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Scott Walker’s light-on-details drug testing plan
Scott Walker’s light-on-details drug testing plan a hit on the stump By Jason […]
Faith Group Says lawmakers should slow down on right-to-work
Faith Group Says lawmakers should slow down on right-to-work Wisconsin’s largest coalition of Christian churches called on lawmakers Wednesday to halt the fast-tracking of the right-to-work legislation that is expected to be approved by the Senate in an extraordinary session Wednesday. The Wisconsin Council of Churches has not taken a position on the bill. However, […]
Full Medicaid expansion could save state as much as $345 million
Wisconsin could save $345 million over the next two years if it adopts a full expansion of Medicaid under the federal Affordable Care Act, according to a new estimate prepared by the nonpartisan Legislative Fiscal Bureau. The revised estimate comes as the Legislature gears up to consider Gov. Scott Walker’s $68 billion biennial budget, which […]
Our Safe Harbor Campaign Kickoff Conference in Menomonie on Channel 18!
Safe Harbor Campaign Kickoff Clip on Television (WQOW)-Wisconsin’s ELCA Human Trafficking Task Force is sponsoring a kick-off conference that brings attention to trafficked youth. Pastor Diane House and Robbie Joern are members of the Wisconsin ELCA Human Trafficking Task Force, co-led by Cindy Crane, Director of the Lutheran Office of Public Policy in Wisconsin and Amy […]
Voters give BadgerCare a mandate by Robert Kraig and Kevin Kane November 23, 201
Voters give BadgerCare a mandate Advisory referendums asking Wisconsin to accept enhanced federal dollars for BadgerCare won by a landslide on Election Day. The referendums won decisively even in areas that also supported Gov. Scott Walker and conservative legislative candidates, who have opposed taking the dollars provided by the Affordable Care Act. Statewide, 73 percent […]
Underage sex sting aimed at warding off predators; nine arrested
Underage sex sting aimed at warding off predators; nine arrested Posted: Monday, October 20, 2014 11:36 pm | Updated: 12:20 am, Tue Oct 21, 2014. By Christena T. O’Brien Leader-Telegram staff Eau Claire County Sheriff Ron Cramer warns adults trolling the Internet looking for underage sex partners to beware. “We are monitoring (online) sites, and […]
Global marches draw attention to climate change
NEW YORK (AP) — Tens of thousands of activists walked through Manhattan on Sunday, warning that climate change is destroying the Earth — in stride with demonstrators around the world who urged policymakers to take quick action. Starting along Central Park West, most came on foot, others with bicycles and walkers, and some even in […]
Human trafficking sting
DULUTH, Minnesota — Authorities conducting a human trafficking sting in northeastern Minnesota and northwestern Wisconsin have made six arrests. They include a Douglas County, Wisconsin man charged with child enticement. Investigators say 51-year-old Ronald Provost, of Foxboro, responded to their fake online ad, supposedly from a 15-year-old girl. Police say he arranged to meet with […]
FBI: 168 children rescued in sex-trafficking crackdown, 6 in Wisconsin
168 children rescued in sex-trafficking crackdown, 6 in Wis By Amie Winters (WQOW News) Madison, WI (News Release) – Robert J. Shields, Jr., Special Agent-in-Charge (SAC) of the Milwaukee Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), in conjunction with numerous Wisconsin law enforcement and social service agencies, participated in the nationwide initiative known as Operation […]
