A growing number of governors and state lawmakers across the U.S. including Wisconsin are calling for the suspension of gas taxes to provide relief to motorists from record high prices. Gas prices were averaging $4.25 a gallon nationally Wednesday. Legislative leaders in Michigan and Pennsylvania announced proposals to suspended or reduce state gas taxes. Governors in Georgia and California also called for relief from state gas taxes. And governors from […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin’s Republican members of Congress have asked the U.S. Supreme Court to take an appeal of the state Supreme Court’s decision to adopt new district boundary lines drawn by Democratic Gov. Tony Evers. The move Wednesday comes two days after the Republican-controlled Legislature also asked the nation’s high court to overturn the Wisconsin Supreme Court’s adoption of Evers-drawn maps for the state Senate and Assembly. Wisconsin’s […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The bipartisan Wisconsin Elections Commission has deadlocked on whether municipal election clerks should continue to be allowed to fill in missing information on envelopes containing absentee ballots. One of the biggest targets of Republican criticism is the commission’s guidance, first issued in 2016, that allows election clerks to correct witness address omissions and mistakes on absentee ballot envelopes without contacting the witness or the voter. The […]
Democratic governor Tony Evers says he doesn't agree with the findings and recommendations in former supreme court justice Michael Gableman's "interim report" on the 2020 presidential election. "This last election was fair, free of any problems, secure. I discount his (Gableman's) conclusions," Evers told WFDL news. Gableman told the assembly elections committee last week that the legislature should take a hard look at decertification of the 2020 presidential election and recommending eliminating the […]
The executive director of the League of Wisconsin Municipalities says residents can trust their local election officials to run secure, transparent elections. The League and Wisconsin Counties and Towns Associations have launched a statewide ad campaign this month to help build faith in elections ahead of the April 5 election. League of Wisconsin Municipalities executive director, Jerry Deschane, says people sometimes get caught up in national political ferver and forget the basics. "The […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Another member of the Wisconsin state Senate is retiring. Democrat Janis Ringhand of Evansville announced Wednesday she won't seek reelection this fall. Ringhand was first elected to the Senate in 2014. Rep. Mark Spreitzer of Beloit announced he will run for her seat. Eighteen members of the Legislature have now announced they won't seek reelection this fall, including 12 from the Assembly and now five from […]
The Fond du Lac County Sheriff says he is thankful an anonymous donor has stepped forward to provide Sheriff's Offices across the state with life-saving equipment. A $1.5 million donation was made last fall to the Badger State Sheriff's Association to be distributed to Sheriff's Offices across the state. "We were approached by this anonymous person who said I'm kind of getting sick and tired of hearing the narrative that we […]
A Fond du Lac radiation oncologist says it's never too late to quit smoking. Dr. Filip Troicki says National No Smoking Day, observed this week is a great opportunity to start the conversation. The CDC estimates that nearly 40 million adults and 4.7 million middle and high school students in the United States use tobacco. Dr. Troicki says the good news is those numbers have been going down. Dr. Troicki says […]
Alcohol and speed are believed to be factors in a fatal two vehicle crash in Fond du Lac County. The crash happened shortly before 7:30pm on Highway 151 near Oak Center Road. A preliminary investigation shows that a south bound vehicle rear ended another south bound vehicle. The striking vehicle entered the median and rolled several times, ejecting the women. The 40 year old Waupun woman was pronounced dead at the scene. The driver of […]