On Friday, January 6th, the newly sworn-in 117th U.S. Congress undertook the normally ceremonial task of certifying the votes of the Electoral College for the 2020 Presidential Election. This year, however, was anything but normal. Hundreds of Republican representatives and senators were prepared to object to the certification. Earlier in the day, President Trump spoke […]
Back Forty Mine Permit Denied
Canadian mining company Aquila Resources has proposed an 80-acre open pit copper, zinc, gold and silver mine, near the Wisconsin / Michigan Upper Peninsula border. Dubbed the “Back Forty Mine,” the extraction pit would operate immediately adjacent to the Menominee River, home to the Menominee Tribe. The Menominee Tribe challenged environmental permits issued for the […]
EPA “Secret Science” Rule Curbs Public Health Research
On his way out the door, President Trump has handed fossil fuel industries and other polluters an enormous gift. After years of wrangling, the EPA’s so-called “secret science” rule went into effect on January 6, 2021. The rule mandates that scientists make public all data used for studies that become the basis for environmental regulations. […]
Journalist Dan Shafer on why conspiracy-driven Wisconsin republicans s...
Dan Shafer is a Milwaukee journalist who has worked at the Milwaukee Business Journal, Milwaukee Magazine, and BizTimes Milwaukee. He’s also written for The Daily Beast, WisPolitics, and Milwaukee Record. Now he writes and publishes The Recombobulation Area online. Yesterday’s column was entitled Ron Johnson, Conspiracy-Driven Wisconsin Republicans Bear Responsibility For the Pro-Trump Insurrection at […]
Immersive hobbies during quarantine with artist Laurie Rossbach
Laurie Rossbach is the art studio manager at Madison Children’s Museum who was recently featured in the Wisconsin State Journal article “Quirky hobbies help Madisonians through quarantine.” The article features a few local artists and hobbyists who have taken advantage of extra time at home to pursue new passions or develop new skills, with the […]
ACLU-WI supports protesters in Kenosha
Chris Ott, Executive Director of the ACLU-Wisconsin, talks about that group’s efforts to mitigate violence and allow free speech protest in Kenosha over the failure of prosecution of the police shooter of Jacob Blake.
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