(Photo c/o Chali Pittman) Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul has identified the Kenosha Police Officer who shot Jacob Blake seven times in the back on Sunday. The officer, Rusten Sheskey, has served on the Kenosha Police force for seven years. Kaul also largely confirmed media reports about the circumstances surrounding the shooting, but stopped short […]
Wisconsin Attorney General filing lawsuit against postal service chang...
On Tuesday, Wisconsin and thirteen other states filed a lawsuit challenging operational changes to the United States Postal Service. In recent weeks, the Trump-appointed Postmaster General, Louis DeJoy, has drawn criticism from Democrats for proposed service reductions to the USPS. For more details, WORT Producer Jonah Chester spoke with Attorney General Josh Kaul. As Wisconsin’s […]
City of Madison introducing secure absentee ballot boxes
Earlier this week, Milwaukee mayor Tom Barrett announced that the city would be installing more than a dozen drop boxes for absentee ballots. At a press briefing earlier today, Madison Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway said that Madison will be implementing a similar plan in the coming months. “We will be installing secure drop boxes to facilitate […]
Wisconsin DNR can now examine impact of High Capacity Wells
Yesterday, Attorney General Josh Kaul formally rescinded an order that banned the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources from monitoring and studying the state’s high-capacity wells. The wells, which are commonly used on industrial-scale farms, can drain and harm the state’s waterways. But, the order was just the first step towards returning administration of the wells […]
GOP “Poison Pills” Stymy Rape Kit Legislation
Yesterday, lawmakers in the State Assembly passed a bill that was first introduced less than two weeks ago. Parts of the bill are identical to rape kit legislation introduced last year, that had bipartisan support. But the new bill has a few GOP “poison pills” that Assembly Democrats are unwilling to swallow. One new component […]
Hearing Held on Republican Sexual Assault Kit Bill
On Monday, Assembly Republicans introduced a new bill to prevent a future backlog of sexual assault kits. That bill is similar to a bipartisan bill introduced last May, which is stuck in committee and hasn’t received a hearing. Last year the backlog was cleared, when four-thousand rape-kits were tested, thanks to a federal grant. Ilse […]
