Monthly Archives: December, 2020
Caesar Fuentes, a Firefighter, Booked in Andre Nicholson Shooting
Caesar Fuentes, a firefighter and EMT with the Hales Corners Fire Department, is the suspect in the shooting death of Andre Nicholson outside a...
Cassie Johnson: Charleston Police Department (WV)
Patrolman Cassie Johnson succumbed to gunshot wounds sustained the previous day while responding to a parking complaint in the 200 block Garrison Avenue at...
Andy Ornelas: California Highway Patrol
Officer Andy Ornelas succumbed to injuries sustained in a motorcycle crash near the intersection of West Avenue N-3 and North 32nd Street, in Palmdale,...
WILL: Federal data show no link between student spending, student achievement
(The Center Square) – The latest snapshot of school spending in Wisconsin does not show that spending more results in better grades or test...
Election law at center stage as legal battles continue in several states
(The Center Square) – Lawsuits remain ongoing in several states alleging election irregularities and fraud, and improperly followed state and federal procedures, which could...
California faith communities hail SCOTUS decision against Newsom’s indoor service ban
(The Cequare) – Faith leaders across California are hailing a U.S. Supreme Court ruling last week that sided with Harvest Rock Church and Harvest...
Loeffler attacks Warnock as ‘radical liberal’ in Georgia U.S. Senate debate
(The Center Square) – Georgia Republican U.S. Sen. Kelly Loeffler lambasted her Democratic opponent Raphael Warnock for his liberal proposals during a debate Sunday...
UWM Should Reject Calls to Disband Campus Police
Jessica McBride is a senior journalism lecturer at UW-MilwaukeeI am an employee at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, and I feel safer with the UW-Milwaukee...
The Sunday Read: Twitter blocks dozens of legitimate news stories, and isn’t saying why
(The Center Square) – Twitter is an incredibly powerful platform, because journalists around the world have made it so.
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Wisconsin reports 805 daily COVID-19 cases per 1 million residents
The number of daily coronavirus cases per million people in Wisconsin stood at 805 as of Nov. 30, the 11th highest rate among the...
Jennifer Czarnecki: New York State Police (NY)
The New York State Police paid their final respects to Trooper Jennifer M. Czarnecki. Trooper Czarnecki died on December 5, 2020, from an illness...
Herschel Turner: Moline Acres Police Department (MO)
Sgt. Herschel Turner, Jr. of the Moline Acres Police Department succumbed to injuries sustained when he was apparently struck by another police vehicle during...
Supreme Court Justice Brian Hagedorn Was Wrong Again: 4 Reasons Why
Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Brian Hagedorn, who is supposedly a conservative, was wrong to join the court's liberal majority in refusing to immediately take...
Reports: 20 federal agencies have wasted $2.3 trillion in taxpayer money in improper payments since 2004
(The Center Square) – Improper payments made by federal government agencies totaled $175 billion last year, or $15 billion per month, according to PaymentAccuracy.gov,...
Wisconsin earns score of 61.64 in new WalletHub ranking of charitable giving
Wisconsin received a score of 61.64 on a ranking of charitable donations and volunteer time, the 18th highest percentage among the 50 states, according...
Nick Alioto, Serb Hall General Manager, Has Died
Nick Alioto, the Serb Hall general manager, has died at the age of 55. A sign posted on the door of the establishment and...
Op-Ed: Home title theft? You may already be a victim … of the scary ads
“FBI Says You May Not Own Your Home,” blares the headline on Home Title Lock’s website.The fearsome message is echoed in ads featuring radio...
Brian Hagedorn: Who Got Us ‘Wisconsin’s ‘John Roberts’?’ [3 KEY FACTS]
Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Brian Hagedorn has continued to disappoint conservatives by siding with the liberal wing of the court. That's led more than...
14.2% of 10- to 17-year-olds in Wisconsin are obese, study finds
The obesity rate among youth aged 10 to 17 in Wisconsin stood at 14.2% last year, the 27th highest percentage among the 50 states...
Wisconsin Assembly to open investigation into November Election
(The Center Square) — Republican lawmakers in Wisconsin say they want answers to the lingering questions about last month’s election.
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Trump’s legal team will seek to block certification of Georgia election results
(The Center Square) – Attorneys for President Donald Trump told a Georgia legislative panel Thursday they plan to file a lawsuit to throw out...
Hoyt Mahaley & Malik Aziz: Vote for New Milwaukee Police Chief Ties
The Milwaukee Fire and Police Commission deadlocked on Dec. 3 over who should be the new Milwaukee police chief, splitting between FBI supervisory agent...
Rubio calls for more small business loan money in compromise COVID-19 relief bill
(The Center Square) – The $908 billion pandemic stimulus compromise package being discussed in the U.S. Senate is a hopeful sign of progress, Florida...
Conservative Wisconsin Justices Blast Decision to Punt on Trump’s Election Lawsuit
Conservative Justice Brian Hagedorn voted with the court’s three liberal justices.(The Center Square) – Three of the four conservative justices on the Wisconsin Supreme...
U.S. Supreme Court sides with California churches in challenge to Gov. Newsom’s ban on indoor services
(The Center Square) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday sided with two California church groups that are challenging Gov. Gavin Newsom's ban on...
Wisconsin overpaid $44 million in unemployment, wants money back
(The Center Square) – Some of the tens of thousands of people in Wisconsin who waited weeks or months to get their unemployment benefits...
712,000 U.S. workers file new unemployment claims
(The Center Square) – About 712,000 American workers filed new claims for unemployment benefits last week, a drop of 75,000 from the week prior...
The Huge Spike in Indefinitely Confined Voters in Dane & Milwaukee Counties
The Wisconsin Republican Party, in a memo sent to all Republican County Party chairs in the state, is highlighting the whopping increase in "indefinitely...
Post-George Floyd, a wave of ‘anti-racist’ teaching sweeps K-12 schools targeting ‘whiteness’
America’s K-12 schools have been incrementally adopting multiculturalism and ethnic studies for decades, but this summer’s Black Lives Matter protests have sparked a new...
Wisconsin Revenue Secretary: More stimulus is good, targeted stimulus is better
(The Center Square) – There is a growing appetite for targeted help for businesses in Wisconsin as opposed to a sweeping stimulus-for-all.
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