Category: Wisconsin

‘Raises Significant Concerns’: Wisconsin Elections Commission Sued Over Ballot Drop Boxes

A conservative nonprofit law firm filed a lawsuit that challenges Wisconsin’s law that allows ballot drop boxes, coming just days after the Wisconsin Supreme Court declined to hear a similar suit. In a suit filed (pdf) Monday in a county circuit court on behalf of two voters in Waukesha County, the Wisconsin Institute for Law &…


University of Wisconsin-Madison to Not Require COVID-19 Vaccination, Social Distancing in the Fall

Students, faculty and staff at the University of Wisconsin-Madison will not be required to be vaccinated against the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus before returning to the campus for the fall semester, the Big Ten school said. In a June 24 email sent to all employees, UW-Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank said that an “exceptionally strong”…


University of Wisconsin-Madison Won’t Require COVID-19 Vaccination, Social Distancing in the Fall

Students, faculty, and staff at the University of Wisconsin-Madison won’t be required to be vaccinated against the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus before returning to the campus for the fall semester, the Big Ten Conference school said. In a June 24 email sent to all employees, UW-Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank said that an “exceptionally strong” participation…


Wisconsin GOP Lawmakers Visit Arizona Election Audit, Say Similar Review Needed in Their State

Two Wisconsin GOP state lawmakers said that Wisconsin should authorize a Nov. 3 election audit similar to the one that’s being conducted in Maricopa County, Arizona, after they traveled to the county to observe. State Rep. Janel Brandtjen, a Republican who chairs the Campaigns and Elections Committee, said that a review of the election was needed…


Pharmacist Sentenced to 3 Years for Tampering With COVID-19 Vaccines

A federal judge last week sentenced a Wisconsin pharmacist to three years in prison after he pleaded guilty on charges that he tampered with COVID-19 vaccines months ago. Steven Brandenburg, who was a pharmacist based in Grafton, signed a guilty plea earlier in 2021 admitting that he removed hundreds of doses of Moderna’s CCP (Chinese…


Wisconsin Lawmakers Advance Bill to Stop Election Workers From Fixing Mistakes on Ballots

Republican lawmakers in Wisconsin are aiming to stop election workers from fixing mistakes on absentee ballots after the state Assembly’s Committee on Campaigns and Elections advanced a plan this week. According to the proposal, Assembly Bill 198, only voters or their witnesses would be able to fix mistakes on ballots—and no one else. Republicans have said that…


Wisconsin’s Ice Age Trail Tells a Story of Huge, Geological Proportions

I stood atop a rocky cliff looking down into the waters of the Dalles of the St. Croix, a gorge on the river that forms part of the state border between Minnesota and Wisconsin, inside the latter’s Interstate State Park. Meltwater and sudden outflows from large glacial lakes carved this channel through ancient volcanic rock…


Facts Matter (May 28): Wisconsin Probes the 2020 Election; Chicago Mayor Faces Discrimination Lawsuit

On May 27, the State Assembly Speaker of Wisconsin said he’s launching a new investigation into the 2020 election, and he’s also hiring three retired police officers in order to assist the committee. Meanwhile, in Chicago, the mayor made an interesting announcement. She said she will no longer accept interviews from reporters who are white….


Kyle Rittenhouse Makes First In-person Court Appearance

Kyle Rittenhouse, the teenager charged with fatally shooting two people and wounding a third during protests in Wisconsin last August, made his first in-person court appearance on Friday ahead of trial in November. Rittenhouse, 18, had been attending court hearings remotely from his lawyer’s office but was able to appear in person before Kenosha County…


Wisconsin Casino Shooter Identified as Fired Employee: Sheriff

MADISON—A man who shot and killed two people and wounded a third at a northeastern Wisconsin tribal casino restaurant had been fired from the eatery and ordered by a court to leave his former supervisor alone, according to court records. Bruce Pofahl, 62, walked into the Duck Creek Kitchen and Bar in Green Bay on…