Wisconsin AG seeks stay in voting rights case
Wisconsin's attorney general on Aug. 3 filed a motion seeking a stay of a federal ruling against parts of the state’s voter ID law and other Republican-backed limits on voting. The Wisconsin Department...
View ArticleNorthern Wisconsin favors public oversight of water supply
An overwhelming majority of residents in northern Wisconsin support public sector oversight of drinking water resources, according to a poll conducted by the Center for Rural Communities at Northland...
View ArticleMarquette poll: Clinton's Wisconsin lead expands to 15 percent of likely voters
The latest Marquette Law School Poll finds Hillary Clinton at 46 percent with Wisconsin registered voters and Donald Trump at 36 percent.About 16 percent of voters in the state told Marquette they...
View ArticleNavy to name ship for Harvey Milk
Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus recently signed a notice confirming plans to name a ship after Harvey Milk, the slain gay civil rights leader who enlisted in the Navy in 1951.The first openly gay...
View ArticleLong-term care programs for elderly, disabled go statewide
Wisconsin health officials say the state’s long-term care programs for the elderly and disabled will be expanded to all 72 counties by early 2018.The Wisconsin Department of Health Services announced...
View ArticleTop honors for tree farmers
Gerald and Charlotte Kann started their farm in 1973 out of a love of trees and the land.Earlier this summer, the American Tree Farm System honored the Kanns with the Regional Outstanding Tree Farmers...
View ArticleWalker statement after police shooting in Milwaukee
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, on Aug. 14, issued the following statement after a police shooting in Milwaukee ignited protest:Following a request from Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke, and after...
View ArticleGreenpeace: Majority of consumers think manufacturers should recycle mobiles
Consumers say mobile phone manufacturers are releasing too many new models, according to a survey Greenpeace commissioned across six countries.In all countries surveyed, consumers were most likely to...
View ArticleJustice Dept. orders phasing out of private federal prisons
The U.S. Justice Department announced on Aug. 18 that it was ordering the federal Bureau of Prisons to begin phasing out the use of private prisons.Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates announced the...
View ArticleTotal U.S. wealth doubled between 1989 and 2013, but probably not your...
Total wealth in the United States doubled between 1989 and 2013, but the wealth of families in the middle of the economy barely budged during that period.This finding comes from a new report prepared...
View ArticleSecurity issues keeping Planned Parenthood’s Appleton clinic closed
Planned Parenthood says an Appleton clinic that provided access to abortion services will remain closed due to security issues.The clinic was one of three Planned Parenthood facilities providing such...
View ArticleGroups sue General Mills, say herbicide in Nature Valley granola bars
Three nonprofit organizations this week sued General Mills for allegedly misleading the public by labeling Nature Valley brand granola bars as “Made with 100% NATURAL whole grain OATS.” The lawsuit...
View ArticleMoveOn hiring organizers for United Against Hate campaign
MoveOn.org Political Action is hiring dozens of organizers to serve as state directors and field organizers in eight battleground states through November.The hiring push will create a major field...
View ArticleGroups charge censorship over relocation of paintings
Anti-censorship groups recently appealed to the University of Wisconsin-Stout not to remove or relocate two 80-year-old paintings that depict First Nations people and French fur traders.UW-Stout...
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Labor flexes muscle for Clinton, Democrats
Labor is organizing in a big way to rally voters behind Hillary Clinton and Democratic candidates up and down the general election ticket.In mid-August, Clinton and GOP candidate Donald Trump detailed...
View ArticleSpecies SOS: Habitat destruction, exploitation imperil threatened species
Habitat destruction and overharvesting endanger more than 8,000 species on the “red list” of the world’s threatened species.The “red list” is maintained by the International Union for Conservation of...
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Digital distractions: ‘Is my smartphone making me dumb?’ and other digital...
A “ding” for a text.A “ping” for a Facebook post.A 40-second blast from “Can’t Stop the Feeling!” for a call.A growing body of research suggests notifications from smartphones can cause distraction,...
View ArticleClinton statement on first-ever LGBT chamber endorsement
Hillary Clinton on Aug. 27 received the first presidential endorsement from the National Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce.Clinton issued this statement:I am honored to have earned the first-ever...
View ArticleCher insults Trump, with gusto, at Clinton fundraiser
Cher unloaded a freewheeling barrage of insults at Donald Trump during a private fundraiser for Hillary Clinton, comparing him to Hitler and saying he reminded her of the actress who played a murdering...
View ArticleResearchers ID E. Coli bacteria with superbug genes
New Jersey researchers said on Aug. 29 they had identified perhaps the first strain of E. Coli bacteria in the United States with mobile genes that make it resistant to two types of antibiotics now...
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