The Wisconsin Elections Commission declined to vote Wednesday on whether the state’s top elections official should appear before a state Senate hearing on her reappointment as a fight continues over who will lead elections in the critical battleground state ahead of the 2024 presidential race. Without clear instructions from commissioners, it is up to Meagan Wolfe, the […]
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Summer of weather records one reason we’re talking water quality in La Crosse Sept. 21
Wisconsin Watch, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel and Sustainability Institute will team up to discuss issues along the Mississippi River.
Posted inEnvironment
Low-income Chicago suburbs eye ‘RainReady’ investments to limit flooding
Heavy rainfall disproportionately affects people of color and immigrants in the Chicago region. Residents are crafting solutions.
Posted inGovernment
Lawsuit targets Wisconsin legislative districts resembling Swiss cheese
The challenge to noncontiguous districts could provide judges a way to decide the case without ever addressing whether partisan gerrymandering is illegal.
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Bullied by her own party, a Wisconsin election official’s GOP roots mean nothing in volatile new climate
Republican elections commissioner Marge Bostelmann refuses to support false claims that Trump won the state in the 2020 presidential election.
Posted inEnvironment
Climate change, more rainfall threatens wild rice in northern Minnesota
Wild rice thrives in shallow waters and serves as a sacred “mashkiki,” or medicine, to the Ojibwe.
Posted inGovernment
Wisconsin Democrats on ‘veto watch’ after Tony Evers blocks 10 bills
Republicans don’t control two-thirds of the Assembly, but they only need two-thirds of those present on a session day to override the governor’s veto.
Posted inEnvironment
Climate costs imperil Detroit’s Jefferson Chalmers neighborhood
Some worry flooding costs could fuel climate gentrification in the ‘Venice of Detroit.’
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Milwaukee residents fear more flooding due to planned I-94 expansion
Two extra highway lanes will add 29 acres of asphalt next to Near West Side Milwaukee neighborhoods that already face flood risks.
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South Side Chicago neighbors fight Lake Michigan’s erosion and flooding
Climate change impacts on Chicago’s South Side are relatedly drawing attention from city and state officials.
Posted inJustice & Safety
Oshkosh police cite ‘Marsy’s Law’ to withhold names of officers who shot suspects
Some police agencies across the country have used the voter-approved constitutional amendment that broadens victim privacy to shield officers who use force.
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Inundation and injustice: Flooding presents a formidable threat to the Great Lakes region
Cities throughout the Great Lakes region are grappling with archaic wastewater systems, crumbling infrastructure and segregated housing creating a perfect storm of flooding vulnerability.