The Wisconsin case was tainted by secret tapes, unreliable witnesses and a supposed ‘hit’ plot against Winnebago County District Attorney Joe Paulus
May 1 has been celebrated as Law Day in the United States since a joint resolution of Congress was passed in 1961. This year’s theme, “Toward a More Perfect Union: The Constitution in Times of Change,” has so much possibility and provides an opportunity to have important discussions.
There’s a big race for governor this fall. And maybe even a bigger race for U.S. Senate.
Another race to watch: the contest for Wisconsin’s “top cop,” the state attorney general.
The Wisconsin Civics Games Regional Competitions are just a few days away! In order to make sure you’re prepared on Friday, we strongly recommend completing the following tasks.
Total state financial aid to college and university students in Wisconsin has lagged or declined in the last decade, leaving students to shoulder more of the cost of education – and undermining a tool to stem the state’s higher education enrollment declines and workforce challenges.
I’ve written before about the work ethic of farmers and how growing up on a dairy farm molded and shaped me.
Kimberly Wethal has stepped down as news editor at Unified Newspaper Group, she announced this week in a farewell column — the second such piece she's written for the company. The first followed a year-and-a-half internship that concluded in September 2014, while she was studying journalism at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater.
Between her two stints at with the company, Wethal interned for The New York Times, served as news editor of UW-Whitewater's Royal Purple, and launched Kimberly Marie Photography.
Dennis “Denny” Etheridge has retired as circulation manager of the Clintonville Chronicle after 55 years in the newspaper industry, the newspaper announced Tuesday.
Etheridge, who turned 75 in March, joined the Chronicle when it was founded in 2009. Previously, he worked at the Clintonville Tribune-Gazette for 40 years.
Melissa Thorud, a native of White Bear Lake, Minn., has joined the Republican Eagle in Red Wing, Minn., as a local government, community events and business reporter. Thorud, who penned her job announcement in the Republican Eagle last Saturday, said that she has "always had a love for journalism and local news."
After earning her bachelor’s degree in journalism from the University of Wisconsin-River Falls, Thorud worked as a reporter for the Pierce County Journal in Ellsworth.
Royce Miles, a former Milwaukee Journal Sentinel executive, died unexpectedly on April 3 at Aurora Medical Center in Kenosha, the Journal Sentinel reports. He was 54.
Miles started his career as a press operator trainee at The Washington Post and later moved through the production ranks at the Journal Sentinel, eventually becoming executive vice president and general manager — the No. 2 spot to the publisher. He also was part of the team that planned and helped fully open the Journal Sentinel‘s West Milwaukee printing plant in 2003.
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