MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The debate over a limited set of circumstances in which abortion could be legal is causing divisions among Republican lawmakers in some states. The spark is the U.S. Supreme Court decision rejecting a right to abortion and returning the issue to states to determine. In Wisconsin, GOP state lawmakers are at odds over whether to reinforce an exception for a mother’s life and add protections for […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Legislature's Republican-controlled budget committee is objecting to Gov. Tony Evers' plans to spend $31 million Wisconsin will receive in a multi-state settlement with drug manufacturers over the opioid crisis. The state Department of Health Services received its first $6 million payment on July 29. The agency wants to spend the money on expanding the use of Narcan, a drug that can reverse overdose effects, new […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Republican lawmakers are raising questions about why the state Department of Safety and Professional Services is taking weeks to issue licenses. The average wait time for professional licenses is currently 45 days. That's down from almost 80 days in 2021, but Republicans are still criticizing Gov. Tony Evers for allowing such lengthy delays as the November elections approach. They say the delays are an example of […]
The Big Ten has announced its new, seven-year media rights deal with Fox, NBC and CBS that is believed to be the richest ever struck with a college sports conference. A person familiar with the contracts tells The Associated Press that the conference's soon-to-be 16 member universities eventually will share more than $1 billion in revenue per year. Starting in 2024, when USC and UCLA join the conference, Big Ten […]
A Fond du Lac man was seriously injured in a car versus bicycle accident in Fond du Lac. Police say shortly after 9am Thursday a bicyclist was attempting to cross Martin Avenue at Reinhardt Court when he was struck by a vehicle driven by a 69 year old Fond du Lac man. The 21 year old bicyclist was flown by helicopter to ThedaCare Regional Medical Center in Neenah with head injuries. He was wearing a […]
The Moraine Park District Board has voted to place a $55 million building referendum on the November election ballot. MPTC president Bonnie Baerwald says the referendum would allow Moraine Park to borrow funds for four major projects including the renovation of the manufacturing and trade center at the Fond du Lac campus. A second project would remodel and expand the health services and nursing wing at the Fond du Lac campus. A […]
Republican congressman Glenn Grothman says the country can't afford the Democrats' massive climate and health care legislation. President Joe Biden has signed the landmark bill as he aims to boost his party's standing with voters ahead of the midterm elections. "It's disappointing," Grothman told WFDL news. "Our number one problem right now is the debt and the inflation that goes with the debt." Grothman says one of his biggest concerns […]
WALES, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin school board has voted in favor of a policy that prohibits teachers and staff from displaying gay pride flags and other items that district officials consider political in nature. The Kettle Moraine School Board voted Tuesday to keep a code of conduct in place that the superintendent recently interpreted as forbidding district employees from displaying political or religious messages, including pride flags, and Black […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A judge has ruled that the former Wisconsin Supreme Court justice hired by Republicans to investigate the 2020 election is no longer in contempt of court for refusing to comply with open records requests. Dane County Judge Frank Remington held Michael Gableman in contempt in June after Gableman berated Remington and refused to answer questions about how his office responded to liberal watchdog group American Oversight's […]