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- Featured, Featured News, News, Political, Social Justice, Walker Watch, WisconsinMarch 06,2017
Families, experts wary of Scott Walker’s plan to abolish Parole Commission
Beverly Walker doubts Gov. Scott Walker's plan to abolish the Wisconsin Parole Commission will add efficiency to a sluggish system, and she suspects it would make qualifying for parole even more difficult.Her husband, Baron Walker, has been imprisoned for nearly 22 years on a 60-year sentence for two armed bank robberies. Since 2011, he has been eligible for parole under Wisconsin’s old sen.... Read More - Featured, Featured Views, Opinion, Tracking Trump, Views & OpinionsFebruary 01,2017
Your Right to Know: Trump raises stakes for press, public
Two days before the new president’s inauguration, the Society of Professional Journalists and dozens of other media and government transparency groups sent a letter asking Donald Trump for a meeting to discuss his administration’s relationship with the press.Among other things, the groups wanted Trump to affirm his commitment to the First Amendment, assure media access to his presidential .... Read More - Featured, Featured News, News, WisconsinJanuary 17,2017
Wisconsin misses chances to cut risk of lead exposure in water
Fearing that lead from drinking water had poisoned their children, nearly 30 people gathered on a December evening to press for answers.The event at the House of Prayer, a small church on Milwaukee’s northwest side, was organized by Tory Lowe, a community activist working to raise awareness of lead-in-water issues.Evanny Dorsey, one of the mothers who spoke, said her daughter Avanny test.... Read More - Featured Views, Opinion, Social Justice, Views & OpinionsJanuary 03,2017
Public’s trust was abused over police videos
On Aug. 14, after a night of unrest prompted by the fatal police shooting of a black man, Milwaukee Police Chief Ed Flynn said his review of body camera video of the incident proved the officer had acted appropriately.“The individual did turn toward the officer with a firearm in his hand,” Flynn stated, later saying the man, 23-year-old Sylville Smith, “was raising up with” the gun.M.... Read More - Community, Environment, Featured, Featured News, Milwaukee, News, Wellness, WisconsinDecember 19,2016
‘Regulatory vacuum’ exposes Wisconsin children to lead in drinking water at schools, day care centers
Almost two weeks into the school year, Melissa Corrigan got an email from the principal and superintendent of her daughters’ elementary school. Water from four West Middleton Elementary School faucets taken Sept. 1, the first day of school, had tested high for levels of lead or copper. As a safety precaution, the school would provide bottled water to students until the issue was resolved.Co.... Read More - Featured, Featured Views, News, Opinion, Views & Opinions, WisconsinDecember 05,2016
Your Right to Know: Release John Doe II case records now
One of the most important court decisions in Wisconsin political history was argued largely in secret. The arguments were made in briefs that were heavily redacted or entirely shielded from public view. The evidence was hidden. Most of the litigants were anonymous.The level of secrecy “is something I haven’t ever heard of happening in Wisconsin,” says David Schultz, a retired University .... Read More - Environment, Featured, Featured News, NewsDecember 04,2016
Wisconsin DNR fails to update lead testing guidelines for drinking water
Nine months after the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency warned against flushing water systems before testing for lead, the state Department of Natural Resources has not yet passed that advice on to public water systems in Wisconsin.The EPA issued a memo in late February as the lead-in-drinking-water crisis in Flint, Michigan was exploding into public view. The memo, intended to clear up con.... Read More - Featured, Featured News, News, Wellness, WisconsinNovember 28,2016
Costs of widely prescribed drugs jumped up to 5,241 percent in recent years
Jess Franz-Christensen did not realize the seriousness of her son’s Type 1 diabetes diagnosis until staff in the doctor’s office offered to call an ambulance to take him to the hospital.Her next shock: The cost of Jack’s medicines.The drugs, administered through an insulin pump, cost $1,200 a month.“We’re really fortunate. We’re able to pay for stuff,” said Franz-Christen.... Read More - Featured, Featured News, National, News, Political, WisconsinOctober 25,2016
Millennials showing up in 2016 election could decide races
Millennials get a bad rap. They’re labeled narcissistic, self-absorbed and apathetic. (Just look at their nicknames: the selfie generation, generation me, the unemployables.)And they’re the least likely generation to turn up at the polls this November.However, many young Americans do care about politics. They may just show it differently than their parents.At a recent Black and Bro.... Read More - Featured, Featured News, Milwaukee, News, Political, WisconsinAugust 30,2016
Public support, pleas from grieving family fail to move Wisconsin on gun background checks
By Alexandra ArriagaOn a Sunday afternoon nearly four years ago, Elvin Daniel was in his garden when he got a call from police: His sister, Zina Haughton, had been shot at work.Zina’s abusive husband, Radcliffe Haughton, used a semiautomatic handgun that he bought from a man in the parking lot of a fast-food restaurant in Germantown the day before the shooting. He killed Zina Haughton, M.... Read More
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