Wisconsin lawmaker compares museum’s mask policy to Nazis
MADISON, Wis. — A Wisconsin state lawmaker compared a nonprofit children's museum's mask policy to the Nazi Party in a social media post that...
Protesters maintain blockade at Minnesota oil pipeline site
PARK RAPIDS, Minn. — Protesters fighting a Canadian-based company’s push to replace an aging oil pipeline across northern Minnesota maintained a blockade at a...
Ex-Wisconsin pharmacist gets prison for ruining vaccine
MILWAUKEE — A former pharmacist in Wisconsin who purposefully ruined more than 500 doses of COVID-19 vaccine was sentenced to three years in prison...
EXPLAINER: Why a rural pipeline is a climate battleground
As Enbridge Energy prepares to finish rebuilding an oil pipeline across rural northern Minnesota, protesters are occupying part of the construction area and pledging...
Former NBA star works to end solitary confinement in prisons
Caron Butler can easily point to the lowest moment in his life — the days he spent as a teenager locked in a solitary...
Pipeline foes gear up for large northern Minnesota protest
SOLWAY, Minn. — Environmental and tribal groups opposed to Enbridge Energy’s ongoing effort to replace its aging Line 3 crude oil pipeline are planning...
Democratic Wisconsin Gov. Evers launches bid for second term
MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers made it official Saturday, announcing his bid for a second term in the battleground state where he...
Wisconsin priest digs in to refuse bishop’s demand to resign
MADISON, Wis. — The Rev. James Altman calls himself “a lowly priest” serving a blue-collar city in western Wisconsin. But when his bishop demanded...
Official sues over his arrest at police brutality protest
MILWAUKEE — A Milwaukee County supervisor has filed a lawsuit against the city and county alleging law enforcement officers violated his civil rights when...
‘Past the point of no return’? Iowa Dems feel hopes fading
KEOKUK, Iowa — Democrats lost last year's election for Iowa's 2nd Congressional District by the narrowest margin in a House race in almost 40...