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Trump tries to bury bad week, campaigns as underdog
Donald Trump tried to put a difficult week behind him on Monday as he neared Tuesday's Republican presidential contest in Wisconsin, where he is campaigning from the unfamiliar position of underdog....
View ArticleStudy: Climate change poses health risks
The United States Global Change Research Program this week released an assessment of a growing public health threat — climate change. The report, The Impacts of Climate Change on Human Health in the...
View ArticleFeds crack down on roadside zoos: No petting exotic cat cubs
The U.S. Department of Agriculture this week issued guidance making clear that exhibitors violate the Animal Welfare Act by allowing members of the public to handle or feed tiger cubs, as well as...
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Community briefs: Wright trail, good jobs, frac forums and more
Wisconsin Gazette's roundup of community bulletins, nonprofit announcements and other local news. Wright in Wisconsin: Gov. Scott Walker in March recently signed Assembly Bill 512 to designate and mark...
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Wisconsin primary victors: Cruz, Sanders
Democratic presidential contender Bernie Sanders scored big in the Wisconsin primary, gaining momentum in his fight against Hillary Clinton and trimming her commanding lead in delegates. Republican Ted...
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Growing hemp, seeding a market for farmers and consumers
“Hemp for victory” once was a rallying cry in the United States, back when Wisconsin dominated the hemp industry. The market for the 12-foot-tall plants was strong a century ago and reached its height...
View ArticleWiGWAG: The one about mad egg hunts, Trump's tombstone and more
WiGWAG: news with a twist.… Safe house Are you a political operative attending the Republican National Convention in July? Nowhere to stay? Well, the childhood home of serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer,...
View ArticleMarching in Milwaukee for marijuana reform, 420ing in Madison
Plant the date: The sixth annual Milwaukee Marijuana March assembles at 2 p.m. May 7 at Kilbourn Park, 2300 N. Bremen St. A Facebook event page indicated nearly 700 marchers plan to attend the event...
View ArticlePatients, physicians lobby for federal medical marijuana bill
Patients and their physicians lobbied Congress in late March, pressing for a vote on legislation aimed at removing marijuana from the list of Schedule I drugs, which are defined as having no medical...
View ArticleVermont to target ‘willful violations’ of GMO law
Vermont’s attorney general says his office will enforce the state GMO labeling law by targeting “willful violations” by manufacturers. “What we’re really going to go after is folks who are willfully...
View ArticleObama to designate Women's Equality National Monument
President Barack Obama is designating a historic Washington, D.C., home that's central to the women's rights movement as a national monument. The White House says the Sewall-Belmont House and Museum...
View ArticleAppeals 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...
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Immigrants in limbo as high court weighs Obama action
In the port city of Baltimore, where Europeans once streamed into America after crossing the Atlantic by ship, a 47-year-old immigrant named Rhonda is in a desperate position. She said she wants to...
View ArticleOpponents trash Seattle compost ordinance in suit
A Seattle ordinance that bars people from throwing their coffee grounds, pizza scraps and other potential compost into their trash cans is being challenged by critics who say the liberal city is...
View ArticleDemand for the new Tesla is wild
Demand for the new Tesla Model 3 has been eye-popping, with consumers pre-ordering about $13.7 billion worth of the electric sedans nearly two years before they go on sale. Yet experts aren’t yet ready...
View ArticleBulletin board: WiG's roundup of community news
A roundup of news from Wisconsin's progressive community and its nonprofits. Open house for vets: Wisconsin Veterans Network, a new collaborative offering a range of services to veterans and their...
View ArticleApp to provide anti-viral drugs prompts praise, concern
A new app has the potential of broadening the use of a prescription drug that can prevent HIV infection among those at high risk. But some HIV/AIDS activists are raising concerns because the app allows...
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To veg out is in: Activists organize Milwaukee Veg Expo
The moment for Pete Woodward of Milwaukee came when he read the bumper sticker, “Eat plants for the planet.” Something clicked, said the 29-year-old mechanic, and he began the cycle to following a...
View ArticleWise words: Commencement season to begin
Students may be shaking spring-break sand from their flip-flops, but commencement celebrations are just weeks away for colleges and universities. Many Wisconsin colleges and universities — public and...
View ArticleTreasury: Front of new $20 to feature Harriet Tubman
Treasury Secretary Jacob J. Lew announced a portrait of Harriet Tubman will be featured on the front of the new $20. Lew also announced plans for the reverse of the new $10 to feature an image of the...
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