Records show that the contractor that struck a gas line in Sun Prairie, causing a massive explosion, was not registered to do business in Wisconsin, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported.
A coalition of government transparency advocates have asked Wisconsin appeals court judges to reject a state lawmaker’s argument that he isn’t required to provide records electronically. Assistant Attorney General Jennifer Vandermeuse’s response to the coalition argued that Lueders’ request for the records “in electronic form, as an email folder or on a flash drive or CD” was “ambiguous” and not specifically for the files in native format.
She also wrote that the claim records should be “substantially as good” as the original isn’t the proper standard, because it’s not found in state statutes. It originates from the Attorney General’s Compliance Guide and an Executive Order by Gov. Scott Walker — sources that “merely offer guidance.”
Attorney General Brad Schimel has hired a consultant to identify ways to speed up evidence testing at Wisconsin crime labs, as criticism mounts over delays, the Associated Press reported. A DOJ report obtained by the AP through an open records request shows turnaround times for the testing of DNA, guns, tool marks and drug compositions have grown dramatically since Schimel took office in January 2015.
The Legislative Council Study Committee on the Use of Police Body Cameras will meet at 10 a.m. July 26 in Room 411 South of the State Capitol in Madison.
With the gubernatorial and U.S. Senate race only months away, Republicans are touting their fundraising advantage over Democrats. This edition of The Capitol Report follows the money leading up to the midterms.
This Fiscal Fact by the Wisconsin Police Forum addresses how cuts in bus services amidst a decline in bus ridership would create a further downward spiral.
For many Wisconsinites, weekends are spent traveling from corner to corner of the state touring vineyards and tasting wines, and as Wisconsin’s winery scene grows in popularity, Vino Fest is born. This Tomah festival is entering its first year and will bring Wisconsin’s many vineyards together and celebrate all things “wine.”
Nineteen members of Congress, as well as Wisconsin newspaper publisher Andrew Johnson, testified Tuesday before the ITC against proposed newsprint tariffs.
Read remarks made by Wisconsin newspaper publisher Andrew Johnson to the International Trade Commission regarding proposed tariffs on Canadian newsprint.
Leland H. “Korny” Krueger, publisher of the Marion Advertiser for nearly two decades, died July 12, 2018, at the age of 89. Leland was born
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