Family of missing St. Croix Tribe member says police brushed …
Jan 2, 2025 · Black River Falls settles with Wisconsin Examiner in open records lawsuit. In the process of reporting this story, the Wisconsin Examiner filed an open records request with the city of Black River Falls seeking the email communications of several city government and police department officials about the case and the Taylor family.
Two candidates officially challenge state schools Superintendent …
Jan 7, 2025 · The race for Wisconsin state superintendent is shaping up with three candidates, including incumbent Superintendent Jill Underly and two challengers who filed their paperwork to run Monday. The deadline for candidates to file their ballot access papers is Tuesday at 5 p.m. Brittany Kinser, an ...
Rubio aligns himself with Trump in confirmation hearing
Jan 15, 2025 · Florida U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, tapped by President-elect Donald Trump to become secretary of state, found a mostly welcome reception Wednesday during his confirmation hearing. He aligned himself with Trump’s foreign policy positions while also keeping the skeptical tone toward many foreign nations ...
Sergeant who defended Capitol joins call against pardons for Jan.
Jan 20, 2025 · For Aquilino Gonell the inauguration Monday of Donald Trump to a second term as U.S. president will carry bitter ironies. Before and after winning the election in November, Trump said he would pardon those convicted in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol by a mob that sought to overturn his 2020 reelection loss.. Aquilino Gonell, a former U.S. Capitol Police sergeant who was injured ...
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Immigrant rights advocates prepare for Wisconsin law …
Jan 21, 2025 · The Wisconsin Examiner’s Criminal Justice Reporting Project shines a light on incarceration, law enforcement and criminal justice issues with support from the Public Welfare Foundation Immigrant rights advocates and attorneys are preparing for how Wisconsin’s law enforcement community might ...
Polk County judge dismisses WMC lawsuit against local factory …
Jan 10, 2025 · A Polk County judge on Thursday dismissed a lawsuit from Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce, the state’s largest business lobby, challenging an ordinance enacted by the town of Eureka regulating how factory farms, known as Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (CAFOs), operate.
GOP members of Congress line up behind Schimel in high court race
Jan 27, 2025 · Deputy Editor Erik Gunn reports and writes on work and the economy, health policy and related subjects, for the Wisconsin Examiner. He spent 24 years as a freelance writer for Milwaukee Magazine, Isthmus, The Progressive, BNA Inc., and other publications, winning awards for investigative reporting, feature writing, beat …
Senate leaders announce next session’s Joint Finance Committee …
Wisconsin Senate leaders announced their members of the Joint Finance Committee for next session Wednesday, including three Republicans new to the committee.
Conversion therapy case tests ‘legislative veto’ power
Jan 9, 2025 · Since 2018, Marc Herstand has been on the forefront of a campaign to ban mental health professionals in Wisconsin from counseling clients with the goal of changing their sexual orientation or gender identity. “Conversion therapy” has been denounced by mainstream professional organizations for doctors, psychiatrists, social workers and counselors. “People likened it to child abuse […]