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Wisconsin judge refuses to step aside as requested by former Trump attorney

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin judge on Tuesday refused to step aside as requested by President Donald Trump's former attorney who faces felony forgery case related to the 2020 election in the battleground state. The judge also refused to cancel a Monday preliminary hearing for Trump's ...

‘Highly variable’ winter predicted for UP

IRON MOUNTAIN — Forecasters expect plenty of temperature swings in the months ahead, with the odds slightly favoring a colder and snowier winter than normal in the Upper Peninsula. “Temperatures are expected to be highly variable along and north of the 40th parallel this winter, which ...

Evers vetoes bill to block Medicaid funds from undocumented residents

Gov. Tony Evers vetoed a host of Republican bills Friday, including legislation barring undocumented immigrants from getting federal health care funding. In his veto message, Evers accused GOP lawmakers of passing a bill to prevent “problems they admit do not exist, all for the sake of ...

Enbridge pipeline tunnel option ‘rushed’ and unsafe, opponents say

(This story was originally published by Bridge Michigan, a nonprofit and nonpartisan news organization. Visit the newsroom online: bridgemi.com.) Federal officials heard an earful Wednesday from Line 5 pipeline opponents who expressed skepticism about the latest option to keep oil flowing ...

Marinette Marine lays off almost 100 after Navy cancels ship orders

Fincantieri Marinette Marine laid off nearly 100 workers Wednesday, about a week after the U.S. Navy announced it was canceling much of a multi-billion dollar order for ships that would have been built in Wisconsin. Marinette Marine laid off 93 employees who were “primarily white collar ...

US Navy cancels ships to be built in Marinette

U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin is calling on the U. S. Navy to “keep commitments made” by bringing more shipbuilding to Wisconsin after the cancellation of a multi-billion dollar contract with a Marinette shipbuilder. Navy Secretary John Phelan announced in a social media video last week that ...