Gov. Evers announces agenda to address youth vaping; 'A serious public health epidemic'
MADISON – Governor Tony Evers' office on Sunday, Jan. 19 announced an agenda designed to help combat vaping among kids and educate the public about the potential dangers associated with vaping products -- directing state agencies to strengthen enforcement measures related to preventing the sale of vaping products to kids, bolster partnerships with public health officials and local school districts, educate the public on potential risks and hazards associated with the use of e-cigarettes and vapor products by kids, and prevent manipulative advertising to kids.
MADISON – Governor Tony Evers' office on Sunday, Jan. 19 announced an agenda designed to help combat vaping among kids and educate the public about the potential dangers associated with vaping products -- directing state agencies to strengthen enforcement measures related to preventing the sale of vaping products to kids, bolster partnerships with public health officials and local school districts, educate the public on potential risks and hazards associated with the use of e-cigarettes and vapor products by kids, and prevent manipulative advertising to kids.
State, city leaders say MLK Day 'presents an opportunity' to mirror Dr. King's vision
MILWAUKEE -- Hundreds of Wisconsin leaders took part in the 23rd annual Martin Luther King Junior celebration breakfast on Monday morning, Jan. 20.
MILWAUKEE -- Hundreds of Wisconsin leaders took part in the 23rd annual Martin Luther King Junior celebration breakfast on Monday morning, Jan. 20.
As trial nears, President Trump's lawyers call impeachment case 'flimsy'
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump's legal team asserted Monday that he did “absolutely nothing wrong," calling the impeachment case against him “flimsy" and a “dangerous perversion of the Constitution." The lawyers decried the impeachment process as rigged and insisted that abuse of power was not a crime.The brief from President Trump's lawyers, filed before arguments expected this week in the Senate impeachment trial, offered the most detailed glimpse of the lines of defense they intend to use against Democratic efforts to convict the president and oust him from office over his dealings with Ukraine.It is meant as a counter to a filing two days ago from House Democrats that summarized weeks of testimony from more than a dozen witnesses in laying out the impeachment case.The 110-page filing from the White House shifted the tone toward a more legal response.
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump's legal team asserted Monday that he did “absolutely nothing wrong," calling the impeachment case against him “flimsy" and a “dangerous perversion of the Constitution." The lawyers decried the impeachment process as rigged and insisted that abuse of power was not a crime.The brief from President Trump's lawyers, filed before arguments expected this week in the Senate impeachment trial, offered the most detailed glimpse of the lines of defense they intend to use against Democratic efforts to convict the president and oust him from office over his dealings with Ukraine.It is meant as a counter to a filing two days ago from House Democrats that summarized weeks of testimony from more than a dozen witnesses in laying out the impeachment case.The 110-page filing from the White House shifted the tone toward a more legal response.
Green Bay Packers QB Aaron Rodgers comes up short of Super Bowl appearance again
SANTA CLARA, Calif. — A sack and fumble one series, a muffed snap he couldn’t handle the next, then an interception that grounded Green Bay for good -- by halftime.Aaron Rodgers’ latest failure in the NFC championship game kept him out of the Super Bowl once again, the Packers’ season ending just short with another forgettable playoff loss to the San Francisco 49ers, 37-20 on Sunday, Jan. 19.Rodgers hasn’t advanced past the conference title game since his lone Super Bowl trip — and triumph — after the 2010 season.
SANTA CLARA, Calif. — A sack and fumble one series, a muffed snap he couldn’t handle the next, then an interception that grounded Green Bay for good -- by halftime.Aaron Rodgers’ latest failure in the NFC championship game kept him out of the Super Bowl once again, the Packers’ season ending just short with another forgettable playoff loss to the San Francisco 49ers, 37-20 on Sunday, Jan. 19.Rodgers hasn’t advanced past the conference title game since his lone Super Bowl trip — and triumph — after the 2010 season.
Officials reveal 'security footprint' for 2020 DNC: 'Every resident will have access to their home'
MILWAUKEE -- Mayor Tom Barrett along with the Milwaukee Police Department on Friday, Jan. 17 held a news conference to provide a security "footprint" for the 2020 Democratic National Convention.
MILWAUKEE -- Mayor Tom Barrett along with the Milwaukee Police Department on Friday, Jan. 17 held a news conference to provide a security "footprint" for the 2020 Democratic National Convention.
Rodgers-Sherman matchup highlights NFC title game
SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Nine years into his career and a little more than two years removed from a debilitating torn Achilles injury, Richard Sherman is still tormenting quarterbacks on a weekly basis.Just ask Kirk Cousins.Sherman had his third career playoff interception last week in a victory over Cousins and the Minnesota Vikings that has sent the San Francisco 49ers into the NFC championship game against the Green Bay Packers.Waiting for Sherman will be the same quarterback he faced the last time he made it to the conference title game five years ago in Aaron Rodgers for the latest matchup between two of the NFL's best who have nothing but respect for each other.
SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Nine years into his career and a little more than two years removed from a debilitating torn Achilles injury, Richard Sherman is still tormenting quarterbacks on a weekly basis.Just ask Kirk Cousins.Sherman had his third career playoff interception last week in a victory over Cousins and the Minnesota Vikings that has sent the San Francisco 49ers into the NFC championship game against the Green Bay Packers.Waiting for Sherman will be the same quarterback he faced the last time he made it to the conference title game five years ago in Aaron Rodgers for the latest matchup between two of the NFL's best who have nothing but respect for each other.
Wisconsin Senate to vote on 1 of 8 homelessness bills: 'Much more work ahead'
MADISON — The Wisconsin Senate plans to pass one of eight bills designed to fight homelessness in Wisconsin, a bipartisan package that has run into trouble among some conservative senators concerned about the cost.The Assembly approved all eight bills, which would spend a combined $3.7 million a year, back in June.
MADISON — The Wisconsin Senate plans to pass one of eight bills designed to fight homelessness in Wisconsin, a bipartisan package that has run into trouble among some conservative senators concerned about the cost.The Assembly approved all eight bills, which would spend a combined $3.7 million a year, back in June.
Officials: 11 US troops flown to medical centers after Iran strike
WASHINGTON — Eleven U.S. troops were flown out of Iraq for evaluation of concussion-like symptoms in the days following an Iranian missile strike that President Donald Trump had said caused no harm to American forces, officials said Friday.The Pentagon's chief spokesman, Jonathan Hoffman, said Defense Secretary Mark Esper did not know of the injuries until he was told Thursday afternoon that the 11 troops had been sent for evaluation at U.S. medical facilities — eight in Germany and three in Kuwait.
WASHINGTON — Eleven U.S. troops were flown out of Iraq for evaluation of concussion-like symptoms in the days following an Iranian missile strike that President Donald Trump had said caused no harm to American forces, officials said Friday.The Pentagon's chief spokesman, Jonathan Hoffman, said Defense Secretary Mark Esper did not know of the injuries until he was told Thursday afternoon that the 11 troops had been sent for evaluation at U.S. medical facilities — eight in Germany and three in Kuwait.
Wisconsin Senators prepared for President Trump impeachment trial: 'A unique responsibility'
WASHINGTON -- Both Wisconsin Senators -- Ron Johnson (R) and Tammy Baldwin (D) -- pledge to be impartial.
WASHINGTON -- Both Wisconsin Senators -- Ron Johnson (R) and Tammy Baldwin (D) -- pledge to be impartial.
President Trump rolls out new guidelines for prayer in school
WASHINGTON — The Trump Administration rolled out new guidelines Thursday afternoon to protect prayer in public schools.He also rolled back restrictions on religious groups who receive federal funding, saying if they’re treated differently than non-religious groups, that’s a form of discrimination.“Prayer in public school has always been an important part of our nation’s history,” according to Chase Windebank.Before Windebank graduated from his Colorado Springs High School, he took his own school to court.“We wound up getting banned by the administrators for praying during free time,” he said.Today, Windebank and other students who say they experienced religious persecution were invited to the White House as the president rolled out new guidelines to protect prayer in school.And in addition to the president, ten federal agencies are expected to release new guidelines they say will prevent discrimination against groups with religious affiliations.Joe Grogen, President Trump’s Domestic Policy Council Director says religious groups shouldn’t be required to find secular alternatives for people who come to them for help but are uncomfortable with their religious ideals.“You need to make sure states, when they distribute federal dollars, they’re not discriminating against religious institutions,” Grogen said. “Some people need to get over the fact that they’re offended by people of faith.”But Jack Moline, the president of Interfaith Alliance, says religious groups shouldn’t impose their beliefs on people who come to them for non-religious services, like adoptions or healthcare.“What’s being advocated by this administration is relaxing of the requirements for faith-based organizations,” Moline said. “Which is a violation of the establishment clause, the very first freedom articulated in the First Amendment.”As an executive action, the new guidelines are not subject to Congressional approval.
WASHINGTON — The Trump Administration rolled out new guidelines Thursday afternoon to protect prayer in public schools.He also rolled back restrictions on religious groups who receive federal funding, saying if they’re treated differently than non-religious groups, that’s a form of discrimination.“Prayer in public school has always been an important part of our nation’s history,” according to Chase Windebank.Before Windebank graduated from his Colorado Springs High School, he took his own school to court.“We wound up getting banned by the administrators for praying during free time,” he said.Today, Windebank and other students who say they experienced religious persecution were invited to the White House as the president rolled out new guidelines to protect prayer in school.And in addition to the president, ten federal agencies are expected to release new guidelines they say will prevent discrimination against groups with religious affiliations.Joe Grogen, President Trump’s Domestic Policy Council Director says religious groups shouldn’t be required to find secular alternatives for people who come to them for help but are uncomfortable with their religious ideals.“You need to make sure states, when they distribute federal dollars, they’re not discriminating against religious institutions,” Grogen said. “Some people need to get over the fact that they’re offended by people of faith.”But Jack Moline, the president of Interfaith Alliance, says religious groups shouldn’t impose their beliefs on people who come to them for non-religious services, like adoptions or healthcare.“What’s being advocated by this administration is relaxing of the requirements for faith-based organizations,” Moline said. “Which is a violation of the establishment clause, the very first freedom articulated in the First Amendment.”As an executive action, the new guidelines are not subject to Congressional approval.
Watchdog: White House violated law in freezing Ukraine aid
WASHINGTON — The White House violated federal law in withholding security assistance to Ukraine, an action at the center of President Donald Trump's impeachment, a federal watchdog agency said Thursday.The Government Accountability Office said in a report that the Office of Management and Budget broke the law in holding up the aid, which Congress passed less than a year ago, saying “the President is not vested with the power to ignore or amend any such duly enacted law."The aid in question was held up last summer on orders from President Trump but was released in September after Congress pushed for its release and a whistleblower's complaint about President Trump's July call with the Ukrainian leader became public.The independent agency, which reports to Congress, said OMB violated the Impoundment Control Act by delaying the security assistance for “policy reasons,” rather than technical budgetary needs.“Faithful execution of the law does not permit the President to substitute his own policy priorities for those that Congress has enacted into law,” wrote the agency's general counsel, Thomas Armstrong, in the report.Capitol Hill Democrats seized on the report as evidence of a lawless White House.
WASHINGTON — The White House violated federal law in withholding security assistance to Ukraine, an action at the center of President Donald Trump's impeachment, a federal watchdog agency said Thursday.The Government Accountability Office said in a report that the Office of Management and Budget broke the law in holding up the aid, which Congress passed less than a year ago, saying “the President is not vested with the power to ignore or amend any such duly enacted law."The aid in question was held up last summer on orders from President Trump but was released in September after Congress pushed for its release and a whistleblower's complaint about President Trump's July call with the Ukrainian leader became public.The independent agency, which reports to Congress, said OMB violated the Impoundment Control Act by delaying the security assistance for “policy reasons,” rather than technical budgetary needs.“Faithful execution of the law does not permit the President to substitute his own policy priorities for those that Congress has enacted into law,” wrote the agency's general counsel, Thomas Armstrong, in the report.Capitol Hill Democrats seized on the report as evidence of a lawless White House.
Who matches up best in yet another Packers-49ers title game?
SAN FRANCISCO -- For the eighth time in 25 years, the Packers and 49ers — both 14-3 this season — face off in the postseason.
SAN FRANCISCO -- For the eighth time in 25 years, the Packers and 49ers — both 14-3 this season — face off in the postseason.
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Taliban say they handed cease-fire offer to US peace envoy
ISLAMABAD — The Taliban have given the U.S. envoy their offer for a temporary cease-fire in Afghanistan that would last between seven and 10 days, Taliban officials familiar with the negotiations said Thursday.The offer is seen as an opportunity to open a window to an eventual peace deal that would allow the United States to bring home its estimated 13,000 troops and end the 18-year war in Afghanistan, America's longest conflict.The cease-fire offer was handed to Zalmay Khalilzad, Washington's envoy for talks with the insurgents, late Wednesday in Qatar, a Gulf Arab country where the Taliban maintain a political office.Khalilzad has been pressing for a cease-fire but it wasn't immediately clear whether the Taliban proposal would be enough to allow for the on-again off-again talks between the Taliban and the U.S. to restart, with the aim of eventually signing a peace deal.The U.S. State Department declined to comment.Previously, Khalilzad said a U.S.-Taliban deal would also include the start of negotiations among Afghans on both sides of the conflict to hammer out a so-called road map to a post-war Afghanistan.
ISLAMABAD — The Taliban have given the U.S. envoy their offer for a temporary cease-fire in Afghanistan that would last between seven and 10 days, Taliban officials familiar with the negotiations said Thursday.The offer is seen as an opportunity to open a window to an eventual peace deal that would allow the United States to bring home its estimated 13,000 troops and end the 18-year war in Afghanistan, America's longest conflict.The cease-fire offer was handed to Zalmay Khalilzad, Washington's envoy for talks with the insurgents, late Wednesday in Qatar, a Gulf Arab country where the Taliban maintain a political office.Khalilzad has been pressing for a cease-fire but it wasn't immediately clear whether the Taliban proposal would be enough to allow for the on-again off-again talks between the Taliban and the U.S. to restart, with the aim of eventually signing a peace deal.The U.S. State Department declined to comment.Previously, Khalilzad said a U.S.-Taliban deal would also include the start of negotiations among Afghans on both sides of the conflict to hammer out a so-called road map to a post-war Afghanistan.
Senate passes US-Mexico-Canada trade deal, delivering policy victory to President Trump
WASHINGTON -- The Senate overwhelmingly approved a new North American trade agreement Thursday that rewrites the rules of trade with Canada and Mexico and gives President Donald Trump a major policy win before senators turn their full attention to his impeachment trial.The vote was 89-10.The measure goes to President Trump for his signature.
WASHINGTON -- The Senate overwhelmingly approved a new North American trade agreement Thursday that rewrites the rules of trade with Canada and Mexico and gives President Donald Trump a major policy win before senators turn their full attention to his impeachment trial.The vote was 89-10.The measure goes to President Trump for his signature.
President Trump's impeachment trial underway with reading of charges
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Senate opened the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump on Thursday, with House Democrats reading the formal charges in the chamber ahead of the swearing in of all 100 senators as jurors for only the third trial to remove a president in U.S. history.“Hear ye, hear ye, hear ye!" said the Senate's sergeant at arms, calling the proceedings to order.Seven lawmakers prosecuting the charges, led by Rep.
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Senate opened the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump on Thursday, with House Democrats reading the formal charges in the chamber ahead of the swearing in of all 100 senators as jurors for only the third trial to remove a president in U.S. history.“Hear ye, hear ye, hear ye!" said the Senate's sergeant at arms, calling the proceedings to order.Seven lawmakers prosecuting the charges, led by Rep.
President Trump to divert billions from Pentagon to build border wall
WASHINGTON — The White House confirmed President Trump is looking to divert additional money to the construction of the border wall.President Trump has said, “Mexico is paying for the wall.
WASHINGTON — The White House confirmed President Trump is looking to divert additional money to the construction of the border wall.President Trump has said, “Mexico is paying for the wall.