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Wisconsin’s liberal-majority supreme court is questioning just how much power the state legislature has. The court heard oral arguments yesterday in a case brought by Governor Tony Evers. The governor wants the court to limit the power of the budget-writing Joint Finance Committee. He says the Republican-controlled committee went beyond its power when it moved to hold-back pay raises for UW employees. The governor says the JFC is infringing on his executive powers. But liberal Justice Jill Karofsky said if

Madison Police are looking for a man who they say smacked a woman in the butt while she was jogging. It happened on the Capital City Trail Tuesday evening. The woman told police she was going for a run when a man ran up behind her and smacked her in the backside. She ran away, the suspect fled. Madison Police are asking anyone who was on the trail that evening, and who may have seen something, to please come forward.

The man who killed a teenager and stabbed four others on the Apple River will learn his fate almost two-years-to-the-day after the crime. A judge yesterday set Nic Miu’s sentencing for July 31st. He was convicted last week of killing a 17-year-old on the river in July of 2022. Miu says he acted in self defense, but prosecutors say Miu was the aggressor and started slashing with his knife. Miu is looking at 60 years in prison for reckless homicide.

One of the suspects in western Wisconsin’s large fentanyl ring made his first appearance on dozens of drug charges. Forty-one-year-old Hector Jimenez-Sosa was in court yesterday and entered a not guilty plea. He’s looking at 27 different counts as part of a drug ring that stretched from Eau Claire to the Twin Cities. Investigators say he was getting drugs through the mail, and then selling them across the area. Jimenez-Sosa is one of six people who were arrested in February

An Eau Claire County woman is looking at charges after police say she shot at her boyfriend because he didn’t have his taxes done. Prosecutors filed formal charges against Lily Hawkinson yesterday. They say she fired one shot near her boyfriend’s ear on Monday, then fired a second shot at him as he was walking away from their home in Fall Creek. Police say Hawkinson’s blood-alcohol-level was two-and-a-half-times the legal limit when she was arrested. The boyfriend says she was

The latest look at the presidential race in Wisconsin shows a tight race, but has the former president in the lead. A new Marquette Law School Poll gives former President Trump a two point lead over President Biden, 51-49. Trump’s lead falls to one point when other candidates are added to the mix. The poll also shows that while both Trump and Biden are not popular with voters, Biden is less popular. Pollsters also say there’s a large enthusiasm-gap among

Wisconsin is partnering with the US Department of Transportation to help review consumer complaints against airlines. Attorney General Josh Kaul says his office is now able to investigate the complaints, which are typically handled by the US DOT under federal law. The federal agency will give technical help and training. Most complaints are about refunds, flight disruptions, and missing or delayed baggage.

Children who have survived a shooting are more likely to develop substance abuse disorders than those who haven’t experienced one.  The latest fact sheet from the Wisconsin Office of Children’s Mental Health says PTSD, hyper-vigilance, anxiety, and depression are the most common conditions for shooting survivors. The office also says survivors are diagnosed with twice as many pain disorders. The OCMH says the Speak Up, Speak Out tip line is a state resource for reporting threats or concerns about weapons

One report ranks Milwaukee as one of the top ten cities with the least access to marijuana. The city is number 43 out of fifty U-S cities analyzed by Real Estate Witch. The site used data like the legality of weed, the number of dispensaries per 100-thousand residents, and the number of doctors who can prescribe cannabis products. Weed is illegal in Wisconsin, but the sale of CBD oil is not.

ABOVE PHOTO: UW-Stout dance team members Alayna Reps and Izzy Swanson in the Motion Capture Studio. Photo provided by Sarah Ziebarth.  Collaboration across disciplines is just one part of the polytechnic experience students receive at University of Wisconsin-Stout. For students in the game and fashion design programs, recent collaborations even crossed over into athletics, as they worked with members of the Blue Devils dance team on two projects. Dance team members Alayna Reps and Izzy Swanson switched from their dancewear to don motion capture suits and