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Mike Madigans Hand-Picked Replacement Resigns Upon Request Patch 2/24/2021 Jonah Meadows © E. Jason Wambsgans/Chicago Tribune via AP, File Former Illinois House Speaker Mike Madigan remains 13th Ward Democratic Party committeeman, despite resigning his chairmanship of the state party, allowing him to appoint CHICAGO — Mike Madigans choice to succeed him in the Illinois House resigned two days after being appointed amid at least one allegation of unspecified inappropriate ...

Skidmore survives Nikki Conklin finished ahead of veteran Ald. Paul Skidmore in the Feb. 16 primary. Embattled Ald. Paul Skidmore survived his first challenge since 2013, but just barely, coming in second in the Feb. 16 primary to first-time candidate Nikki Conklin, receiving 651 votes to Conklin’s 701. Nino Amato, a former alder who has been active in city and state politics for 40 years, finished a close third with 626 votes. Democratic Party of Wisconsin operative and legislative aide D...

/ Elijah McKnight (left) and Jeremiah Axtell have something in common with Elijah McClain: paramedics in Colorado sedated them with ketamine during altercations with police. Rep. Leslie Herod’s bill is a response to the death of Elijah McClain and comes after KUNC revealed more than 900 ketamine sedations for excited or agitated people around the state in 2.5 years. The alleyways of Denver’s River North neighborhood are an explosion of color. Expressions of joy, love and social awareness ar...

Wisconsin politicians are asking Wauwatosa, West Allis and Milwaukee schools to have entirely in-person learning Alec Johnson, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel © Screenshot Wisconsin Republican state senator Dale Kooyenga announces to the state senate Jan. 28 that he would send letters to Milwaukee Public Schools, Wauwatosa and West Allis-West Milwaukee School Districts asking them to return to full in-person learning. He co-authored the letter to the West Allis-West Milwaukee Scho...

In a virtual call filled with peers, teachers and representatives from local and federal governments, Verona Area High School students and their Finnish counterparts pitched ideas last week to solve at least a few of the world’s problems. On Tuesday, Dec. 15, VAHS students and those from Otaniemi Upper Secondary School in Espoo, Finland, which is a part of the greater Helsinki capital region, concluded their first five-week Bridge the Pond program. It’s a new program this year started...