MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The state Department of Justice never launched a program outlined in the state budget that would have allowed judges to order GPS monitoring for people under restraining orders. Gov. Scott Walker proposed $3 million in the 2013-15 state budget for DOJ grants to local police and governmental units for GPS tracking people subject to a domestic abuse or harassment restraining order. But DOJ officials say they […]
Walleye Weekend 2014 provided $211,504.00 in net proceeds to the 45 non-profits, service organizations and schools participating in this year’s festival. Fond du Lac Festivals director Leanne Doyle, says in the past three years the festival has raised more than $617,000 supporting the non-profits, service organizations and schools participating in Walleye Weekend. Doyle says 63,000 people attended this year’s event.
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Doctors suspect there are at least nine Wisconsin cases of the respiratory and stomach virus that's hospitalized hundreds of children around the country. Samples of the nine suspected cases in the Madison area were sent to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Dr. Sharyl Paley at Bayshore Pediatrics says her clinic has seen a lot of respiratory illnesses in an outpatient setting.
The state senate majority leader is defending Republican authored tax cuts even if they have contributed to a projected structural deficit of nearly $1.8 billion. Senator Scott Fitzgerald says the tax cuts were necessary to help jump start the economy. "If these deficits are caused by cutting taxes then that's something we're willing to do to get the economy moving, to get job growth," Fitzgerald told AM 1170 WFDL's […]
The League of Women Voters of Wisconsin is working hard to educate the public about the photo ID law that will be in place for the November election. League director Andrea Kaminski says most residents already have a valid ID that will be accepted at the polls. Kaminski says if you don’t have an ID…get to your nearest Department of Motor Vehicle Office as soon as possible to get one. […]
The Fond du Lac County Clerk says she is scrambling to make sure poll workers are properly trained for photo ID in the November election. Lisa Freiberg says there are still unanswered questions such as absentee voting. "I'm statutorily doing what I'm supposed to be doing, but the GAB did send an email out stating that municipal clerks are not to be sending out absentee ballots until further notice," Freiberg […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin election officials are scrambling to deal with the reinstatement of the requirement that voters show photo identification when casting ballots. The law was reinstated last Friday by a federal appeals court in Chicago, just hours after hearing arguments in the case. Government Accountability Board spokesman Reid Magney said Monday that the biggest immediate issue is what to do about more than 11,800 absentee ballots that […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Democratic gubernatorial candidate Mary Burke supports repealing the requirement that voters present photo identification at the polls. The requirement was signed into law by Gov. Scott Walker and on Friday a federal appeals court overturned a lower court's decision blocking it, meaning voters will have to show photo IDs at the polls in November. Burke's spokesman Joe Zepecki said Monday that Burke supports making it easier […]
WAUKESHA, Wis. (AP) — The state Department of Justice is asking Gov. Scott Walker for an additional $738,600 to cover investigating local officer-involved deaths. The agency submitted its 2015-17 budget request to Walker on Monday. Wisconsin legislators passed a law earlier this year that requires police departments to let outside agencies run probes into officer-involved deaths. Since the law has passed, agencies have turned to DOJ to handle the investigations. […]