September 12, 2013 - 11:10am
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President Obama addressed the nation Tuesday night on the possibility of increased American involvement after poison gas attacks in Syria's civil war. (File: Damascus, Syria, in 2011)
After a primetime address on 9/10 from President Obama on the potential for American involvement – diplomatic or military – in Syria, WPR pulled together statements from Wisconsin's Congressional delegation. Rep. Sean Duffy (R) (9/10/2013) “Following tonight's speech, I have moved from 'no' to 'Hell no!' The President's foreign policy...
September 12, 2013 - 10:51am
There has been at least one almost-failure this year in the effort to keep Asian Carp out of the Great Lakes: A 53-inch, 82-pound carp caught near a Chicago lake that connects to Lake Michigan. John Goss, the Asian carp director for the White House Council on Environmental Quality, told...
September 12, 2013 - 8:06am
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Invasive species have come into the Great Lakes in cargo ships' ballast water in the past, though companies are working on technology to sanitize their holds.
Efforts to stop more invasive species from getting into the Great Lakes by cleaning up ship ballast water are moving ahead, but not as fast as environmentalists would like. The EPA and Coast Guard have moved ahead with rules that go beyond getting ships to exchange their ballast water as...
September 12, 2013 - 7:27am
aw milk advocates say customers should be allowed to make their own health assessment on unpasteurized milk.
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A plan that would legalize raw milk sales in Wisconsin is getting another airing at the state Capitol. This plan would not let people buy raw, unpasteurized milk on supermarket shelves, but it would allow for on-the-farm sales that are happening illegally right now. It's being fought by a broad...
September 12, 2013 - 1:00am
First Lady Michelle Obama.
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First Lady Michelle Obama will be in Wisconsin on Thursday to encourage people to drink more water.
September 12, 2013 - 1:00am
Currently, home bakers must have access to food processing spaces to sell their goods commercially.
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An Assembly bill that would allow the sale of home-baked goods saw mostly positive support during a public hearing this week. Shannon Heupel would like to have a commercially licensed kitchen to make her custom-decorated cookies, but right now she can't afford it. She said legislation known as the “Cookie...
September 11, 2013 - 1:45pm
Wisconsin’s senators both agree that diplomacy is better than military action in Syria. Republican Senator Ron Johnson says the United States should pressure Syria to turn over its chemical weapons and make sure they don’t end up in the hands of al-Qaeda. He says if the United States were to...
September 11, 2013 - 1:26pm
A federal judge has ruled against two labor unions that challenged the constitutionality of Act 10. Judge William Conley rejected the claims of two Dane County unions that the 2011 law that stripped public employee unions of most of their collective bargaining rights violated the free speech rights of union...
September 11, 2013 - 12:50pm
U.S. Rep. Ron Kind (D-Wisc.) remains undecided about military action.
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The Wisconsin delegation in Congress largely supports President Barack Obama's plan to pursue diplomacy over military action in Syria. All along, Republicans, like Jim Sensenbrenner, Sean Duffy, and Paul Ryan have opposed military action in Syria. Republican Reid Ribble says Obama is making the right decision by holding off on...
September 11, 2013 - 12:18pm
Lake Michigan has undergone rapid transformation over the past decade.
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Scientists say Lake Michigan has been rapidly changing over the last decade, and mostly not for the better. At the Great Lakes Week conference in Milwaukee , University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee scientists gave an update of the status of Lake Michigan. A professor of freshwater sciences, J. Val Klump, says it's...
