A federal bankruptcy judge in Milwaukee has approved a reorganization plan for the city's Roman Catholic archdiocese that calls for $21 million to be paid to clergy abuse victims… but several victims are not happy with the settlement. The plan approved by U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Susan Kelley on Monday splits most of that money among 355 people. Another class of 104 victims will get about $2,000 each. Several victims testified […]
Many sports fans may be surprised to know that several military diplays at sporting events, such as a large American flag draped across an athletic field, jet flyovers or emotional family re-unions with loved ones in the military are actually paid events. A new congressional report reveals professional and college sports teams accepted large amounts of monetary compensation from the U.S. Department of Defense for honoring veterans or promoting the […]
Canadian Pacific Railway has placed 12 of 13 derailed train cars back on the tracks in southern Wisconsin where hundreds of gallons of crude oil spilled from one tanker. The railroad says the dozen cars will be moved to an adjacent site for evaluation. The 13th car could not be safely put back on the tracks, so it will be scrapped. CP says track was installed Monday afternoon. Once that's […]
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 […]