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More than a muffin: Getting serious about Teacher Appreciation Week
It’s that time of year again. Parents are sharing sign-up sheets, volunteering to bring flowers, cards and breakfast treats to their kids’ schools. “Teacher Appreciation Week,” like Mother’s Day, which comes hard on its heels, is all about celebrating the (mostly female) caregivers we depend on to make sure things are going OK for kids. […] The post More than a muffin: Getting serious about Teacher Appreciation Week appeared first on Wisconsin Examiner.
‘Day Without Child Care’ puts a spotlight on budget provision to help providers, parents
As families and child care providers wait to see whether the state budget will include money to support Wisconsin’s struggling child care network, teachers, advocates and lawmakers gathered Monday to highlight the critical role child care plays for workers and employers scrambling to fill job openings. “Child care professionals really are the workforce behind the […] The post ‘Day Without Child Care’ puts a spotlight on budget provision to help providers, parents appeared first on Wisconsin Examiner.
Protesters march in Wauwatosa after federal jury exonerates police
“So whose side are you on, my people, whose side are you on?” Mariah Smith, one of many who marched with The People’s Revolution (TPR) in 2020 after the killing of George Floyd, sang to a group of fellow protesters. “We’re on the freedom side,” the marchers responded loudly. Standing in Wauwatosa’s Hart Park, the […] The post Protesters march in Wauwatosa after federal jury exonerates police appeared first on Wisconsin Examiner.
Bipartisan group projects U.S. default as soon as early June, citing ‘quite low’ cash flows
WASHINGTON — The U.S. government could default as soon as next month if Congress and the Biden administration can’t reach a debt limit agreement before then, according to a new analysis from the Bipartisan Policy Center. The updated guidance, which puts the default window between early June and early August, adds pressure to President Joe […] The post Bipartisan group projects U.S. default as soon as early June, citing ‘quite low’ cash flows appeared first on Wisconsin Examiner.
Wisconsin author Michael Perry tackles farmers’ mental health struggles
When national best-selling author and farm kid-turned-adult Michael Perry wrote his latest book, “Forty Acres Deep” about a farmer’s struggles with mental health, he worried the heavy topic might surprise and deter some of his readers, who are used to the homespun humor of his previous works. “I knew this would be different than a […] The post Wisconsin author Michael Perry tackles farmers’ mental health struggles appeared first on Wisconsin Examiner.
A GOP claim that Michigan purposely tried to encourage voter fraud doesn’t fit with facts
Republicans at a recent congressional hearing accused Michigan’s chief election official of deliberately leaving tens of thousands of dead voters on the rolls in order to encourage illegal voting. Even at a time of intense partisan conflict over election policies, it was a strikingly direct charge against a sitting official — and one made not […] The post A GOP claim that Michigan purposely tried to encourage voter fraud doesn’t fit with facts appeared first on Wisconsin Examiner.
Wisconsin rally for missing and murdered indigenous women
About 150 people wearing red and black, most of them women, gathered in front of the Capitol on a sunny afternoon Friday, May 5, to mark the second annual Murdered and Missing Indigenous Women and Girls Day of Awareness. Red dresses flapped in the breeze from hangers suspended from the white, marble pillars, next to […] The post Wisconsin rally for missing and murdered indigenous women appeared first on Wisconsin Examiner.
Wauwatosa protester list testimony wraps up
Update: A federal jury in the Eastern District of Wisconsin cleared Wauwatosa police officers after two hours of deliberation Friday in a lawsuit concerning the “protester list” they created in what plaintiffs’ attorneys called “an extraordinarily important case.” The list compiled personal information including names, addresses, dates of birth, height, weight, eye color, social media […] The post Wauwatosa protester list testimony wraps up appeared first on Wisconsin Examiner.
Evers threatens to veto Republican shared revenue plan as committee meets on the bill
Gov. Tony Evers threatened on Thursday to veto Republicans’ plan to increase local government funding by at least 10% if it was passed in its current state, saying the state has the resources to provide more and asking for a “clean” bill — free of the requirements and limitations on local authority that are included […] The post Evers threatens to veto Republican shared revenue plan as committee meets on the bill appeared first on Wisconsin Examiner.
GOP lawmakers reject Democrats’ call to rein in investigations
Democrats on the Legislature’s budget committee called on the Republican majority Thursday to subject all investigations launched by their leaders to a vote in both the Senate and the Assembly, citing the “absolute waste of money” spent on the Assembly’s discredited review of the 2020 election. The Joint Finance Committee’s Republican majority rejected the measure […] The post GOP lawmakers reject Democrats’ call to rein in investigations appeared first on Wisconsin Examiner.
Robin Vos wants to gag citizens
Assembly Speaker Robin Vos wants to take your voice away. The shared revenue bill that the Assembly Republicans just introduced “would ban counties, municipalities from putting advisory referendums on the ballot,” according to JR Ross of WisPolitics. Vos and his cohorts don’t even want your advice! They don’t want to hear from you at all, […] The post Robin Vos wants to gag citizens appeared first on Wisconsin Examiner.
Biden rule protecting lesser prairie-chicken overturned by U.S. Senate
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Senate on Wednesday passed on a 50-48 vote a resolution overturning a Biden administration rule that listed a popular Southwestern game bird under a federal endangered species designation. The White House has vowed President Joe Biden would veto the resolution if it clears Congress. Similar legislation has been introduced in the […] The post Biden rule protecting lesser prairie-chicken overturned by U.S. Senate appeared first on Wisconsin Examiner.
Oral arguments heard in lawsuit against Wisconsin abortion ban
Nearly a year after Wisconsin’s 19th century ban against nearly all abortions went back into effect last summer, oral arguments in the lawsuit seeking to strike it down were heard Thursday in Dane County Circuit Court. Since the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health last year, which struck down the constitutional […] The post Oral arguments heard in lawsuit against Wisconsin abortion ban appeared first on Wisconsin Examiner.
Emotional testimony quashed during Day 3 of protester list trial
A third, emotion-filled day in a federal court case on Wauwatosa police surveillance of protesters began with testimony from Lt. Joseph Roy, who oversees WPD’s open records requests. Both Roy and Dominick Ratkowski, the department’s only crime analyst, are defendants in the lawsuit. The lawsuit alleges that both men violated the Drivers License Protection […] The post Emotional testimony quashed during Day 3 of protester list trial appeared first on Wisconsin Examiner.
Locals say Madison sewer district phosphorus decision threatens Badfish Creek
A kayak or canoe trip down the meandering Badfish Creek in Dane County includes some rapids and views of trout, crawfish and turtles in the water below. Now, a pending decision from the Madison Metropolitan Sewerage District (MMSD) over where it discharges treated wastewater has local officials, paddlers and watershed groups worried about the creek’s […] The post Locals say Madison sewer district phosphorus decision threatens Badfish Creek appeared first on Wisconsin Examiner.
Survey: Without continued support, child care providers could hike tuition, cut wages or shut down
More than half of Wisconsin child care providers in a new survey say they’ll have to raise tuition without continued state support next year, and more than one in 10 say they might have to shut down. The survey was conducted by a child care advocacy group as state lawmakers consider how and whether to […] The post Survey: Without continued support, child care providers could hike tuition, cut wages or shut down appeared first on Wisconsin Examiner.
Milwaukee case spurred effort to amend campaign finance law
Sylvia Ortiz-Velez admits she can be a bit nosy. The Democratic state representative from Milwaukee, who is also a member of the Milwaukee County Board, likes to poke around publicly filed campaign finance reports. “I like to look at who’s raised what,” she says in an interview. It was through such snooping that Ortiz-Velez realized […] The post Milwaukee case spurred effort to amend campaign finance law appeared first on Wisconsin Examiner.
At a McDonald’s in Kentucky, 10-year-olds worked past midnight, Department of Labor finds
WASHINGTON — Children as young as 10 were found working past midnight at a McDonald’s restaurant in Louisville, Kentucky, the U.S. Department of Labor said in announcing numerous civil penalties levied on fast-food franchises. As part of an investigation into federal child labor law violations in the Southeast, the Department of Labor said that three […] The post At a McDonald’s in Kentucky, 10-year-olds worked past midnight, Department of Labor finds appeared first on Wisconsin Examiner.
Wauwatosa protester ‘target list’ trial enters second day
A federal lawsuit against the city of Wauwatosa over a list of people associated with protests created by the Wauwatosa Police Department (WPD) entered its second day Tuesday. Capt. Luke Vetter, one of the police department’s highest ranking officers both during the protests took the stand along with WPD crime analyst Dominick Ratkowski who testified […] The post Wauwatosa protester ‘target list’ trial enters second day appeared first on Wisconsin Examiner.
GOP lawmakers start budget process by cutting over 500 Evers proposals
The Joint Finance Committee (JFC) started its work crafting Wisconsin’s next biennial budget on Tuesday by removing hundreds of items from the budget proposed by Gov. Tony Evers including Medicaid expansion, the legalization of marijuana and paid family and medical leave The motion passed 12-4 by the Republican-led committee on Tuesday stripped a total of […] The post GOP lawmakers start budget process by cutting over 500 Evers proposals appeared first on Wisconsin Examiner.
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