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Despite incarcerated people becoming eligible early on, vaccinations lagged in prisons.

Legislation by Rep. Moore Omokunde would decertify police officers trying to avoid firing, investigation. //end headline wrapper ?> Police. Photo by Highway Patrol Images / (CC BY) Over the last year, legislators have reflected on how new policy proposals can be used to reform law enforcement. There’s a lot of ground to cover, but freshman Rep. Supreme Moore Omokunde (D-Milwaukee) has carved out a particular niche focusing on the certification process for officers. Moore Omokunde’s bill�...

MOUNT PLEASANT — On June 28, 2018, there were news cameras from all over the world, then-President Donald Trump was making big predictions of jobs and economic investment, and others expressed utmost confidence that an energized economic engine was coming to southeastern Wisconsin during the groundbreaking at Foxconn’s Mount Pleasant campus. President Donald Trump speaks at Foxconn in Mount Pleasant, Wisconsin, on June 28, 2018, calling it the "Eighth Wonder of the World." The fanfare...

Gov. Tony Evers wants to use more than $50 million federal dollars to build a new health center in the heart of Racines most diverse neighborhood. Fearing a roundabout increase

Wisconsin Examiner Billboard ads for hiring Corrections staff are banned in Wisconsin; that could change Photo by Pawel Czerwinski on Unsplash A quick Google search shows 89 postings for hiring at the Wisconsin Department of Corrections (DOC), primarily for correctional officers and across a wide range of recruitment sites.  The department’s website dedicates a page to various potential DOC careers. But there’s one place in Wisconsin where you will not see an advertisement to come work ...

WUWM Milwaukee Police monitor an event organized by supporters of former President Donald Trump and its counter-protesters on November 7, 2020. Wisconsin Republicans have proposed a bill that would financially penalize municipalities that cut their law enforcement budgets. It’s a response to calls by racial justice activists around the state and nation to “defund” the police. Defunding the police generally means reallocating money from police departments to other agencies, like social s...

For one woman — a survivor of sexual assault, revictimized when Wisconsin’s system for placing sex offenders failed eight years ago — the news was particularly distressing. The woman, whose name is being withheld by The Journal Times, said that when she learned of the placement near Jellystone, she could not believe it. “I was so angry,” she said, “to the point I was in tears because I was so angry.” Change to the plan Chapter 980 statutes are those that deal ...

Observers of Wisconsin politics could be forgiven for believing the state’s political culture was primarily focused on bickering. That is, after all, seemingly the default posture for Gov. Tony Evers and Assembly Speaker Robin Vos, the state’s two most prominent political figures. While the sniping is all too common, others in the Legislature made it clear this week there is more to the state’s political class. The Senate reached a bipartisan agreement on a slate of police reform...

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Wisconsin State Senate Passes Police Reform Laws Close Close Close Photo by diegoparra on Pixabay. Today the Wisconsin state senate considered a slate of bills, from legalizing paddlewheel raffles, requiring the national anthem at state sports arenas, to a handful of election related legislation. Also on the docket were five police reform bills which, according to the Associated Press, are the legislature’s first passed bills addressing police reform since the murder of George Floyd last M...