Author: Scott Bauer
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Former Minnesota cop charged in shooting of Black motorist
BROOKLYN CENTER, Minn. • A prosecutor said Wednesday that he charged a white former suburban Minneapolis police officer with second-degree manslaughter for killing 20-year-old Black motorist Daunte Wright in a shooting that ignited days of unrest and clashes between protesters and police. The charge against former Brooklyn Center police officer Kim Potter was filed Wednesday,…
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Wis. GOP repeals governor’s mask mandate
MADISON, Wis. • Wisconsin’s Republican-controlled Legislature on Thursday repealed Democratic Gov. Tony Evers’ mask mandate, brushing aside warnings from health experts against making Wisconsin one of 10 states without a statewide order. The Assembly vote came a week after the Senate voted to kill the mandate. Republicans, who control both chambers, argued that Evers exceeded…
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Supreme Court ruling spurs Wisconsin to get early votes in
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Democrats and Republicans in the battleground state of Wisconsin were pushing Tuesday to get 320,000 outstanding absentee ballots returned by the close of polls on Election Day after the U.S. Supreme Court refused to extend the deadline to receive and count ballots, as Democrats had wanted. “This is an all-hands-on-deck final…
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Ill. teen charged in Kenosha shooting that killed 2, hurt 1
KENOSHA, Wis. • Prosecutors on Thursday charged a 17-year-old from Illinois in the fatal shooting of two protesters and the wounding of a third in Kenosha, Wis., during a night of unrest after the weekend police shooting of Jacob Blake. Kyle Rittenhouse faces charges of first-degree intentional homicide, one count of first-degree reckless homicide, one…
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17-year-old arrested after 2 killed during unrest in Kenosha
KENOSHA, Wis. • A white, 17-year-old police admirer was arrested Wednesday after two people were shot to death during a third straight night of protests in Kenosha over the police shooting of a Black man, Jacob Blake. Kyle Rittenhouse of Antioch, Ill., was taken into custody in Illinois on suspicion of first-degree intentional homicide. Antioch…
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Governor declares emergency after police shooting of Blake
KENOSHA, Wis. • Wisconsin’s governor declared a state of emergency Tuesday after some protesters vandalized businesses and set dozens of buildings on fire in a city where police shot a Black man multiple times, apparently in the back in view of his children. The shooting of Jacob Blake on Sunday in Kenosha was captured on…
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Wis. Republicans forge ahead with power-stripping bills
MADISON, Wis. • Wisconsin Republicans moved quickly Monday to change the 2020 presidential primary date at a cost of millions of dollars to benefit a conservative state Supreme Court justice, part of a rare lame-duck session that would also weaken the newly elected Democratic governor and attorney general. The changes being sought would shift power…
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$30 million poured into effort to energize young voters
MADISON, Wis. — Democrats know who their voters are. They just have to figure out how to get them to the polls in November — and that’s where the puppies come in. Students returning to the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus this summer were greeted by therapy dogs for petting. Those lured by the chance to…
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Federal judge strikes down tax-free housing for clergy
(RNS2-MAY16) The United Methodist Church provided this house valued at $327,000 for Bishop John Hopkins. Hopkins said the home, near Canton, Ohio, allows him to host visiting guests of the conference. For use with RNS-CLERGY-HOUSING, transmitted May 16, 2007. Religion News Service photo by Chris Stephens/The Plain Dealer of Cleveland. Chris Stephens (RNS2-MAY16) The United…
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Milwaukee sheriff, Trump supporter Clarke resigns
MILWAUKEE — The tough-talking sheriff of Milwaukee County, David Clarke, resigned without explanation Thursday, capping a tumultuous year for the divisive, provocative lawman whose unabashed support for President Donald Trump and in-your-face personality earned him a national following among some conservatives. Clarke submitted his resignation in a one-sentence letter to the county clerk that gave…