• Wisconsin Governor Calls in National Guard following Rioting Sparked by Police Shooting of Black Man

    Wisconsin Governor Calls in National Guard following Rioting Sparked by Police Shooting of Black Man

    Wisconsin governor Tony Evers ordered 125 National Guard members to the city of Kenosha on Monday, following riots that erupted after police shot a black man while responding to a domestic violence call on Sunday. The guard members will be charged with “guarding infrastructure and making sure our firefighters and others involved are protected,” Evers …
  • Fires were still burning in Kenosha, Wisconsin Monday morning after protests erupted Sunday night

    Fires were still burning in Kenosha, Wisconsin Monday morning after protests erupted Sunday night

    Fires were still burning in Kenosha, Wisconsin Monday morning after protests erupted Sunday night setting an entire car dealership and a church ablaze in the name of social justice. The protests sprang out in response to a police shooting that left a black man named Jacob Blake dead in the sight of his three children …
  • Protests Erupt in Wisconsin after Police Shoot Black Man

    Protests Erupt in Wisconsin after Police Shoot Black Man

    Violent protests erupted in Kenosha, Wis. Sunday night after local police shot a black man while responding to a domestic violence call, prompting officials in the city to issue a curfew until 7 a.m. Monday. A video circulating online shows a man walking to a van followed by two police officers with weapons drawn. As …
  • Harley-Davidson laying off 140 workers in US

    Harley-Davidson laying off 140 workers in US

    Harley-Davidson will cut 140 jobs in the US following its decision to adjust production volumes, a company representative told Reuters. The layoffs will affect 90 production workers at Harley’s York facility in Pennsylvania and 50 at its Tomahawk facility in Wisconsin. More On: harley-davidson Harley-Davidson cuts 500 jobs in latest round of layoffs Harley-Davidson to …
  • Wisconsin Supreme Court Strikes Down Extension of State’s Stay at Home Order

    Wisconsin Supreme Court Strikes Down Extension of State’s Stay at Home Order

    The Wisconsin Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled against the state’s extension of its stay at home order, which was put in place to stem the spread of the coronavirus. In a win for the Republican majority in the state legislature, the court ruled in a 4-to-3 decision that Democratic Governor Tony Evers’ stay at home …
  • Chinese Consulate Asked Wisconsin State Senate to Praise CCP for ‘Sharing Key Information’ about Coronavirus, Emails Show

    Chinese Consulate Asked Wisconsin State Senate to Praise CCP for ‘Sharing Key Information’ about Coronavirus, Emails Show

    Staff members wearing face masks are seen at the Leishenshan Hospital, a makeshift hospital for treating patients with the coronavirus, in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China, April 11, 2020. The head of the Wisconsin state senate recently received multiple emails from the wife of the Chinese Consulate-General in Chicago asking him to propose a resolution to …
  • SCOTUS’s Conservative Majority Blocks Wisconsin Dems’ Attempt to Extend Absentee Voting

    SCOTUS’s Conservative Majority Blocks Wisconsin Dems’ Attempt to Extend Absentee Voting

    The Supreme Court ruled along ideological lines in a 5-4 decision to block an extension of absentee voting for Tuesday’s Wisconsin primary, with the conservative majority siding with state Republicans who had argued the extension would create “a fundamental unfairness that undermines the integrity of the election.” The case, which was brought to the court …