MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Democratic legislator is proposing offering free tampons in schools and state buildings. Rep. Melissa Sargent of Madison introduced a bill on Friday that calls for offering free tampons and sanitary napkins in publicly funded schools — including voucher schools — and state buildings. She says she doesn't know how much the bill would cost yet. But she says tampons and sanitary napkins are as much […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Shirley Abrahamson says she is dropping her appeal of a federal court ruling upholding her replacement as chief justice. Abrahamson said Monday even if she had won, it could take years and be a "hollow victory" as it could be close to the end of her term. Voters approved a constitutional amendment in April that allows justices to pick the chief justice […]
WAUKESHA, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker is turning up again at presidential campaign events, seven weeks after ending his own candidacy. Walker, who hasn't endorsed a candidate, is attending an event Monday with former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush. Separately, Walker will go to a fundraiser for Wisconsin Republicans. Bush rival Marco Rubio is expected at that event. Walker is also set to speak at a breakfast Tuesday before […]
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Jeb Bush has a plan for the Republican presidential debate in Wisconsin on Tuesday night: Don't treat it like a debate. While he acknowledges he's got to be better on the debate stage, Bush says he's spending less time rehearsing this time. He sees the prime-time forum as more of a moderated conversation than a real debate. To be sure, Bush is getting plenty of […]
A Ripon College political science professor says the debate format used during the Republican presidential debates has been unfair to many of the candidates and more entertainment that informative. Because there are so many candidates, some have been bumped from the main stage because of ratings and even if they are on stage get very little air time. Chris Christie and Mike Huckabee’s ratings weren’t good enough for Tuesday night’s […]
For the fifth year in a row Wisconsin has received a “B” grade on the March of Dimes premature birth report card. State director of the Wisconsin Chapter of the March of Dimes, Jodi Legge, says Wisconsin’s preterm birth rate was 9.2 percent last year even though a new, more accurate measurement tool was used. Legge says the report card shows a big disaparity between the ethnic groups in Wisconsin […]
Fond du lac area veterans are being recognized during a special fundraising dinner. The second annual Veterans Gala is being held Tuesday evening, November 10th at Marian University. The cost is $75 a person with proceeds going to Salute the Troops to benefit area veterans. Local veteran Ed Barnes says dinner starts at 6pm with a presentation at 7pm. Tina Treffert with Salute the Troops says a silent auction will […]
EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Several museums in Great Lakes states are holding events for the 40th anniversary of the Edmund Fitzgerald sinking. The 729-foot iron ore carrier went down on November 10th, 1975, in Lake Superior. All 29 crew members died. The Lansing State Journal reports that the Michigan State University Museum has an exhibit called "Iron Hulls and Turbulent Waters." Exhibits and events also are planned at other […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The state Senate has passed a bill that would dissolve the state elections board. The GOP measure would dismantle the Government Accountability Board, which oversees elections and enforces ethics law. The agency is led by six nonpartisan judges. Republicans are upset with the board's role in an investigation into whether Governor Scott Walker's campaign illegally coordinated with outside groups. The state Supreme Court halted the probe […]