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The first report on Wisconsin’s official climate change efforts is thin. The state’s Department of Natural Resources released its highlight report on climate change in environmental equity. There are three highlights. DNR says it launched a greenhouse gas emission inventory, studied landfills across the state, and partnered with a number of groups to plant nine million tree seedlings. The report says climate change and environmental equity are top priorities of the DNR.

Republican leaders at the Wisconsin Capitol say Milwaukee’s planned get out the vote push could be illegal. Assembly Speaker Robin Vos and a number of other top Republicans yesterday said Milwaukee’s partnership with a progressive non-profit group to move people to the polls this November is suspicious. Milwaukee’s mayor says the city ‘has a role to play’ in encouraging people to vote, and he is partnering with a liberal group to do just that. Vos and Republicans say the group is very

Teachers in Manitowoc schools can let their students talk about politics, but they can’t inject their personal opinions. The city’s school board last night adopted a new policy that tells teachers not to ‘indoctrinate or persuade students,’ and only allows for discussion on controversial issues as long as it encourages open-mindedness and doesn’t distract from the lesson. Manitowoc schools are not saying which controversial topics are off limits, but the policy does make reference to issues ‘pertaining to human growth

County clerks across Wisconsin will not be allowed to fill in incorrect address information on ballots.  Today a Waukesha County judge decide not to pause his ruling that forces the Wisconsin Elections Commission to stop its guidance allowing clerks to fix mistakes.  Commissioners with the elections commission are meeting today to discuss the ruling.

It’s over three decades in prison for a Madison man convicted of a drive-by shooting that resulted in the death of an 11-year-old girl.  Yesterday Andre Brown was sentenced to 35 years in prison in the death of Anisa Scott two years ago.  One of Brown’s co-defendants will be sentenced next Monday and another will go to trial in November.

Country Sausage in Phillips, Wis., is issuing a voluntary Class I recall for a variety of fully cooked/cured and smoked meat products produced and sold from their retail store, and raw or fully cooked/cured and smoked meat products sold from Totem Pole Liquors in Phillips. This includes product purchased on or before September 12, 2022. The affected products include: Beef jerky Jalapeno beef jerky Landjaeger Natural casing wieners Roscoe’s snack sticks Pepper jack snack sticks Summer sausage Pepper jack summer

More than 50 million people in the United States have seasonal allergies, according to the American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology. The most common cause of fall allergies is ragweed, a plant that grows wild and thrives in the Midwest. Ragweed blooms and releases pollen from August to November, or until the first hard frost. One plant can produce up to one billion grains of pollen each season and grains can travel hundreds of miles in the wind. Dr.

A museum at Marquette University in Wisconsin is showing off its new exhibit.  Fans of “The Hobbit” and “The Lord of the Rings” can see manuscripts from J.R.R. Tolkien at the Haggerty Museum of Art through December 12th.  The author sold some of his work to the university years ago.  The books inspired several movies and a new show on Amazon Prime Video.

It’s life in prison without parole for the man accused of killing a missing Clark County woman. A judge yesterday sentenced Jesus Perez to life in prison without the possibility of parole for Cassandra Ayon’s death. Investigators say he killed her in October of 2020. She’s never been seen since, and her body hasn’t been found. A jury convicted Perez of her death back in June.

We should learn more about what local election clerks will be able to do with ballots by the end of the day. There is both a court hearing and a Wisconsin Elections Commission hearing on ballot curing today. Ballot curing is what election managers call it when a clerk adds missing information to a ballot. The Wisconsin Elections Commission will meet this afternoon to talk about new guidance for clerks on just what they can and cannot do. A judge in Waukesha has a