Yearly Archives: 2020

Wisconsin’s stimulus money nearly all spent, mostly on government

The Center Square - November 25, 2020

(The Center Square) – Wisconsin’s $2 billion in coronavirus stimulus money is almost all gone, and the biggest chunk of it has gone to...

SCOTUS grants review in two cases concerning law enforcement officers’ search-and-seizure authority

The Center Square - November 25, 2020

The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) has granted review in two cases for a total of two hours of oral argument during...

Wisconsin governor, health secretary warn of Thanksgiving dangers

The Center Square - November 25, 2020

(The Center Square) – Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers says people need to make the “hard choices” and skip a big Thanksgiving this year. ...

Reports: Trump plans to attend Pennsylvania legislative hearing on election

The Center Square - November 25, 2020

(The Center Square) – Media reports Wednesday morning indicate that President Donald Trump might accompany his personal attorney, Rudy Giuliani, to a hearing of...

Traveling over Thanksgiving? Here are the states with restrictions on travel

The Center Square - November 25, 2020

Heading into Thanksgiving, 12 states plus the District of Columbia have active restrictions on travel intended to reduce the spread of coronavirus. Since the...

Tom Barrett Names Public Defender Head of Fire & Police Commission

Jessica McBride - November 24, 2020

Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett has chosen a public defender - Leon Todd - to run the city's Fire and Police Commission. Barrett praised Todd's...

Giuliani set to appear before hearing conducted by Pennsylvania Republicans

The Center Square - November 24, 2020

(The Center Square) – Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, who is leading President Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn the results of the...

Expected census delays may postpone state redistricting efforts in 2021

The Center Square - November 24, 2020

On Nov. 19, U.S. Census Bureau Director Steve Dillingham announced that, “during post-collection processing, certain processing anomalies have been discovered” in the 2020 United...

Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals rules Texas and Louisiana can enforce ban on Medicaid funding Planned Parenthood

The Center Square - November 24, 2020

(The Center Square) – The Fifth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Monday that the governments of Texas and Louisiana can enforce their regulatory...

Op-Ed: The FBI spying denial that never grows cold

The Center Square - November 24, 2020

Opponents of President Donald Trump are now using their denial of proven 2016 surveillance of the Trump campaign to dismiss charges of 2020 election...

State Rep. Brostoff: Milwaukee Police Are Violent Bullies & White Supremacists

Jim Piwowarczyk - November 24, 2020

Wisconsin State Rep. Jonathan Brostoff, a virulently anti-police Democrat who represents parts of Milwaukee, has called the two Milwaukee police unions that represent all...

Wisconsin’s lame duck lawsuit-limit law to be challenged again

The Center Square - November 24, 2020

(The Center Square) – Wisconsin’s governor and attorney general are going back to court. This time, it's to challenge a law limiting what they...

Who Killed Roniel Sylvester Jr.? A Promising Life Interrupted

Jessica McBride - November 24, 2020

"Bullets careened through the kitchen window and struck him in the eye." Roniel Sylvester Jr. was "literally a person you would be proud to say...

Wisconsin presidential recount not likely to finish this week

The Center Square - November 23, 2020

(The Center Square) – It will take longer than expected to count the ballots for president in Wisconsin’s two largest counties. ...

Op-Ed: Chilled speech at Arizona State

The Center Square - November 23, 2020

Rae’Lee Klein says her experience in Arizona State University’s Cronkite School of Journalism was “mostly positive until recent circumstances arose.” ...

Op-Ed: We need federal election reform, not federalism

The Center Square - November 23, 2020

“The ignorance of one voter in a democracy impairs the security of all.” ...

COVID-19 vaccine temperature requirements could create logistics challenge

The Center Square - November 23, 2020

(The Center Square) – Many states in the U.S. are hinging their COVID-19 mitigation strategies on the availability of a widely available vaccine. An...

Mayor Dennis McBride: Mayfair Shooter Should have ‘Complied’ With No-Gun Policy

Jim Piwowarczyk - November 22, 2020

Wauwatosa Mayor Dennis McBride says the Mayfair Mall mass shooting wouldn't have happened if the shooter had "complied" with the mall's "strict no-gun policy." McBride...

Police Union Slams Tosa Committee Chair’s Mayfair Shooting Comment

Jim Piwowarczyk - November 22, 2020

The Wauwatosa police union is slamming Wauwatosa Committee Chairperson John Larry for what it calls his "unprofessional and offensive behavior" after posts he made...

The Sunday Read: Thanksgiving still worth celebrating despite COVID-19, government restrictions

The Center Square - November 22, 2020

(The Center Square) – My Thanksgiving plans changed. Allow...

Mayfair Mass Shooting Is a Reminder that Joseph Mensah Wasn’t Treated Fairly

Jim Piwowarczyk - November 21, 2020

We can't overlook the irony that a mass shooting of eight people at Mayfair Mall came right after the City of Wauwatosa signed a...

Rita Katz Mistakes Responding Cop as Mayfair Mall Shooter

Jim Piwowarczyk - November 20, 2020

This tweet got attention: Rita Katz, a prominent figure in online terrorism network analysis who writes for the Daily Beast, posted a photo she...

Mayfair Shooter: Mall Suspect Described as White Male in 20s or 30s

Jim Piwowarczyk - November 20, 2020

Wauwatosa's police chief has released a description of the mass shooter who wounded eight people at Mayfair Mall on November 20, describing him as...

New model will reduce Medicare Part B drugs costs, save taxpayers $85 billion over seven years

The Center Square - November 20, 2020

(The Center Square) – President Donald Trump and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced a new drug payment model Friday that...

Mayfair Mall Active Shooter, Suspect at Large in Wauwatosa

Jim Piwowarczyk - November 20, 2020

An active shooter wounded eight people inside Mayfair Mall in Wauwatosa, the mayor and police chief are confirming. The majority of victims were located...

As jobless claims increase, some states employment rates are bouncing back

The Center Square - November 20, 2020

(The Center Square) – The number of individuals who filed for unemployment benefits last week increased to 742,000, the first increase in five weeks,...

Six states compete to host new U.S. Space Command headquarters

The Center Square - November 20, 2020

(The Center Square) – Six locations, including four Air Force installations, have made the first round of cuts for those being considered for the...

Wisconsin Hospital Association pushes Gov. Evers, top lawmakers for coronavirus action

The Center Square - November 20, 2020

(The Center Square) – Although state government cannot stop the coronavirus, there are several things that Gov. Tony Evers and top Republicans at the...

Hand recount, audit results in Georgia confirm Biden won state

The Center Square - November 19, 2020

(The Center Square) – Georgia's original results in the U.S. presidential election align with the hand recount and audit results, with both showing presumptive...

WILL asks Wisconsin Supreme Court to strike down Racine’s order to close schools

The Center Square - November 19, 2020

(The Center Square) – The Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty on Thursday asked the Wisconsin Supreme Court to apply the same rules in...

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