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Report finds Wisconsin led states in cuts to pollution prevention

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Wisconsin cut more support from pollution control programs than any other state over the last decade.  State spending for pollution control programs within the Department of Natural Resources was reduced by 36 percent from 2008 to 2018, according to a report from The Environmental Integrity Project, an advocacy group based in Washington D.C.

Other states have also made significant reductions, while federal funding for science and pollution programs within the Environmental Protection Agency was also been reduced by 16 percent over that past decade. The decline in funding in Wisconsin correlates with former Republican Governor Scott Walker’s time in office.

Onedia Nation will show video at Lambeau on Sunday

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Wisconsin’s Onedia Nation will have a message for football fans this weekend in Green Bay. The Packers host Washington Sunday, and a video highlighting the Oneida will be shown on Lambeau Field’s Jumbotron.

Outside the stadium, protests will take place against Washington’s name and logo, seen as offensive by natives and non-natives alike. Onedia Public Relations Director Bobbi Webster said the video is a chance to educate people about who the Oneida are, not just what they’re against.

Capitol rotunda Holiday Tree is lit

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It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas – or the Holidays, if you will – at the Wisconsin Capitol. Over the noon hour on Friday, Governor Tony Evers flipped the switch to illuminate the Capitol Holiday tree.

The Medford High School choir sang a variety of Christmas carols, including “O Christmas Tree.” The rotunda evergreen was was officially called a Holiday Tree beginning in 1985, before Governor Scott Walker called it a Christmas tree in 2011.

This year’s 30′ tree comes from the Medford area and celebrates science, with ornaments made by Wisconsin school kids.
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Kaul wants Assembly action on sexual assault kits bill

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Rep. Joe Sanfelippo

Attorney General Josh Kaul is pressuring state Representative Joe Sanfelippo (R-New Berlin) to move forward with a bill that would standardize the process for collecting sexual assault kits. He held a press conference at the Capitol on Wednesday. “I have talked to a number of legislators about this, including 14 out of 15 members of the Assembly Health Committee. I have yet to hear from a single member of the legislature who opposes this legislation.”

The bill has bipartisan support in the Assembly and has already passed the Senate. No word on whether Sanfelippo has scheduled that hearing. “It’s critical that a hearing on this legislation be scheduled in the Assembly soon,” Kaul said.

The bill would create a standard procedure for collecting DNA evidence in sexual assault cases. Sexual assault victims would have the option of whether to send a kit to the state crime lab for DNA analysis. If they consent, kits would be required to be tested within 72 hours. If they decline, the kits would be stored for 10 years in case victims change their minds.

Walker hopes Kleefisch will run for governor in 2022

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Former Governor Walker and Lt. Governor Kleefisch

Former Governor Scott Walker is not planning to run for governor in 2022 — but he has his preferred Republican candidate “I personally hope Rebecca Kleefisch runs for governor,” Walker said during a WisPolitics event at the Milwaukee Press Club on Tuesday. “I think she would win, and I think she would be a helluva great governor if she was elected.”

Kleefisch served as lieutenant governor with Walker, who said he won’t consider running for elective office again until after his four year commitment to lead “Young Americans For Freedom” ends in 2025. He said he’s encouraged Kleefisch to run.

Walker took a pass, when asked to critique Democratic Governor Tony Evers’ job so far. “I appreciated that Jim Doyle didn’t constantly talk about me, so I’m not constantly talking about Governor Evers.”

Officer and student injured in shooting at Oshkosh West High School

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There’s been a second school shooting in two days at a Wisconsin high school. Oshkosh police are confirming that an armed student and a school resource officer were injured Tuesday morning, after the officer confronted the student at Oshkosh West High School, which is on lock down.

The incident comes one day after an armed student was shot at Waukesha South High School. Parents are being reunited with their kids at Perry Tipler Middle School.

Pocan sees ’75 to 80% chance’ House will move on impeachment before year’s end

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Rep. Mark Pocan (WRN image)

While former Governor Scott Walker has compared impeachment proceeding against President Donald Trump to 2012 efforts to recall him. Congressman Mark Pocan said Monday that’s not an apt comparison.

“Scott Walker never broke the law, that I remember. This one’s pretty clear. You’ve got a president who had a motive, there’s a crime, there’s a confession, and there’s evidence. That’s quite different than we ever had with Scott Walker.We thought Scott Walker abused his power.”

The 2nd District Democrat said there’s no doubt about President Donald Trump’s intentions regarding a “quid pro quo” with Ukraine. “He clearly said he was holding back anything until they at least announced an investigation. That part is crystal clear.”

Pocan said a House vote on articles of impeachment against President Trump could come very soon. “I can’t say definitively. If I had to give it a percent, I would give it a 75 to 80 percent chance of likelihood that we’ll see a vote this year.”

Pocan also said “it’s kind of sad” watching some Republicans trying to pin election hacking on Ukraine, even though all intelligence reports point to Russia  “It’s a puzzling time you know, when people don’t put country before party. And I see too much of that right now.”

Pocan said the House of Representatives and the Trump administration could be close to an agreement on the USMCA trade agreement with Canada and Mexico, but that the While House rather than House Democrats have been “slow walking” the negotiation process.

 

 

Suspect hospitalized after shots fired at Waukesha South High School

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Police say a student brought a gun to Waukesha South High School Monday morning, and was shot after pointing at responding offciers. Police Chief Russell Jack said the shooting happened just before 10 a.m.

He said the suspect is a 17-year-old male who was taken to the hospital, and that no one else was injured. A gun was recovered at the scene. The school resource officer is an 11 year veteran of the Waukesha Police Department.

Jack said police are not looking for anyone else in connection to the shooting. Students have been sent home.

Man who made Milwaukee acid attack refuses competency evaluation

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The 61-year-old Milwaukee man accused of tossing acid in another man’s face disagrees with his lawyer’s request for a competency evaluation. Clifton Blackwell refused the evaluation during a Milwaukee County Court appearance Tuesday.

That refusal will be discussed during a hearing December 6th. Blackwell is charged with first-degree reckless injury for throwing the acid on a Latino man’s face during a racist attack that is being prosecuted as a hate crime.

Heavy wet snow blankets northwest Wisconsin

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In northwest Wisconsin, snow plows have been out since early Wednesday morning, dealing with the winter storm that’s brought snow to the area. “We’ve been out since 4:00 a.m. this morning, said Matt Erickson, patrol supervisor with the Ashland County Highway Department. “It’s a heavy, wet snow, so it is sticking to the highways. We are are continually plowing, so at times the roads will look bad. But we’re out there doing what we can with it.”

“Wind is stil quite an issue, gusting to 30 to 40 miles and hour,” said Iron County highway commissioner Mike Swartz. As of 10:00 a.m. Swartz said 12 inches of snow had fallen in Hurley. “The roads are not good. We just cannot keep up with that amount of snow in a short period of time.”

The National Weather Service in Duluth has forecast heavy accumulating snow and strong northerly winds across northwest Wisconsin for Wednesday, with snowfall continuing through midnight. Difficult to nearly impossible driving will impact Thanksgiving holiday travel, and power outages are possible.

“If you do not have to drive, please, don’t,” Swartz said. “And if you do drive, please us your headlights. We noticed a lot of vehicles without headlights this morning. It makes it tough on our guys and it makes hard on the drivers as well.”