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DNR Investigating Spill Of Enbridge Line 6 Pipeline –   FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 2024-12-17 Contact: DNR Office of Communications DNRPress@wisconsin.gov DNR Investigating Spill Of Enbridge Line 6 Pipeline MADISON, Wis. – The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is investigating a spill of crude oil from a pipeline along Enbridge Energy’s Line 6 in the town of Oakland, […]

Shooter identified in shooting at Abundant Life Christian School | Live updates From the Complete coverage: Shooting at Madison, Wisconsin school series STATE JOURNAL STAFF   Dec 16, 2024   Three people died, including the shooter, and six were injured in shootings Monday morning at Abundant Life Christian School on Madison’s Far East Side. Two of the […]

For Congregational Discussion: Responses to Christian Nationalism [1] Two things many people learn we should never discuss in public are religion and politics.  As American Lutherans we often think that the separation of church and state and the “Two Kingdoms Doctrine” mean that we should not discuss politics when we are discussing our religion and […]

  U.S. Supreme Court halts enforcement of EPA’s ‘good neighbor’ plan, including in Wisconsin Plan aims to protect public health, but the rule has faced pushback from states and industry groups Wisconsin Public Radio By Danielle Kaeding  June 27, 2024 In this Nov. 10, 2020, file photo the sun rises behind the U.S. Supreme Court in […]

homeless off the street? Don’t look to SCOTUS for answers THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY CONTRIBUTORS ARE THEIR OWN AND NOT THE VIEW OF THE HILL How to get the homeless off the street? Don’t look to SCOTUS for answers from The Hill BY JAMES WHITFORD, OPINION CONTRIBUTOR – 05/14/24 1:00 PM ET SharePost …More Spencer […]

…uses the Bible to expose the ‘False White Gospel’ How one evangelical leader uses the Bible to expose the ‘False White Gospel’ By John Blake, CNN  10 minute read Published 5:00 AM EDT, Sun April 28, 2024 Jim Wallis, an evangelical leader and author of “The False White Gospel,” says White Christian nationalism is not new […]

Assembly task force releases bills to combat human trafficking Wisconsin Assembly task force releases slate of bills to combat human trafficking A task force that Assembly Speaker Robin Vos created last summer to bolster Wisconsin’s response to human trafficking finished its work Wednesday. By The Associated Press Published: Jan. 10, 2024 at 2:17 PM CST|Updated: 21 hours […]

The Wisconsin Supreme Court has thrown out the GOP-drawn district maps. That could mean a huge change for the purple state CBS News BY ALLISON NOVELO UPDATED ON: JANUARY 2, 2024 / 11:36 AM EST / CBS NEWS In Wisconsin, statewide elections tend to be won with slim margins. In 2020, Joe Biden defeated Donald Trump by a […]

Money is there; plan isn’t $125M budgeted for PFAS remediation depends on next bill MITCHELL SCHMIDT ‘FOREVER CHEMICALS’ | COMPLICATED CLEANUP For nearly three years now, more than 1,400 households in the town of Campbell have been using bottled water for everything, from drinking and cooking to brushing their teeth and watering their pets. “It […]

Attorney General Kaul Submits Comment Letter Regarding EPA Proposed Greenhouse Gas Standards for Light- and Medium-Duty Vehicles From the Wisconsin Department of Justice Jul 10 2023 MADISON, Wis. – As part of a California-led coalition of 26 States and Cities, Attorney General Josh Kaul announced today that he has submitted a comment letter to the U.S. Environmental […]