A federal judge has blocked President Donald Trump’s administration from enforcing his new travel ban against a Syrian family looking to escape fighting in their native land by fleeing to Wisconsin.A Syrian Muslim who fled to Wisconsin has been working since last year to win asylum for his wife and 3-year-old daughter so they can leave Aleppo and join him here. He filed a federal lawsuit in.... Read More
Officials in small Wisconsin towns say construction costs and state budget cuts have caused them to convert their blacktop roads into gravel roads.State funding for local governments in the form of municipal aid has been cut over the last 10 years as local transportation funding has remained roughly flat, Wisconsin Public Radio reported. The state has also limited how much towns can raise fr.... Read More
The new chief of the Environmental Protection Agency said he does not believe that carbon dioxide is a primary contributor to global warming, a statement at odds with mainstream scientific consensus and his own agency.EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt said measuring the effect of human activity on the climate is “very challenging” and that “there’s tremendous disagreement about.... Read More
A man who died of dehydration at the Milwaukee County jail, overseen by Sheriff David Clarke, “was subjected to a form of torture” during 10 days in solitary confinement, his family alleges in a federal lawsuit.The lawsuit filed March 9 claims jail staff ignored 38-year-old Terrill Thomas’ pleas for water last April and that inmates “overheard his cries for water for days.”Clarke.... Read More
A retired Wisconsin state senator who was one of the 14 Democrats who went to Illinois in an attempt to block Gov. Scott Walker’s anti-union legislation said he’s on track for a run to challenge the incumbent Republican.Tim Cullen, of Janesville, has been traveling the state for months with the intent of running for governor in 2018. He has been the most public about his desire to run ag.... Read More
The new chief of the Environmental Protection Agency said this week he does not believe that carbon dioxide is a primary contributor to global warming, a statement at odds with mainstream scientific consensus and his own agency.EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt, who has made his riches in the fossil fuel industry, said measuring the effect of human activity on the climate is “very challenging�.... Read More
Dismayed by the results of the 2016 election, Meg Godfrey decided she needed to do more than vote, share social media posts and sign online petitions. So she went to the website of Sen. Roy Blunt, R-Missouri, and typed a note in support of the Affordable Care Act.The email then gave a number of statistics to buttress Blunt’s position that the law is failing.But something about the letter.... Read More
The “top top surgeon,” as he was affectionately labeled, was honored for his commitment to gender-affirming surgery at Fair Wisconsin’s 2017 Gala Dinner and Leadership Awards. Dr. Clifford King, M.D., a Madison-based plastic surgeon, received the organization’s Community Leadership Award at the Feb. 25 event, which drew an enthusiastic crowd of 175 to the downtown Marriott.King moved m.... Read More
The Jewish Community Relations Council has reported an “extraordinarily high number” of local anti-Semitic incidents in 2016.The Milwaukee Jewish Federation’s council released its annual audit Feb. 20, amid other reports documenting a rise in anti-Semitic incidents in the nation and around the world. Those reports also show a spike in the number of active hate groups in the United States f.... Read More
Jason Rae has a classic baby face, but it doesn’t seem to have stopped people from taking him seriously.The youngest person ever to win election to the Democratic National Committee, he recently became, at age 30, one of the youngest to be elected DNC secretary.The Rice Lake native remembers admonishing his parents to vote for Bill Clinton when they dropped him off at a babysitter’s place .... Read More
