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Doctors express concerns about the downsides of mass Covid testing
News analysis From the earliest days of the Covid-19 pandemic, public health officials unleashed an array of strategies to fight the virus, strategies that health officials said were essential but which were controversial from the start: quarantines, lockdowns, school and business closures, the quest for a vaccine and then vaccine …
Evers vetoes GOP statewide reading bill
Gov. Tony Evers has vetoed a statewide reading bill sponsored by Republicans that would have required school boards and independent charter schools to increase literacy assessments in four-year-old kindergarten through second grade, provide for parental notification, and require schools to create personalized reading plans for certain high-risk students.
Thompson says UW System will comply with Biden vaccine mandate
Interim UW System president Tommy Thompson said last week that the university will follow President Joe Biden’s vaccine mandate for federal employees and contractors, which requires vaccination for Covid-19 with no opt-out for testing instead. Like Biden, Thompson had once said he opposed vaccine mandates.
LAB audit of election uncovers major lapses in administration
The state legislature’s audit agency released its much awaited report on the 2020 elections late last week, and it contained a veritable store full of deficiencies and misguidance related to the state elections commission’s administration of elections, ranging from the failure of some local officials to follow the law or …
National school board association backs off calling parents domestic terrorists
News analysis First of two parts The National School Boards Association has backed off and apologized for a letter in which the association appeared to label parents who protest at school board meetings domestic terrorists, but the furor and the consequences are far from over.
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Dane County judge blocks wolf hunt
With only two weeks until the beginning of the wolf harvest season, Dane County circuit court judge Jacob Frost has put a halt to the wolf harvest season for 2021, at least for now. The season was set to open Saturday, Nov. 6. The order came in response to an …
ACLU challenges Oneida County inmate personal mail ban
The ACLU of Wisconsin is challenging an Oneida County sheriff’s department policy that bans inmates from receiving physical mail from friends and family, calling the policy a violation of inmates’ First Amendment rights and asking that it be rescinded.
Trump pushes Duffy for governor
Former President Donald Trump made gubernatorial candidate Rebecca Kleefisch’s dream come true this past week, though the former Wisconsin lieutenant governor might have considered it a nightmare.
Biden reboot of administrative state faces Supreme Court test
News analysis First in an occasional series In his nearly nine months in office, President Joe Biden has unleashed the administrative state, issuing more than 1,500 proposed new regulations and undoing former President Trump’s directive repealing two rules for every new one created, but whether the pace can be sustained may …
Democrats, Republicans open fire at Gableman
Both Republican and Democratic elected officials this past blasted the election investigation being conducted by former Supreme Court justice Michael Gableman, with one party saying the investigation into potential election improprieties last November went too far and the other saying Gableman had not gone far enough.
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Democrats try again to pass gun legislation
Though they have no chance of succeeding, Wisconsin legislative Democrats have again introduced bills they say are designed to curb gun violence but that opponents say represent unconstitutional gun control.
Businesses sound alarm over embedded inflation
News analysis All through the first three quarters of the year, the Biden administration and its economic experts have assured the nation that large inflationary spikes across the economy are temporary, the whoosh of pent-up demand that will soon end like a sigh of satisfaction.
Record drug overdoses, seizures as drugs pour through southern border
News analysis Around the country — and the Northwoods and Oneida County are no exception — drug seizures, arrests, and overdoses are at record levels for the most dangerous drugs, with methamphetamine and fentanyl seizures leading the way, and heroin close behind.
Governor vetoed a different repeal bill in July
Democratic Gov. Tony Evers announced a plan with Democratic lawmakers late last week to repeal the personal property tax, even though in July he vetoed different legislation proposed by Republicans to get rid of the tax.
Gableman warns county election clerks of subpoenas for noncompliance
Retired Supreme Court justice Michael Gableman, who is heading a review of the 2020 elections for Assembly Republicans, said this past week he is prepared to issue subpoenas to county election officials who don’t comply with his directives.
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