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After Slight at Trump, Hegseth, Base Commander Suspended

Col. Sheyla Baez Ramirez disciplined after portraits were flipped to face a wall

(Newser) - The US Army has suspended a Wisconsin training base's first female commander after discovering portraits of President Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth had been flipped around to face a wall. The Army has posted an undated statement on Fort McCoy's website saying Col. Sheyla Baez Ramirez has...

Court: Governor Is Allowed to Change 2025 to 2425 in Bill

Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers used partial veto power to extend school funding for centuries

(Newser) - The Wisconsin Supreme Court has upheld a ruling allowing the Democratic governor to lock in a school funding increase for 400 years. The decision highlights the governor's powerful veto power, which is the broadest in the nation, the AP reports. The court's four liberal justices affirmed this...

Authorities Say Teen Killed Parents to Get Money for Assassination

Prosecutors say teen's manifesto spelled out a plan to create chaos in the government

(Newser) - A Wisconsin teenager charged in the February deaths of his parents faces wider allegations that he killed them to "obtain the financial means" to assassinate President Trump and cause a governmental collapse, according to a recently unsealed federal warrant. Nikita Casap, 17, was charged last month by Waukesha County...

Fear an Alien Invasion? These States May Be Safe Havens

Virginia is most likely to survive an alien attack, per GIGAcalculator.com ranking

(Newser) - If you've ever watched a sci-fi film about an alien invasion and wondered how you and your family would fare if something that fantastical ever happened—well, maybe it depends on where you live. Citing stats analyzed by the folks who run the online calculator site GIGAcalculator.com , Mental...

Don't Celebrate Too Soon, Dems
Wisconsin Race Wasn't
a 'Bellwether' for Dems
OPINION
Apr 3, 2025 1:10 PM CDT

Wisconsin Race Wasn't a 'Bellwether' for Dems

Stephen Kruiser complains of 'irrational' celebratory responses to Susan Crawford's Wisconsin victory

(Newser) - Democrats may be gleeful in the wake of liberal Susan Crawford's victory in the Wisconsin Supreme Court election, a race in which Elon Musk donated heavily to support the Republican candidate, but they're reading far too much into the result, former conservative activist Stephen Kruiser writes at the...

Democrats Pile on Musk: Campaign Against Us Next

'I'll pay for his coach flight,' one jokes after billionaire suffers 'humiliating political defeat'

(Newser) - Adding to the impression that Elon Musk has become a political liability for President Trump, Axios reports Democrats are now pushing for the billionaire adviser to campaign, not for them, but for their opponents. "Yes please! Can you arrange that? Who do I speak to about that?" Rep. Hillary...

Susan Crawford Wins Wisconsin Race Musk Poured Money Into

Musk said 'the future of civilization' was at stake in special election for Supreme Court seat

(Newser) - Democrat Susan Crawford won Wisconsin's Supreme Court special election Tuesday, leading with 54.3% of the vote to Republican Brad Schimel's 45.8% with 92% of votes counted, PBS reports. The win retains a Democratic 4-3 majority on the state's high court for at least the next...

Prosecutors: Killer Teen Lived With Dead Bodies for 2 Weeks

Wisconsin's Nikita Casap, 17, charged with fatally shooting mom, stepdad on Feb. 11

(Newser) - A teenager in Wisconsin shot and killed his mother and stepfather, then went to school the next day like nothing happened, according to prosecutors. The bodies of 35-year-old Tatiana Casap and 51-year-old Donald Mayer were discovered partially decayed in their Waukesha home on Feb. 28 after odd text messages prompted...

It's the Most Expensive Judicial Race in History
It's the Most Expensive
Judicial Race in History
the rundown
Apr 1, 2025 6:30 AM CDT

It's the Most Expensive Judicial Race in History

Wisconsin voters decide a high-stakes contest for state Supreme Court on Tuesday

(Newser) - It's a big day at the voting booth, thanks mainly to two closely watched races. One is a special House election in a deep-red district of Florida that is shaping up to be surprisingly close. The one getting even more attention, however, is for a seat on the Wisconsin...

SCOTUS Appears to Side With Catholic Charities Bureau

Religious rights case could have wide-ranging effects

(Newser) - The Supreme Court appeared Monday to be leaning toward a Catholic charitable organization pushing back against the State of Wisconsin in the latest religious rights case to come before the court. In a case that could have wide-ranging effects, the justices suggested the Catholic Charities Bureau should not have to...

Elon Musk Hands Out $1M Each to 2 Wisconsin Voters

State Supreme Court declined to stop him from carrying out his plan

(Newser) - Elon Musk gave out $1 million checks on Sunday to two Wisconsin voters, declaring them spokespeople for his political group, ahead of a Wisconsin Supreme Court election that the tech billionaire cast as critical to President Trump's agenda and "the future of civilization." "It's a...

Wisconsin Judge Rejects Musk Voter-Payment Case

State AG Josh Kaul says he'll appeal to bar Musk's $1M payments tied to state Supreme Court race

(Newser) - A Wisconsin judge on Saturday declined to stop billionaire Elon Musk from handing over $1 million checks to two voters in the state at a planned rally days before the closely contested Supreme Court election. The state attorney general, who argues that the offer violates the law, immediately appealed after...

Musk Scrubs Post Offering $2M to Wisconsin Voters

It's not clear if billionaire will still pay two people who've voted in state Supreme Court race

(Newser) - Billionaire Elon Musk on Friday deleted a social media post in which he'd announced plans to hold a rally in Wisconsin to "personally hand over" $2 million to a pair of voters who've already cast their ballots in the state's hotly contested Supreme Court race. Musk...

Musk PAC Offers Wisconsin Voters $100 Ahead of Big Election

They just have to sign a petition decrying 'activist judges' before state Supreme Court election

(Newser) - A group funded by billionaire Elon Musk is offering Wisconsin voters $100 to sign a petition in opposition to "activist judges," a move that comes two weeks before the state's Supreme Court election and after the political action committee made a similar proposal last year in battleground...

4-Year-Old Calls Cops on Treat-Stealing Mom

Boy complaining of stolen ice cream gets a frozen delivery from police

(Newser) - A 4-year-old boy in Wisconsin called 911 last week, demanding officers arrest his own mother for theft. "My mommy is being bad. Come and get my mommy," the boy told the dispatcher, who listened as the boy's mother took the phone from her son and tried to...

Disaster Victims Could Get Incentive to Move to Wisconsin

Republicans suggest $10K tax credit for people who lost homes to Hurricane Helene, California wildfires

(Newser) - People who lost their homes to Hurricane Helene or California wildfires could get a sizeable tax break to move to Wisconsin. Republican legislators in the Dairy State have proposed a bill that would give anyone who moves to Wisconsin from North Carolina or Los Angeles County because they were displaced...

The Best States for Families
The Best States for Families
Feb 15, 2025 9:03 AM CST

The Best States for Families

Massachusetts tops WalletHub's list; New Mexico comes in last

(Newser) - Looking to start or expand your family? You've likely got a checklist in mind on schools, cost of living, recreation, and the like—and so does WalletHub , which looked at all 50 states across more than four dozen metrics in five main categories: family fun, health and safety, education...

The Cost of His Inhaler Spiked 700%. He Died Days Later
The Cost of His Inhaler Spiked
700%. He Died Days Later
in case you missed it
Feb 9, 2025 6:35 AM CST

The Cost of His Inhaler Spiked 700%. He Died Days Later

Family of Cole Schmidtknecht, 22, sues Optum Rx, Walgreens, for abrupt break in insurance coverage

(Newser) - The family of a young Wisconsin man is suing after they say his health insurance abruptly dropped coverage for a much-needed asthma inhaler, which they say helped lead to his death days later. Per the complaint filed by the family of Cole Schmidtknecht and cited by ABC News , the 22-year-old...

Victims in Wisconsin School Shooting Identified

Girl, 14, and teacher killed at Christian school

(Newser) - The student and teacher killed in a school shooting in Madison, Wisconsin, on Monday have been identified. Rubi Vergara, 14, and Erin West, 42, were fatally shot at Abundant Life Christian School, CBS News reports. Vergara was a freshman in high school who had attended the private school since kindergarten,...

Wisconsin School Shooter Had 'Unsettled' Childhood

According to a Washington Post review of court records

(Newser) - Police are still working to piece together the motive of the 15-year-old girl who killed two and injured six more at a Christian school in Wisconsin Monday and haven't said much about their suspicions, but details are starting to trickle out about her background. Court records paint a picture...

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