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wisconsin reckless driving
Mar 22, 2023

Lawmakers to vote on tougher reckless driving penalties

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Penalties for reckless driving would dramatically increase under a pair of Republican-backed bills that Wisconsin lawmakers are set to vote on Wednesday. The bills’ chief authors, Rep. Bob Donovan and Sen. Duey Stroebel, said they introduced the legislation in response to what they say are rising incidents of reckless driving in […]

Mar 21, 2023

Dan Kelly’s Deleted Blog posts

Below is a list of some of the recovered blog posts Kelly authored.  Click on each title to open each respective post. A people who has a government, or a government that has a people? 9/5/2012 We Remember 9/11/2012 Where we are going and who is joining us? 9/11/2012 Thanksgiving….9/15/2012 Of Activist Courts and Self-Governance […]

Mar 21, 2023

Wis. Democrats, Gov. Tony Evers call for end of 1849 abortion ban with new legislation

Gov. Tony Evers announced on Tuesday legislation to repeal Wisconsin's 1849 abortion ban after Roe v. Wade was overturned.

Mar 21, 2023

Sparks fly at Tuesday’s battleground state’s swing seat Supreme Court debate

Protasiewicz accuses Kelly of being a "true threat to our democracy." Kelly accuses Protasiewicz of lying and slander.

Molly Gena
Mar 20, 2023

Milwaukee Municipal Court Branch 2 Candidate Molly Gena speaks at Milwaukee Bar Association Event

Molly Gena currently is the managing attorney at Legal Action of Wisconsin in Milwaukee and her opponent Sen. Lena Taylor is serving her fourth term in the Wisconsin State Senate.

Dan Kelly endorsed by NRA
Mar 20, 2023

Wis. Supreme Court Candidate Dan Kelly endorsed by NRA despite blog post highlighting Second Amendment limitations

Kelly's deleted blog post says that guns are not meant for hunting or personal protection under the Second Amendment. "The pro-gun crowd tends to ignore the primary justification for the Second Amendment, and focuses instead of its derivative benefits," Kelly wrote in a now deleted blog.

Chief Judge Carl Ashley
Mar 20, 2023

Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley commends Judge Carl Ashley on Appointment to Chief Judge of 1st Judicial District

By Steve Schuster [email protected] Circuit Court Judge Carl Ashley was appointed by the Wisconsin Supreme Court last week to serve as the next Chief Judge of Wisconsin’s First Judicial District. Judge Ashley will begin his new role leading the Milwaukee County Circuit Court next month on April 15, according to officials. County Executive David Crowley […]

Mar 20, 2023

State investigators probing death, injury in Hortonville

Investigators with the state Department of Justice are investigating a mysterious death in northeastern Wisconsin.

Josh Kaul
Mar 20, 2023

Attorney General Kaul Announces Multistate Letter to Kia and Hyundai Makers

By Steve Schuster [email protected] Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul joined Milwaukee leaders this afternoon in announcing a coalition of attorney generals who are sending a letter to Kia America (Kia) and Hyundai Motor Company (Hyundai) calling on their executives “to take swift and comprehensive action to help remedy the crisis of car thefts that has […]

Livestreaming police stop
Mar 20, 2023

Livestreaming police stop constitutionally protected, 4th Circuit rules

The judge explained that the restriction on using a cell-phone “was thus an aspect of the seizure.”

Mar 20, 2023

Republican bills push cash bail, subvert Democratic changes

If ratified by Wisconsin voters on April 4, the amendment would let judges setting bail consider the criminal history of someone accused of a violent crime.

Mar 19, 2023

Kelly’s deleted blog posts reveal his personal views

Kelly's recovered blogs reveal his views on guns, women's rights, a free press, Social Security, Medicare, same-sex marriage, legalizing marijuana, abortion, and much more.

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