Yearly Archives: 2020
WHO leader urges world leaders to stop using lockdowns as primary control method for coronavirus
(The Center Square) – After previously suggesting that governments should be careful about reopening too quickly, the World Health Organization is now urging leaders...
Pew: At least 17 states have drawn from their rainy day funds this year to cover fiscal shortfalls
(The Center Square) – At least 17 states have authorized and or made withdrawals from their rainy day funds this year in order to...
Tavern League latest to sue over Wisconsin crowd limit order
(The Center Square) – Wisconsin’s attempt to control the coronavirus has the state’s Tavern League heading to court.
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Joshua Ziminski: Charged For Firing Gun Just Before Rittenhouse Shooting
Joshua Ziminski, the man who allegedly fired the first shot behind Kyle Rittenhouse just prior to the fatal shooting in Kenosha last August, has...
Wauwatosa Chief Weber Says Mensah Should Remain on Force
Wauwatosa Police Chief Barry Weber said in a news conference on Oct. 12 that he believes Joseph Mensah should remain a Wauwatosa police officer.The...
U.S. Supreme Court rules in favor of Trump administration, halts Census count
(The Center Square) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday stopped the 2020 Census head count in response to a request from the Trump...
Op-Ed: The civil rights legend who opposed critical race theory
Critical race theory, or CRT, is in the news these days but many people still may not know what it really means. They think...
Op-Ed: Biden’s call for a minimum corporate tax is hazardous in COVID-era
In response to the much-ballyhooed news reports about large corporations paying little to no taxes in a given year, Democratic nominee and former Vice...
Gov. Evers: Republican lawmakers should vote on crowd limits before election day
(The Center Square) – Wisconsin’s governor is daring Republican lawmakers to put-up or shut-up about his order that limits crowds at bars, restaurants and...
Farmers to families $4 billion food program delivers more than 100 million food boxes nationwide
(The Center Square) – More than 100 million food boxes have been distributed to support American farmers and families with food insecurity because of...
Wisconsin EDC says Foxconn cannot get tax credits without new contract
(The Center Square) – The state of Wisconsin is continuing to take a hard line on Foxconn and the billions of dollars in state...
Wisconsin Democrats, Republicans exchange barbs during hearing on Gov. Evers’ crowd limits
(The Center Square) – A hearing Monday on Gov. Tony Evers’ order to limit attendance at bars, restaurants and stores across Wisconsin broke down...
Citing data, president’s top advisers push to reopen schools, workplaces
(The Center Square) – Focus on the high risk communities, and get schools and workplaces back open. That’s the message from senior White House...
Judge: Wisconsin law doesn’t limit governor’s emergency orders
(The Center Square) – It looks like people in Wisconsin will be required to continue to wear face masks.
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Wauwatosa Protest Update: Two Consecutive Nights Without Injuries or Property Damage
According to the Oct 12 Wauwatosa Police press release, there has now been two consecutive nights
of protesting that did not result in injuries or...
Senate Judiciary Committee begins confirmation hearings for Amy Coney Barrett
(The Center Square) – The Senate Judiciary committee on Monday kicked off what is certain to be a contentious fight to confirm Judge Amy...
The Sunday Read: Whitmer timeline questionable when blaming Trump for Michigan plot
(The Center Square) – If you are starting to believe or have committed certainty to the notion that anything and everything is open to...
Veterans Raise American Flag Back Up Outside Longfellow Middle School
A group of area military veterans and others raised the American flag back up at Longfellow Middle School in Wauwatosa, after Wisconsin Right Now...
Hurricane Delta strikes southwest Louisiana; no deaths reported
(The Center Square) – Hurricane Delta struck southwest Louisiana on Friday evening about 12 miles east of where Hurricane Laura landed six weeks before.
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Wauwatosa Update: 28 Arrested, Pursuit, Gun & Recovered Stolen Car
Wauwatosa police Oct. 9 update for events related to protesting/rioting include:28 arrests
A pursuit of a vehicle that almost struck a police detective
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Why Wauwatosa Must Reject Biskupic’s Ridiculously Unfair Hypothetical
We already wrote a column arguing that Wauwatosa Police Officer Joseph Mensah should NOT be fired. But there's one central element of Steve Biskupic's...
Report: More consumers open to flight travel, plan to fly internationally within six months
(The Center Square) – Most consumers plan to fly internationally and are open to air travel, according to a new survey conducted by OAG,...
Analysis: Staggers Rail Act deregulation has enabled rail industry to thrive even during times of national crisis
(The Center Square) – October 14, 2020, marks the 40th anniversary of the enactment of the Staggers Rail Act signed by former President Jimmy...
Black Wearing Men Pull Down American Flag in Wauwatosa
Wisconsin Right Now witnessed two men dressed all in black pulling down an American flag outside Longfellow Middle School.The scene occurred as a crowd...
Tosa Riot: Three Craziest Comments From Elected Officials
There's a lot to choose from, but the comments from three area elected officials about the Wauwatosa riot win the prize for the three...
Southwest Louisiana faces second major hurricane in six weeks
(The Center Square) – Southwest Louisiana residents who hadn’t evacuated were preparing to hunker down Friday afternoon as the region faced its second major...
Amy DuPont: Reporter Physically Attacked by Demonstrators
Amy DuPont, a reporter with Fox 6 television in Milwaukee, has spoken out for the first time about a physical attack she suffered at...
24 Republican governors call for Barrett’s confirmation to U.S. Supreme Court
(The Center Square) – Twenty-four Republican governors penned a letter to U.S. Senate leadership urging a quick confirmation of Judge Amy Coney Barrett to...
Peaceful Protest? Armed Confrontation, Reckless Driving Described
It's time to cast aside the falsehood perpetrated by some that protests in Wauwatosa have been peaceful. While some demonstrators have been peaceful, overall,...
Georgia U.S. Senate preview: Incumbent Perdue faces challenge by Ossoff, Hazel
(The Center Square) – Georgia incumbent Republican U.S. Sen. David Perdue is being challenged by Democrat Jon Ossoff and Libertarian Shane Hazel in the...