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UW Employs 495 Foreign Nationals At Almost $43 Million A Year, But Won't Release Their Names

3 weeks ago | wisconsinrightnow.com | Jim Piwowarczyk

With salaries ranging as high as $320,000 a year, are the foreign nationals getting taxpayer-funded jobs at UW instead of qualified U.S. citizens? The Universities of Wisconsin has made it impossible for the public to find out. The Universities of Wisconsin is paying 495 foreign national H-1B visa holders almost $43 million a year in salaries but is refusing to release their names and even some of their titles, according to data obtained by Wisconsin Right Now through an open records request.
Milwaukee Police Refuse To Release NEW Hannah Dugan Body Cam Video, Citing Crime 'Prevention,' In Part

3 weeks ago | wisconsinrightnow.com | Jessica McBride |Jim Piwowarczyk

The Milwaukee Police Department has refused to release a new Hannah Dugan police body cam video, citing, in part, crime “prevention” and “detection” and the “victim’s” privacy concerns as a reason for withholding the video from Wisconsin Right Now.
The Fall Of Favre Review

1 month ago | wisconsinrightnow.com | Jessica McBride |Jim Piwowarczyk

In case you forgot, Michael Vick is a disgraced quarterback who spent time in prison for helping run a dogfighting ring where animals were gruesomely executed. Then, he was caught using drugs while on supervised release. Vick killed at least eight dogs, so what does Netflix do? Set him up as the judge of Brett Favre, who has never spent a day in prison and doesn’t execute dogs. But we’re supposed to let Vick sit in judgment of Favre?
'Trojan Horse'? Turning Point, Supporters Won't Respond To Questions On Finances

1 month ago | wisconsinrightnow.com | Jessica McBride |Jim Piwowarczyk

If you’re going to take over a party, you’ve got to make the case that you can deliver something better. Has Turning Point delivered? Turning Point Action and three of its key supporters in Wisconsin—who hold top positions in county GOP parties—are refusing to answer questions about their finances and turnout efforts in the November and April Wisconsin elections.
See Josh Schoemann's Moving Announcement Video For Wisconsin Governor

1 month ago | wisconsinrightnow.com | Jessica McBride |Jim Piwowarczyk

We’ve been given the first look at Washington County Executive Josh Schoemann’s moving announcement video for Wisconsin governor. Schoemann, 43, who is running as a Republican, is holding an event on Sunday, May 4, 2025, to officially announce his campaign against Democrat Gov. Tony Evers. “I’m Josh Schoemann, and I’m running for governor,” he confirms in the video, which sketches out his bio and strikes a theme of commonality and unity through being neighbors.
Wisconsin Supreme Court Suspends Milwaukee County Judge Hannah Dugan

1 month ago | wisconsinrightnow.com | Jessica McBride |Jim Piwowarczyk

The Wisconsin Supreme Court has temporarily suspended Hannah Dugan’s judicial powers, but the order makes no mention of suspending her pay. In a past case involving a judge accused of a felony, Brett Blomme, the Wisconsin court did specifically withhold his pay as well as his powers. “The court has learned that Milwaukee County Circuit Court Judge Hannah C.
Judge Hannah Dugan Arrested In Milwaukee By FBI On Obstruction Charge

2 months ago | wisconsinrightnow.com | Jessica McBride |Jim Piwowarczyk

Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Hannah Dugan was arrested this morning by the FBI on an obstruction charge, according to FBI Director Kash Patel. We started getting tips from a flood of sources Friday morning that Dugan was arrested at the Milwaukee County Courthouse. Wisconsin Right Now was first to break the news of Dugan’s arrest on our X page. Then, Patel confirmed the arrest on his official X page.
Froedtert Denied Sick Milwaukee Cop Treatment Because He Had A Gun

2 months ago | wisconsinrightnow.com | Jessica McBride |Jim Piwowarczyk

“I’m appalled” – Milwaukee Police Association President Alex Ayala. A Milwaukee hospital denied a sick on-duty police officer medical treatment because the officer had a gun, according to the Milwaukee Police Department. The president of the police union says it’s but the latest in a series of incidents in which Frodtert officials or staff have mistreated Milwaukee police officers. We received a tip from a source about the incident initially. It sounded almost unbelievable, so we reached out to MPD.
Wisconsin Judge Slams Josh Kaul, Says He 'Abused' Justice System & Made 'False Representations'

2 months ago | wisconsinrightnow.com | Jessica McBride |Jim Piwowarczyk

A Wisconsin judge slammed Attorney General Josh Kaul in a blistering order on Friday, accusing Kaul of abusing Wisconsin’s justice system and of making “blatantly false representations about the underlying record” to “one or more appellate courts.”Judge W. Andrew Voigt, of Columbia County, tossed Kaul’s lawsuit trying to prevent Elon Musk from giving money to petition signers. Musk’s legal team had accused Kaul, a partisan liberal, of trying to violate Musk’s free speech rights.
UW-Eau Claire College Republicans Say Professor Flipped Their Table With Brad Schimel Lit

2 months ago | wisconsinrightnow.com | Jim Piwowarczyk

“I was very scared to continue tabling. I knew we had to because backing down would be worse” – UW-Eau Claire College Republicans Chair Tatiana Bobrowicz. The chair of the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire College Republicans says a man flipped over their table on campus today with Brad Schimel and Brittany Kinser literature, and they say a top university official told them the suspect is a college professor and department chair.