It s so preventable : Questions over gun laws swirl after Milwaukee toddler dies in accidental shooting
Milwaukee police are investigating after they say a 3-year-old boy got ahold of a gun Saturday and accidentally shot himself.
and last updated 2021-05-10 19:44:36-04
MILWAUKEE â Milwaukee police are investigating after they say a 3-year-old boy got ahold of a gun Saturday and accidentally shot himself.
Mayor Tom Barrett said the alleged owner of that gun wasnât allowed to have it in the first place.
âIt just goes to the insanity that is occurring right now where you have a felon, again, my understanding is a felon, who was not permitted to have a gun, leaves the gun unattended and a little boy dies,â Barrett said.
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WUWM Signs near the exit doors of the Wisconsin Center, thank people for receiving the COVID-19 vaccine.
Milwaukee-area health officials say local vaccinations for COVID-19 continue to cool off. But more efforts are underway to bring shots to people. Also, there are two more signs of local life becoming a bit more normal.
Here s an update on the pandemic:
State figures show 41% of people in Milwaukee County have received one dose of the vaccine. Thirty-four percent have completed the vaccination series. But medical experts are still hoping to hit 70 to 80% locally and nationwide to reach herd immunity.
Dr. Ben Weston of the Medical College of Wisconsin and the Milwaukee County Office of Emergency Management said he s troubled about the county s downward trend in first doses.
Voces protests removal of immigrant-centered policies from state budget by Republicans
The Wisconsin State Capitol was closed to the public for more than a year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It only took four days after reopening for Republicans in the Legislature to draw a large group of protesters to the hallway outside the Joint Finance Committee meeting (JFC).
On Wednesday, JFC co-chairs Sen. Howard Marklein (R-Spring Green) and Rep. Mark Born (R-Beaver Dam) released their plan to gut hundreds of items from Gov. Tony Evers’ budget proposal among them, provisions that would have restored access to driver’s licenses and state IDs for immigrants and provided tuition aid for immigrant students at Wisconsin universities.
Tony Evers’ budget proposal among them, provisions that would have restored access to driver’s licenses and state IDs for immigrants and provided tuition aid for immigrant students at Wisconsin universities.
Immigration activists unveil a banner in the Capitol rotunda. Photo by Henry Redman/Wisconsin Examiner.
By Thursday morning, protesters organized by Voces de la Frontera, an immigrant rights organization, had descended on the Capitol from across the state to protest the Republicans’ actions.
Dozens of protesters, chanting for justice and holding signs pleading for driver’s licenses, packed the hallway outside the committee meeting. Multiple Democratic legislators and elected officials from Milwaukee, including Milwaukee County Supervisor