Wednesday seeking to invalidate Wisconsin's new wolf management plan, accusing state wildlife officials of violating the state's open meetings law and disregarding comments from wolf researchers and supporters. The Great Lakes Wildlife Alliance, also known as Friends of the Wisconsin Wolf and Wildlife, filed the latest lawsuit in Dane County Circuit Court. The organization describes itself as a statewide group of hunters, farmers, politicians, business owners and animal welfare advocates who support science-based conservation. Adam Payne, the department secretary at the time, announced revisions were coming after the February talks with the organizations that favor further limiting the wolf population. The Department of Natural Resources adopted a wolf management plan in 1999 that called for capping the population at 350 wolves.
Persons: Adam Payne, Molly Meister Organizations: Farmers, Lakes Wildlife Alliance, Wisconsin Wolf, Wildlife, Dane County Circuit Court, of Natural Resources, Wisconsin Wildlife Federation, Wisconsin Association of Sporting Dogs, Natural Resources, DNR Locations: MADISON, Wis, Wisconsin, Dane County
Members of the antisemitic hate group "Blood Tribe" marched in downtown Madison, Wisconsin. The mayor of Madison called the Nazi symbols "disturbing" and condemned the group. NEW LOOK Sign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . AdvertisementNeo-Nazis marched in downtown Madison, Wisconsin, chanting "There will be blood," CBS News reports.
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[1/53] Nov 14, 2023; Providence, Rhode Island, USA; Providence Friars guard Devin Carter (22) warms up before a game against the Wisconsin Badgers at Amica Mutual Pavilion. Jayden Pierre and Josh Oduro added 13 points apiece for Providence, which shot 58.5 percent. Carter added a game-high eight rebounds. The Badgers, who made it respectable with a 13-1 closing run, shot just 33.9 percent, making 21 of 62 shots. Providence took control with a 17-2 run to go in front 27-9 with 9:24 left in the first half.
Persons: Devin Carter, Eric Canha, Bryce Hopkins, AJ Storr, Jayden Pierre, Josh Oduro, Carter, Pierre, Oduro, John's, John Blackwell, Blackwell, Providence, Chucky Hepburn Organizations: Providence Friars, Wisconsin Badgers, Amica, Providence, Wisconsin, Big, Friars, The Badgers, Badgers, Thomson Locations: Providence , Rhode Island, USA, . Wisconsin, St
The Waupun, Green Bay and Stanley prisons have been under lockdown for months as the state grapples with deteriorating buildings and a worker shortage. And at Green Bay, only rules related to visitation and recreation time remain suspended. There were two suicides at the Green Bay prison between 2019 and 2022, according to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. A group of Waupun inmates filed a federal lawsuit in Milwaukee in October alleging that the prison's conditions amounted to cruel and unusual punishment. The prisons in Waupun and Green Bay were both built in the 1800s and need significant physical upgrades.
Persons: — Lockdowns, Tony Evers, Green Bay’s, ” Evers, Evers, Jim Rafter, Organizations: The Wisconsin Department of Corrections, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Wisconsin Department of Corrections, Department of Corrections Locations: MADISON, Wis, Green, Wisconsin, Green Bay, , Waupun, Milwaukee, Allouez
Some Republicans have been trying to oust state elections administrator Meagan Wolfe, who was in her position during the 2020 election narrowly lost by Trump in Wisconsin. The Senate voted last month to fire Wolfe but later admitted the vote was symbolic and had no legal effect. The Republican president of the Senate has also called on Assembly Speaker Robin Vos to proceed with impeachment. The Assembly can only vote to impeach state officials for corrupt conduct in office or for committing a crime or misdemeanor. “We need to move forward and talk about the issues that matter to most Wisconsinites and that is not, for most Wisconsinites, obsessing about Meagan Wolfe,” Vos said.
Persons: , Donald Trump, Meagan Wolfe, Wolfe, Robin Vos, Vos, Trump, Janel Brandtjen, ” Vos, Joe Biden Organizations: Republican, Republicans, Trump, Five, GOP lawmaker's Locations: MADISON, Wis, Wisconsin
Tony Evers on Tuesday sued the Republican-controlled Legislature, arguing that it is obstructing basic government functions, including signing off on pay raises for university employees that were previously approved. Republican legislative leaders, Senate Majority Leader Devin LeMahieu and Assembly Speaker Robin Vos, did not immediately return emails seeking comment. In addition to not approving the pay raises for about 35,000 University of Wisconsin employees, Evers argues that the Legislature is blocking state conservation programs, updates to the state's commercial building standards and ethics standards for licensed professionals. But pay raises also must then be approved by a committee of legislative leaders. Evers and the GOP-controlled Legislature have had a contentious relationship from the moment Evers was elected in November 2018.
Persons: Tony Evers, Evers, Devin LeMahieu, Robin Vos, ” Evers Organizations: — Wisconsin Democratic Gov, Tuesday, Republican, University of Wisconsin, UW, GOP, Natural Resources Board Locations: MADISON, Wis, Wisconsin, Alaska , Kentucky, Michigan , Missouri , New Jersey, West Virginia
“My opponent is backed by special interests who are spending millions of dollars on lies about me,” she says in a new TV ad. As the campaign finance reports have rolled in to the state, McCaffery’s side has gained a slight spending edge. During the five-week period ending Oct. 23, McCaffery's campaign reported spending $2.3 million. Another group that is largely funded by Illinois billionaire Richard Uihlein reported spending $735,000 on a TV ad attacking McCaffery. One umbrella group, Pennsylvanians for Judicial Fairness, has reported spending more than $4 million while the American Civil Liberties Union reported spending more than $1 million.
Persons: Dan McCaffery, Carolyn Carluccio, Roe, Wade, we’ve, ” McCaffery, McCaffery, Carluccio, , , Jeffrey Yass, Richard Uihlein, Marc Levy Organizations: Democratic, U.S, Supreme, Pennsylvania, Federation, Life Coalition of Pennsylvania, Commonwealth, Fund, Illinois, Fair Courts America, GOP, Court, Pennsylvania Chamber, Business, Industry, American Civil Liberties Union Locations: HARRISBURG, Pa, Pennsylvania, Montgomery, Philadelphia, Yass, Wisconsin's
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A vote by the Republican-controlled Wisconsin Senate last month to fire the state's nonpartisan top elections official had no legal effect, and lawmakers are barred from ousting her while a lawsuit plays out, a Dane County judge ruled on Friday. Administrator Meagan Wolfe will continue serving as head of the Wisconsin Elections Commission pending a decision on whether elections commissioners are legally required to appoint someone for the Senate to confirm, Judge Ann Peacock said. They also asked Peacock to order the elections commission to appoint an administrator for the Senate to vote on. The bipartisan elections commission deadlocked in June on a vote to reappoint Wolfe. Report for America is a nonprofit national service program that places journalists in local newsrooms to report on undercovered issues.
Persons: Meagan Wolfe, Ann Peacock, Wolfe, Josh Kaul, Peacock, ” Kaul, reappoint Wolfe, Joseph Czarnezki, Joe Biden, Biden, Donald Trump, Organizations: Republican, Wisconsin Senate, Senate Republicans, Senate, Democratic, GOP, Republicans, WEC, Associated Press, America Statehouse News Initiative, America Locations: MADISON, Wis, Wisconsin, Dane
GOP Rep. Derrick Van Orden quietly left Washington, DC on Thursday to go to Israel. Van Orden has been a supporter of Rep. Jim Jordan's speakership bid. AdvertisementAdvertisementA Republican congressman who has supported Rep. Jim Jordan's run for speaker quietly left the US on Thursday to travel to Israel, complicating Jordan's bid to lead the chamber. Van Orden alluded to the inner turmoil in the lower chamber in his statement to the Sentinel. The lawmaker from Wisconsin's absence makes Jordan's speakership even more unlikely than it already was.
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MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Democratic legislator from central Wisconsin announced Tuesday that she is running for U.S. Rep. Derrick Van Orden's seat next year. State Rep. Katrina Shankland, of Sevens Point, joined a crowded field of Democratic challengers in western Wisconsin's 3rd Congressional District. Van Orden, a former Navy SEAL, narrowly defeated Democratic state Sen. Brad Pfaff to flip the seat for the GOP last year after longtime Democratic incumbent Ron Kind chose not to seek reelection. Pfaff has decided not to challenge Van Orden in 2024. Van Orden was outside of the Capitol during the Jan. 6, 2021 insurrection, before he was elected to Congress.
Persons: Derrick Van Orden's, Katrina Shankland, Tara Johnson, Rebecca Cooke, Aaron Nytes, Van Orden, Sen, Brad Pfaff, Ron Kind, Pfaff, vulgarities, didn't Organizations: , Democratic, Wisconsin, U.S . Rep, State, Congressional District, Former La, Harvard Law, Navy SEAL, GOP, Democrats, Senate, Capitol Locations: MADISON, Wis, Wisconsin's, Former La Crosse County
Ozanne and Chisholm, both Democrats, announced last year that they would permit abortions in their counties despite a 174-year-old state law that conservatives argue bans the procedure. They said the state law barring abortions remains in effect and Ozanne and Chisholm have a duty to enforce it because babies are dying. The U.S. Supreme Court's 1973 Roe v. Wade decision essentially legalized abortion nationwide and nullified state abortion bans, including Wisconsin's. But Wisconsin legislators never erased the 1849 ban from state law. The case will likely end up before the state Supreme Court.
Persons: Ismael Ozanne, John Chisholm, Chisholm, Diane Schlipper, , Heather Weininger, Ozanne, hasn't, Chisholm didn't, Michelle Velasquez, ” Velasquez, Roe, Wade, Joel Urmanski, Josh Kaul, Schlipper Organizations: Wisconsin, Capitol, Dane County, Dane, U.S, Associated Press, Republican, Democratic Locations: MADISON, Wis, Wisconsin's, . Wisconsin, Wisconsin, Milwaukee County, Ozanne, Madison and Milwaukee, U.S ., Sheboygan, Madison , Milwaukee, Sheboygan County
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, fearing enforcement of an 1849 state law that appears to ban the procedure but had previously been nullified by the 1973 Roe ruling. In light of the ruling, Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin began offering abortions at clinics in Madison and Milwaukee again on Monday. According to Planned Parenthood of Illinois, its clinics have seen a seven-fold increase in patients from Wisconsin since the Supreme Court overturned Roe. The lawsuit challenging Wisconsin's 1849 law was brought by the state's Democratic attorney general and is expected to end up in front of the Wisconsin Supreme Court, which flipped to liberal control last month.
Persons: Roe, Tony Evers Organizations: Supreme, Wade, Democratic, Wisconsin Supreme, Wisconsin Gov Locations: MADISON, Wis, Wisconsin, U.S, Madison, Milwaukee, Illinois
A sign is pictured at the entrance to a Planned Parenthood building in New York August 31, 2015./File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsSept 14 (Reuters) - Planned Parenthood will resume abortion care at two facilities in Wisconsin for the first time in more than a year, it said on Thursday following a county court ruling that an 1849 state law did not apply to most consensual abortions. In the wake of that ruling, abortion care will again be available starting on Monday at Planned Parenthood centers in Milwaukee and Madison, according to Tanya Atkinson, the president of Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin. The people of Wisconsin have been without this essential and necessary care for over a year," said Atkinson in a video statement. Planned Parenthood, the state's biggest abortion provider, is the first to make the announcement. "Planned Parenthood is more concerned about their bottom line and keeping abortion dollars in Wisconsin than finding a way to help women in unplanned pregnancies," said Heather Weininger, the head of Wisconsin Right to Life, in a statement.
Persons: Wade, Tanya Atkinson, Atkinson, Roe, Janet Protasiewicz's, Heather Weininger, Tony Evers, Evers, Julia Harte, Colleen Jenkins, Aurora Ellis Organizations: U.S, Supreme, Circuit, Democratic, Thomson Locations: New York, Wisconsin, Wisconsin's Dane, Milwaukee, Madison, United States
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Republican-controlled Wisconsin Senate was set to vote Thursday on firing the battleground state's top elections official — a move that was denounced by Democrats as illegitimate and is expected to draw a legal battle. Nonpartisan Wisconsin Elections Commission Administrator Meagan Wolfe has been the subject of conspiracy theories and threats from election skeptics who falsely claim she was part of a plan to rig the 2020 vote in Wisconsin. The bipartisan elections commission deadlocked in June on a vote to nominate Wolfe for a second four-year term. In addition to carrying out the decisions of the elections commission, Wolfe helps guide Wisconsin’s more than 1,800 local clerks who actually run elections. Since the 2020 election, some Republicans have floated the idea of abolishing or overhauling the elections commission.
Persons: Meagan Wolfe, Wolfe, Devin LeMahieu, Josh Kaul, Kaul, Michael Haas, Scott Walker's, ERIC Organizations: Republican, Wisconsin Senate, GOP, Democratic, Biden, Trump, Republicans, Government, Board, Republican Gov, National Association of State, Registration, Associated Press, America Statehouse News Initiative, America Locations: MADISON, Wis, Wisconsin
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Senate's elections committee was set to vote Monday on the future of the battleground state's top elections official, clearing the way for the full Republican-controlled Senate to vote on firing her as soon as Thursday. Democrats have accused GOP leaders of improperly pushing through the confirmation process for nonpartisan Wisconsin Elections Commission Administrator Meagan Wolfe after the commission's three Republicans and three Democrats deadlocked along party lines in a reappointment vote in June. Wolfe did not attend a public hearing the Senate elections committee held last month on her reappointment. That hearing attracted dozens of election skeptics who repeated widely debunked claims about the 2020 election and called for Wolfe to be fired or even arrested. Elections observers have raised concerns that firing Wolfe or disputing her position through the 2024 election could encourage election skeptics who have already harassed and threatened election officials over the 2020 election.
Persons: Meagan Wolfe, reappoint Wolfe, Wolfe, Joe Biden, Biden, Donald Trump, ___ Organizations: Republican, Democratic, Republicans, Associated Press, America Statehouse News Initiative, America Locations: MADISON, Wis, Wisconsin
The state Democratic Party has given liberal Justice Jill Karofsky's campaign more than $1.3 million. In Wisconsin, there is no requirement that justices step down from hearing cases involving campaign donors. Those threats were denounced by Wisconsin Democratic Party Chair Ben Wikler as “political extortion." She also cited Democratic Party campaign donations and the campaign comments. The Democratic Party did not bring either of the pending redistricting cases, even though Democrats would benefit from new maps being drawn.
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MADISON, Wis. (AP) —A state judiciary disciplinary panel has rejected several complaints lodged against Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Janet Protasiewicz that alleged she violated the judicial code of ethics for comments she made during the campaign. Protasiewicz on Tuesday released a letter from the Wisconsin Judicial Commission informing her that “several complaints” regarding comments she had made during the campaign had been dismissed without action. Protasiewicz’s win in April flipped majority control of Wisconsin’s Supreme Court from conservative to liberal for the first time in 15 years. That case is expected to eventually reach the Wisconsin Supreme Court. Its members include two lawyers and two judges appointed by the Supreme Court and five non-lawyers appointed by the governor to three-year terms.
Persons: Janet Protasiewicz, It's, Protasiewicz, ” Protasiewicz, Randall Cook, Jeremiah Van Hecke, Dan Kelly, Van Hecke, Robin Vos, impeaches, Tony Evers, Todd Richmond Organizations: Wisconsin Supreme, Commission, Associated Press, Protasiewicz’s, Republican, Democratic, The Wisconsin Republican Party, Protasiewicz, Judicial, Supreme, Wisconsin Democratic Party, Senate, Democratic Gov Locations: MADISON, Wis, Wisconsin, U.S
Expect Democrats to make abortion rights a dominant theme in 2024. The Democratic party chair there says it's "vital" that party members convey their position. Expect Democrats to make sure of that, especially after a recent Wisconsin election further demonstrated the power of abortion rights at the ballot box. Abortion rights advocates protest outside the White House in July 2022. Dems shift to talking openly about abortionThe Democratic Party has rapidly changed its views on abortion.
A failed conservative candidate for Supreme Court in Wisconsin may have won his bid for sorest loser. Dan Kelly slammed his liberal rival Janet Protasiewicz as not a "worthy opponent." Wisconsin's Democratic Party Chair tweeted a clip of the speech, saying Kelly has "no grace." "I wish that in a circumstance like this, I would be able to concede to a worthy opponent," said Kelly. Wisconsin Democratic Party Chair Ben Wikler tweeted a clip of the speech, saying Kelly has "no grace."
The two airlines have collectively dropped 55 regional airports since the COVID-19 pandemic. "Delta continues to evaluate the regional market, monitoring regional carrier pilot availability and customer demand. After Delta pulls out, La Crosse Regional Airport will still be connected to Chicago by American Airlines. The four airports are the latest in a long list of regional airports that were abandoned by major airlines as a consequence of the COVID-19 pandemic. Including the airports cited above, Delta has dropped 17 regional destinations and United 38 regional destinations since the beginning of the pandemic.
[1/9] Supporters of Wisconsin Supreme Court candidate Daniel Kelly cheer during a campaign event the night before Wisconsin's Supreme Court election, in Waukesha, Wisconsin, U.S., April 3, 2023. Abortion has dominated the campaign, with the court expected in the coming months to decide whether to uphold the state's 1849 abortion ban. The state's Democratic attorney general, Josh Kaul, has challenged the statute's validity in a lawsuit backed by Democratic Governor Tony Evers. "Judges are supposed to wear a black robe, but she's made clear she'll be wearing a blue robe," said Mark Jefferson, the state Republican chair. "What we are seeing in this race is an indication that this is a new era for state Supreme Court elections," he said.
Stakes are high in an April Supreme Court election in the battleground state of Wisconsin. Normally, you wouldn't see high-profile figures like former President Barack Obama and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton weighing in on an upcoming state Supreme Court election. That's nearly double that of the previous record for a state Supreme Court seat. Wikler said the results could affect control of the US Congress, the Supreme Court, the White House in 2024. The state Democratic Party is helping fund Protasiewicz's campaign while other Democratic power players are working to drive interest in the race.
BlackRock CEO Larry Fink GettyImages / Eugene Gologursky1. If you're looking for controversy in Larry Fink's annual open letter to investors, better luck next year. Despite this year's letter clocking in at roughly 9,000 words — have you thought about getting an editor, Larry? — Fink largely avoided discussing a favorite, albeit controversial, topic of his: ESG investing. Click here to read more about Larry Fink's latest annual letter that largely avoided hot political topics.
Former state Supreme Court Justice Daniel Kelly, a staunch conservative who was endorsed by former President Donald Trump when he ran unsuccessfully for re-election in 2020, took second place, the AP projected. With a Democratic governor, Tony Evers, and a Republican-majority legislature often at loggerheads, the state Supreme Court's 4-3 conservative majority has issued a string of decisions that typically favored Republicans. But a conservative justice is leaving the bench this year, putting the political leaning of the court in question. Democratic Attorney General Josh Kaul filed a lawsuit claiming the statute is invalid - a case eventually headed for the state Supreme Court. A new liberal majority could also revisit other statutes, such as laws requiring voter identification, permitting concealed carry of firearms and weakening public sector unions.
Feb 21 (Reuters) - Wisconsin voters on Tuesday will decide which state Supreme Court candidates will advance to an April election that carries profound consequences for abortion rights, control of the state government and the 2024 presidential election. And the justices could issue election law rulings that affect the outcome of the 2024 presidential race, when Wisconsin is expected to be a swing state. The contest already ranks among the most expensive state supreme court races in history, according to Douglas Keith, an attorney at New York University's Brennan Center for Justice who tracks spending on judicial elections. Democratic Attorney General Josh Kaul filed a lawsuit claiming the statute is invalid - a case eventually headed for the state Supreme Court. "This is Wisconsin's Roe moment," said Gracie Skogman, a spokesperson for Wisconsin Right to Life, which is backing the conservative candidates.
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