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• Featured, News, Wisconsin April 16,2016 by Associated Press

  GOP will seek stay on right-to-work ruling Monday morning

  A Madison judge entered a final order Friday declaring Wisconsin’s right-to-work law unconstitutional, finalizing a decision he handed down last week in favor of unions, and setting the stage for state attorneys to appeal. State Justice Department officials lost no time in announcing they’d file a request Monday morning to put the ruling on hold while an appeal is settled. “We wholehea.... Read More
• Environment, Featured, News, World April 16,2016 by Associated Press

  Land mines of the sea: Cleaning up lost fishing gear

  They are the land mines of the sea, killing long after being forgotten. Abandoned or lost fishing gear, including traps, crab pots and nets, litter the ocean floor in coastal areas around the world. Many continue to attract, entrap and kill fish and other marine life in what’s called “ghost fishing.” Groups, governments and companies around the world are engaged in efforts to retrieve .... Read More
• Editorials, Featured, Featured Views, Views & Opinions April 14,2016 by Wisconsin Gazette

  Merit selection: The best way to end judicial corruption

  In the almost 4,000 years since Hammurabi codified Babylonian law, Western cultures have held judicial fairness and impartiality as an ideal. To be sure, it’s an ideal sometimes honored more in the breach than in the keeping, but it’s an unchanging ideal nonetheless. Today, in Wisconsin, that ideal is under attack, from enemies both old and new. Wisconsin elects its judges and elections .... Read More
• Featured, Featured News, Lifestyle, Political, Progressive, Wellness April 14,2016 by Wisconsin Gazette

  As more clinics close, young docs turn to abortion training

  Even as scores of abortion clinics have shut down, the number of doctors trained to provide the procedure has surged — but only in some parts of the country. Two little-known training programs say they have expanded rapidly in recent years, fueled by robust private funding and demand. Launched nearly a quarter century ago amid protest and violence, the programs now train more than 1,000 docto.... Read More
• Featured, Featured News, LGBT, News, Regional April 14,2016 by Associated Press

  Meningitis outbreak in Chicago’s gay community

  Health officials in Chicago say last summer's deadly outbreak of meningitis in gay and bisexual men is continuing with two new confirmed cases. The Chicago Department of Public Health says this brings the total to nine cases linked to the outbreak, all in men who have sex with men. One man died last June. The department says the outbreak is disproportionately affecting men with HIV and black.... Read More
• Featured, Featured News, News, Political, Wisconsin April 13,2016 by Lisa Neff

  Appeals court revives Wisconsin photo ID challenge

  The U.S. appeals court in Chicago directed a district court to consider claims from people who encounter high hurdles in obtaining the photo ID needed to vote in Wisconsin. The appeals court panel, in the April 12 order, wrote, “Plaintiffs contend that high hurdles for some persons eligible to vote entitle those particular persons to relief. Plaintiffs’ approach is potentially sound if ev.... Read More
• Featured, News, Political April 04,2016 by Lisa Neff

  Supreme Court rejects conservative challenge on redistricting

  The Supreme Court unanimously upheld the method all states use to draw their legislative districts, rejecting a conservative challenge on redistricting that could have given more clout to white, rural voters. The eight justices rebuffed a case spearheaded by a conservative legal activist brought against the state of Texas over the manner in which it carved out voting districts for its state Se.... Read More
• Entertainment, Featured, Visual Art, WiGWAG April 04,2016 by Associated Press

  Hidden mural found at West of the Lake Gardens

  Bob Fay says putting together pieces of the past can paint a picture. Or uncover one already painted, like the mural found in a building at West of the Lake Gardens in Manitowoc after decades of being hidden, USA Today Network-Wisconsin reported. A leaky skylight in the former residence of well-known Manitowoc philanthropists John and Ruth West led to the discovery of a multi-wall mural paint.... Read More
• Featured, Featured News, National, News, Progressive, Social Justice April 02,2016 by Associated Press

  California, New York set to raise minimum wage to $15

  California and New York — where almost 1 in 5 Americans live — are on their way to raising their minimum wage to $15 an hour, and the activists who spearheaded those efforts are now setting their sights on other similarly liberal, Democratic-led states. Illinois, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Jersey, Oregon, Rhode Island and Washington are among the states with active "Fight for $15" efforts.... Read More
• Books, Featured, Political April 02,2016 by Associated Press

  Covering Hillary, then and now: ‘Girls in the Van’ excerpt

  I looked up from my breakfast. We were sitting in a diner in August of 2000, on the second day of U.S. Senate candidate Hillary Clinton’s three-day tour of Long Island, and I was feeling slightly bummed out. I had planned to finish three stories while she was out here, the first a straightforward piece about her campaigning on Republican opponent Rick Lazio’s home turf, the second a feature st.... Read More