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Herb Kohl remembered for roles in Wisconsin sports as much as politics - Roll Call

Tributes to former Wisconsin Sen. Herb Kohl, who died Wednesday, played up his ownership of the Milwaukee Bucks as much his Senate record.

Roll Call

Herb Kohl, former U.S. senator and owner of the Milwaukee Bucks basketball team, dies at 88

Herb Kohl was a four-term Democratic U.S. senator whose family founded the Kohl’s retail chain. On Capitol Hill he was low-key, focused on home state issues like dairy.

Chicago Sun-Times

Magnets, mating and metallic objects – cautionary tales from the MRI scanner

A 57-year-old woman from Wisconsin recently sustained a rather unfortunate injury to her buttock. She had attended the hospital for an MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) scan and had entered the machine with a concealed firearm. The machine’s powerful magnet caused the gun to discharge.

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‘You better pray’: Christian nationalist groups are mobilizing before the 2024 elections

‘Patriot’ groups – which deny Trump’s 2020 defeat and are pressing for voting restrictions – are proliferating

The Guardian - US

A Wisconsin rightwinger’s fall from conservative grace: ‘The Maga crowd despises him’

Robin Vos, the state assembly speaker, worked hard to consolidate GOP power by all means, only to find himself under attack from his own party

The Guardian - US

A Wisconsin Operations Center Needed a New Video Wall System—Extron Had the Answer

The Quantum Ultra processor reliably delivers the information that the operators need.

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60 Indigenous nations oppose pipeline

The 70 year-old pipeline, which just won a key permit, poses “an unacceptable risk of an oil spill"

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Homeless people who died on US streets are increasingly remembered at winter solstice gatherings

Thousands of homeless people who died this year are being memorialized this week around the U.S. Homeless Persons’ Memorial Day events have become increasingly popular in communities from Cape Cod, Massachusetts, to La Crosse, Wisconsin, to Riverside, California

The Independent UK

Watch again: Biden touts his economic policy in Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Watch as President Joe Biden spoke in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, touting his economic policies in what the White House is calling a Black small business boom.

The Independent UK

Wisconsin prosecutor appeals ruling that cleared way for abortions to resume in state

A Republican district attorney has appealed a court ruling that determined an 1849 Wisconsin law does not ban abortions, a decision that cleared the way for abortions to resume in the state

The Independent UK

Kamala Harris Launches Reproductive Freedoms Tour in Wisconsin

VP Kamala Harris embarks on a reproductive freedoms tour, starting in Wisconsin. Meanwhile, the economy remains a pivotal voter issue amid potential soft l...

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Man and daughter find remains of what could be a ship that ran aground during Peshtigo Fire in 1800s

Wisconsin archaeologists are crediting a man and daughter with discovering the remains of what could be a ship that ran aground amid smoke from the deadly Peshtigo Fire in the 1800s

The Independent UK

Father and daughter discover 1871 shipwreck on Lake Michigan fishing trip

Tim Wollak and his daughter Henley, from Peshtigo, Wisconsin, made the find earlier this summer

The Independent UK

Elk coming and going makes history in Illinois

Bull elk with ear tag 357 wandered into Illinois and was killed on I-55 near Joliet to become the first confirmed wild elk around the Chicago area in nearly 200 years.

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Wisconsin Supreme Court refuses to hear lawsuit challenging voucher school program

The Wisconsin Supreme Court has declined to hear a lawsuit brought by Democrats seeking to end the state’s taxpayer-funded private school voucher program

The Independent UK

Wisconsin schools superintendent wants UW regents to delay vote on deal to limit diversity positions

Wisconsin's state schools superintendent is calling for Universities of Wisconsin regents to delay a vote on a deal with Republican legislators that would limit campus diversity positions in exchange for employee raises and money for construction projects

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USGA continues to show Wisconsin love, announces four amateur events heading to Sand Valley

Through this past year, the USGA has held 17 of its golf championships in the state.

Salon

Wis. Sen. Johnson cries for fake elector

“There is nothing untoward about what they did," GOP Sen. Johnson said of Wisconsin's 2020 fake electors

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Ron Johnson called out by CNN host for baseless election fraud claims

Republicans ‘did nothing different than what many Democrats have done in many states,’ Wisconsin senator claims without being able to provide examples

Chicago Sun-Times

Chicago fishing: Perch and what ice?

Perch on southern Lake Michigan lead this sprawling raw-file Midwest Fishing Report; for ice fishing, you need to head north well into Wisconsin.

The Independent UK

Wisconsin university regents reject deal with Republicans to reduce diversity positions

The regents of Universities of Wisconsin have narrowly voted to reject a deal with Republican lawmakers to freeze hiring for diversity positions, drop an affirmative action faculty hiring program at UW-Madison and create a position at the flagship campus focused on conservative thought

The Independent UK

Wisconsin university system reaches deal with Republicans that would scale back diversity positions

The Universities of Wisconsin and Assembly Republican Speaker Robin Vos have reached a sweeping deal that would freeze hiring for diversity positions across the system in exchange for lawmakers approving employee pay raises and funding for a new engineering building at the flagship campus

Ballotpedia

Election legislation roundup: Wisconsin State Senate

As of Dec. 3, Ballotpedia has tracked 31 election-related bills in the Wisconsin State Senate since the beginning of the year. Of the 31, Ballotpedia tracked one from Nov. 27-Dec. 3. Republicans sponsored the bill. The bill is below:

Salon

Experts: Fake electors could doom Trump

Nevada charged six GOP fake electors on Wednesday — as Wisconsin fake electors settle suit and agree to cooperate

The Independent UK

Trump fake electors in Wisconsin settle lawsuit and agree Biden won in 2020

First time that pro-Trump fake electors have agreed to such a deal as investigations continue in other states

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