State Rep. David Bowen introduces 12 new police reform bills
Bowen says work of bipartisan task force doesn t go far enough Share Updated: 5:10 PM CDT Jun 3, 2021 Matt Smith
Bowen says work of bipartisan task force doesn t go far enough Share Updated: 5:10 PM CDT Jun 3, 2021
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Show Transcript ENOH ISUGNOUGH. MATT: ON THE STEPS OF THE STATE CAPITOL. WE NEED THIS NOW. MATT: A STRONG AND PUBLIC REBUKE OF THE POLICE REFORM BILLS COMING FROM A BIPARTISAN COMMISSION AFTER THE JACOB BLAKE SHOOTING IN KENOSHA. AND IF YOU WILL EXCUSE MY LANGUAGE, THESE POOR BILLDOS NOT MEET THE DESIRES OF THIS COMMUNITY. MA:TT THURSDAY REPRESENTATIVE DAVID BOWEN INTRODUCED 12 NEW BILLS. WHICH IN PART WOULD LIMIT THE WER OF POLICE UNIONS, INVEST IN VIOLENCE PREVENTION AND REQUIRE A SPECIAL PROSECUTOR TO INVESTIGATE POLICE SHOOTINGS INSTEAD OF THE LOCAL DISTRICT ATTORNEY. GIVEN THE MAKEUP OF THE LEGISLATURE, WILL ANY OF THESE BILLS MA
Gov. Evers Announces Rainbow Pride Flag to be Flown Statewide in Celebration of Pride Month
Governor signs executive orders directing state agencies to use gender-neutral language, prohibiting use of state and federal funds for conversion therapy By Gov. Tony Evers - Jun 1st, 2021 12:31 pm
MADISON Gov.
Tony Evers today signed Executive Order #120, ordering that the Rainbow Pride Flag be raised over the Wisconsin State Capitol during the month of June in celebration of Pride Month. The Rainbow Pride flag will fly over the East Wing of the State Capitol building beginning at noon on Tues., June 1, 2021, and ending at sunset on Wed., June 30, 2021. Additionally, Executive Order #120 authorizes state buildings and any jurisdiction of the state of Wisconsin to fly the Rainbow Pride Flag during the month of June. The governor also signed two additional executive orders relating to LGBTQ issues.
Wisconsin tourism industry expects boom in 2021
By Barry Adams article
Green Bay, from Peninsula State Park, Wisconsin. (Photo by: David Underwood/Education Images/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)
MADISON, Wis. - As the 2021 summer travel season kicks off, there is hope, optimism and even predictions of a big rebound for the tourism industry, clobbered by the COVID-19 pandemic last year. I think this summer is currently poised to be record-breaking, said David Eades, executive director of the Bayfield Chamber of Commerce & Visitor Bureau. I think people are ready to get out. After a long year of isolation they’re wanting to travel, wanting to get out in nature and we’re seeing a huge uptick in business this year.