Rewind: Your Week in Review for June 12

On this week’s episode of “Rewind,” WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross and WisconsinEye’s Steve Walters interview state Dem Chair Ben Wikler and discuss the fallout from the guv’s staff taping a phone call with GOP legislative leaders.

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UW-Madison: Sesame workshop materials help families affected by incarceration

MADISON – A new study from researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison finds that families affected by parental incarceration benefited from resources that Sesame Workshop developed to support them, especially when following the materials’ recommendation that the children be given honest, developmentally appropriate explanations of their parents’ incarceration. Sesame Workshop,

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Rewind: Your Week in Review for June 12

On this week’s episode of “Rewind,” WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross and WisconsinEye’s Steve Walters interview state Dem Chair Ben Wikler and discuss the fallout from the guv’s staff taping a phone call with GOP legislative leaders.

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Dept. of Military Affairs: Wisconsin National Guard tops 125,000 specimens collected for COVID-19 testing

CONTACT: Capt. Joe Trovato | ngwi.pao@mail.mil | 608-242-3048 To view html content with hi-res photos, copy and paste the following link in your browser: http://dma.wi.gov/DMA/news/2020news/20128 by Wisconsin National Guard Public Affairs Wisconsin National Guard specimen collection teams collected over 4,200 specimens June 11 and its cumulative total collected for COVID-19 testing topped 125,000

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Dept. of Natural Resources: Explore Wisconsin’s hidden gems

MADISON, Wis. – To help with overcrowding at our most popular parks, the Department of Natural Resources is encouraging state park visitors from across the state and beyond to explore Wisconsin’s hidden gems off the beaten path. Search for destinations by location, distance, property type, or activity by using our Explore Outdoors tool. Check out

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AG Kaul: Statement on SCOTUS decision in Quick Charge v. Kaul

MADISON, Wis. – Today, the Wisconsin Supreme Court issued a decision favorable to the Attorney General in Quick Charge Kiosk LLC v. Kaul. The decision held that the so-called “cellphone charging machines” operated by Quick Charge Kiosk are unlawful gambling machines under Wisconsin criminal law. Those gambling machines – which

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ACLU: Joins WPHA in declaring racism a public health crisis

CONTACT: Alyssa Mauk, amauk@aclu-wi.org  The ACLU of Wisconsin today joined with the Wisconsin Public Health Association (WPHA) and more than 50 other Wisconsin organizations in calling for racism to be formally recognized as a public health crisis. The WPHA declaration points to pervasive discrimination and disparities in housing, education, employment,

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