Tag: Wisconsin

Sheriff’s Official: 4 Children Die in Wisconsin House Fire

TOWN OF LITTLE FALLS, Wis.—Four children died with their pets in a house fire in a small town in east central Wisconsin, authorities said. Sparta Area Fire District Chief Mike Arnold said crews responded shortly after 9 p.m. Thursday to a report of a house fire with people trapped upstairs in the Town of Little…


Wisconsin County Takes the Lead in Banning Private Funding of Elections

Wisconsin’s Walworth County has become the first local government in the state to ban the acceptance of private monies or grants for use in the administration of elections. Approval of the measure came after 16 states have enacted legislation to ban or regulate the acceptance and use of private funds by public election officials. Good-government…


Facts Matter (April 25): Over 60K Voters on Rolls Are Dead, or Registered Twice: NC Report; Ballot Harvesting Lawsuit in WI

With the midterm elections right around the corner, the topic of election integrity is more important than ever before. Along that line, an election watchdog group recently finished auditing the North Carolina voter rolls and uncovered close to 8,000 dead voters, as well as approximately 55,000 duplicate voters either registered more than once in North…


Wisconsin City Clerk Sued in Illegal Ballot Harvesting Scheme

The city clerk of Green Bay, Wisconsin, participated in illegal absentee ballot harvesting in the local election on April 5, a new legal complaint filed with the Wisconsin Elections Commission claims. Several voters reported seeing City Clerk Celestine Jeffreys accepting multiple absentee ballots from the hand of a single person several times, according to Erick…


Wisconsin Bucket List: Explore by Train These Top Attractions You Won’t Want to Miss

Closing your eyes on the train and listening to the rhythmic clickety-clack of the wheels on the track, you can almost imagine what it was like to travel by train in the early 1800s. The mode of travel is faster now, but you’ll still enjoy the inside glimpse into America’s backyards, the ever-changing scenery from…


Facts Matter (April 4): Election Watchdog Finds 137,500 Ballots Unlawfully Trafficked in Wisconsin, 4.8M Nationwide At Least

About a week ago, an election watchdog group presented their findings to the Wisconsin State Assembly’s Committee on Campaigns and Elections, and they revealed the fact that over 137,000 ballots were unlawfully trafficked in the state. Meanwhile, while I was in Washington, D.C., about two weeks ago, I had the unique opportunity to speak with…


Judge Holds Wisconsin Speaker in Contempt Over Election Records

A judge in Wisconsin held state Assembly Speaker Robin Vos in contempt of court for allegedly failing to produce emails and text messages related to an investigation he ordered into the 2020 election. Dane County Judge Valerie Bailey-Rihn wrote on Wednesday that Vos, a Republican, and the Assembly “have chosen to willfully violate a court order and…


Milwaukee Officials Sued in Zuckerberg-Related Election Bribery Case

Milwaukee’s acting mayor, former mayor, and city clerk have been accused of being involved in an election bribery scheme for accepting election-assistance money from a Mark Zuckerberg-funded activist group in the 2020 election cycle, according to a legal complaint filed with the Wisconsin Elections Commission. The 2020 presidential election in Wisconsin was heavily litigated and…


Shutting Down Canadian Pipeline Would Cost US Consumers $23.7 Billion More in Fuel Costs: Report

A recently published analysis by a consumer advocacy nonprofit maintains that shutting down a 4.5-mile section of a nearly 70-year-old pipeline that spans the Great Lakes from Wisconsin to Ontario would impose $23.7 billion in higher fuel costs for families and businesses in Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, and Pennsylvania. Consumer Energy Alliance’s (CEA) 14-page report estimates…


Shutting Canadian Pipeline Would Cost US Consumers $23.7 Billion More in Fuel Costs: Report

A recently published analysis by a consumer advocacy nonprofit maintains that shutting a 4.5-mile section of a nearly 70-year-old pipeline that spans the Great Lakes from Wisconsin to Ontario would impose $23.7 billion in higher fuel costs on families and businesses in Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, and Pennsylvania. Consumer Energy Alliance’s (CEA) 14-page report estimates that…