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In 2025, the median sale price of a Missoula-area home decreased 2.2% to $550,000, according to the 2026 Five Valleys Housing Report. That includes sales of single-family homes, townhomes, condominiums and manufactured homes on owned lots. The post Report: Missoula housing prices down overall, affordability still limited appeared first on Montana Free Press.
In 2025, the median sale price of a Missoula-area home decreased 2.2% to $550,000, according to the 2026 Five Valleys Housing Report. That includes sales of single-family homes, townhomes, condominiums and manufactured homes on owned lots. The post Report: Missoula housing prices down overall, affordability still limited appeared first on Montana Free Press.
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Idaho’s lieutenant governor is urging lawmakers to protect investments in education and infrastructure as they weigh budget cuts this session. Lt. Gov. Scott Bedke told those gathered at a Boise Metro Chamber of Commerce meeting Wednesday the Legislature is facing what’s an “arguably self-inflicted problem” this year of a projected budget shortfall. The Idaho Legislature […]
Idaho’s lieutenant governor is urging lawmakers to protect investments in education and infrastructure as they weigh budget cuts this session. Lt. Gov. Scott Bedke told those gathered at a Boise Metro Chamber of Commerce meeting Wednesday the Legislature is facing what’s an “arguably self-inflicted problem” this year of a projected budget shortfall. The Idaho Legislature […]
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Con 36 jornadas consecutivas de saldo positivo, el Banco Central de la República Argentina ya adquirió más de USD 2.600 millones en 2026 y superó una cuarta parte de su meta anual, impulsando las reservas a máximos desde 2019.
Con 36 jornadas consecutivas de saldo positivo, el Banco Central de la República Argentina ya adquirió más de USD 2.600 millones en 2026 y superó una cuarta parte de su meta anual, impulsando las reservas a máximos desde 2019.
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The Rubin Observatory in Chile has the largest camera ever built – and is set to find objects never before seen by human eyes.
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The Rubin Observatory in Chile has the largest camera ever built – and is set to find objects never before seen by human eyes.
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Nearly all of the city will be off limits to offenders whose victims were under 17 when the rule takes effect.
Nearly all of the city will be off limits to offenders whose victims were under 17 when the rule takes effect.
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WSU’s 14th president landed a contract that has a few unusual provisions, an expert said. But a board member called it fair for both sides.
WSU’s 14th president landed a contract that has a few unusual provisions, an expert said. But a board member called it fair for both sides.
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(The Center Square) – Legislation approved this week by the Colorado Senate would make it easier for individuals to sue federal law enforcement involved with civil immigration actions. Democratic sponsors of Senate Bill 26-005, which was one of the first bills introduced during the legislative session in January, say it’s meant to bolster constitutional protections, while critics believe it’s another attempt to obstruct federal immigration enforcement. “A person found to have violated the United States Constitution while participating in civil immigration enforcement is liable to the person whose rights are violated for legal or equitable relief or any other appropriate relief,” the bill reads. Sen. Mike Weissman, D-Aurora, one of the bill’s primary sponsors, said immigrants come to the U.S. for “the guarantee of equal treatment under the law.” “Senate Bill 5 stands for the basic principles that government agents must follow the law like everyone else and that there should be legal remedies when constitutional rights are violated,” he said in a statement. “This legislation reaffirms the civil rights of all Coloradans.” Colorado has sanctuary immigration policies on the books, including a 2019 law passed by Democratic lawmakers that bars local law enforcement from aiding federal immigration authorities, or sharing information, unless there's a federal warrant. Last year, Colorado sued a Mesa County sheriff’s deputy for allegedly giving U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement an individual’s information following a traffic stop, The Center Square previously reported. The lawsuit was later dropped after the deputy resigned. Ira Mehlman of the Federation for American Immigration Reform, which advocates for limiting immigration, called the legislation “another attempt to use lawfare as a mechanism to deter or prevent ICE from carrying out its duties to enforce immigration laws.” “The bill seems to conflict with the supremacy clause that gives the federal government authority over immigration enforcement,” Mehlman told The Center Square in a statement. “Regardless of what legislators in Colorado might feel about immigration enforcement, ICE has the authority to carry out its activities anywhere in the United States.” SB 26-005 passed the Senate Tuesday in a party-line vote, sending it to the House of Representatives for consideration.
(The Center Square) – Legislation approved this week by the Colorado Senate would make it easier for individuals to sue federal law enforcement involved with civil immigration actions. Democratic sponsors of Senate Bill 26-005, which was one of the first bills introduced during the legislative session in January, say it’s meant to bolster constitutional protections, while critics believe it’s another attempt to obstruct federal immigration enforcement. “A person found to have violated the United States Constitution while participating in civil immigration enforcement is liable to the person whose rights are violated for legal or equitable relief or any other appropriate relief,” the bill reads. Sen. Mike Weissman, D-Aurora, one of the bill’s primary sponsors, said immigrants come to the U.S. for “the guarantee of equal treatment under the law.” “Senate Bill 5 stands for the basic principles that government agents must follow the law like everyone else and that there should be legal remedies when constitutional rights are violated,” he said in a statement. “This legislation reaffirms the civil rights of all Coloradans.” Colorado has sanctuary immigration policies on the books, including a 2019 law passed by Democratic lawmakers that bars local law enforcement from aiding federal immigration authorities, or sharing information, unless there's a federal warrant. Last year, Colorado sued a Mesa County sheriff’s deputy for allegedly giving U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement an individual’s information following a traffic stop, The Center Square previously reported. The lawsuit was later dropped after the deputy resigned. Ira Mehlman of the Federation for American Immigration Reform, which advocates for limiting immigration, called the legislation “another attempt to use lawfare as a mechanism to deter or prevent ICE from carrying out its duties to enforce immigration laws.” “The bill seems to conflict with the supremacy clause that gives the federal government authority over immigration enforcement,” Mehlman told The Center Square in a statement. “Regardless of what legislators in Colorado might feel about immigration enforcement, ICE has the authority to carry out its activities anywhere in the United States.” SB 26-005 passed the Senate Tuesday in a party-line vote, sending it to the House of Representatives for consideration.
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Votebeat is a nonprofit news organization reporting on voting access and election administration across the U.S. Sign up for Votebeat Arizona’s free newsletter here. Navajo County Recorder Tim Jordan was done fighting. He’d served as one of the county’s top election officials for a year — and spent most of that time wrapped up in a legal fight after being indicted on criminal charges connected to a road rage incident. That included one count of disorderly conduct with a weapon, a felony charge that threatened to disqualify him from holding office. Former Navajo County Recorder Timothy Jordan posing during a training in Maricopa County in Dec. 2025 in Phoenix, AZ. As 2026 dawned, he seemed ready to move on. He agreed to a plea deal on Dec. 30 and, about a month later, announced that he planned to resign on April 15, opening up a key election-administration job in the politically divided county. “I feel my decision is within the best interest of all,” he wrote in his resignation letter. “I choose to leave quietly as possible to avoid further media and social distractions.” He signed off his letter with “much love.” Jordan’s announcement — which came after a “sit-down conversation” and “verbal agreement” with county leaders, per his letter — brought a quiet end to a highly publicized saga that drew media attention to the northeastern Arizona county. Now, county supervisors must find someone to pick up the pieces and run the recorder’s office during the heated and fast-approaching 2026 election cycle. Whomever they appoint will serve out the rest of Jordan’s term, which lasts through 2028 — meaning the new recorder will also help oversee voting in the next presidential election. The county’s board of supervisors is divided 3-to-2, with Democrats in the majority. But any appointee they pick must be a Republican. When there is a vacancy in an elected office, state law dictates that it be filled by an appointee of the same political party as its most recent occupant. But it’s unclear whether the person supervisors pick will hold the same views as Jordan, who promoted false claims of rampant voter fraud while running for his seat. On the campaign trail, he said past elections had been rigged and claimed without proof that there were dead voters and noncitizens on the county’s voter rolls. Board Chair Daryl Seymore, a Republican, said he wants the county’s voter lists to be accurate, but suggested he was more concerned about the board’s appointee following routine processes to remove deceased people from the rolls than noncitizens. “That’s the cleanup part that needs to be done, and done thoroughly,” he said, adding that he wanted someone who could “do the job that’s required.” “That’s something that we want to see always happen, regardless of what party. That’s the role of the recorder’s office.” Ultimately, supervisors said they want to find someone with a healthy respect for the job and the county’s voters. Seymore said he wants a candidate who will approach the role with “seriousness”and who also can handle the non-voting side of the job, which includes recording official documents like contracts and deeds. Vice Chair Dawnafe Whitesinger, a Democrat, said she’s looking for a new recorder with “a public servant’s heart.” But finding someone qualified might be difficult in the remote county. Other rural areas have struggled to locate qualified applicants for high-level positions involving elections, particularly when their previous occupants have come under close scrutiny. Even if someone already in the office steps up, it could create a cascading chain of vacancies that experts say pose challenges for counties with fewer resources. “These smaller counties are often run with a small workforce,” said Bill Gates, executive director of Arizona State University’s Mechanics of Democracy Laboratory and a former GOP supervisor in Maricopa County. “You don’t have the capability to have a deep bench.” Candidates have until March 6 to apply for the job. Navajo County Manager Bryan Layton said the county has received nine applications so far — including one from Jose Lerma, a voter registration coordinator in the recorder’s office whom Jordan recommended as his replacement. Lerma has worked for several years in the office’s voter registration department. Prior to that, he worked for the county as a child support enforcement officer. He said he previously was not affiliated with any specific political party, but recently registered as a Republican so that he could apply for the recorder’s seat. “I believe that I could bring a lot to the table, if they just allow me the opportunity,” he said. Lerma said maintaining clean voter rolls is important and that the recorder’s office currently does “a great job” of ensuring that only eligible voters are able to cast ballots. He said elections have been “clean and fair” in the county — although he expressed less certainty about elections in other areas of the state. “I want to believe that,” he said of whether election results were accurate statewide, adding that he “can’t speak for other counties.” Seymore said Jordan’s recommendation wouldn’t have any bearing on his evaluation of the candidates. He said he was looking for the most qualified applicant. “We have the time to vet people, and to do it in a process where the entire board of supervisors will be involved,” he said. “I think that’s the best thing that we could do.” Sasha Hupka is a reporter for Votebeat based in Arizona. Contact Sasha at shupka@votebeat.org.
Votebeat is a nonprofit news organization reporting on voting access and election administration across the U.S. Sign up for Votebeat Arizona’s free newsletter here. Navajo County Recorder Tim Jordan was done fighting. He’d served as one of the county’s top election officials for a year — and spent most of that time wrapped up in a legal fight after being indicted on criminal charges connected to a road rage incident. That included one count of disorderly conduct with a weapon, a felony charge that threatened to disqualify him from holding office. Former Navajo County Recorder Timothy Jordan posing during a training in Maricopa County in Dec. 2025 in Phoenix, AZ. As 2026 dawned, he seemed ready to move on. He agreed to a plea deal on Dec. 30 and, about a month later, announced that he planned to resign on April 15, opening up a key election-administration job in the politically divided county. “I feel my decision is within the best interest of all,” he wrote in his resignation letter. “I choose to leave quietly as possible to avoid further media and social distractions.” He signed off his letter with “much love.” Jordan’s announcement — which came after a “sit-down conversation” and “verbal agreement” with county leaders, per his letter — brought a quiet end to a highly publicized saga that drew media attention to the northeastern Arizona county. Now, county supervisors must find someone to pick up the pieces and run the recorder’s office during the heated and fast-approaching 2026 election cycle. Whomever they appoint will serve out the rest of Jordan’s term, which lasts through 2028 — meaning the new recorder will also help oversee voting in the next presidential election. The county’s board of supervisors is divided 3-to-2, with Democrats in the majority. But any appointee they pick must be a Republican. When there is a vacancy in an elected office, state law dictates that it be filled by an appointee of the same political party as its most recent occupant. But it’s unclear whether the person supervisors pick will hold the same views as Jordan, who promoted false claims of rampant voter fraud while running for his seat. On the campaign trail, he said past elections had been rigged and claimed without proof that there were dead voters and noncitizens on the county’s voter rolls. Board Chair Daryl Seymore, a Republican, said he wants the county’s voter lists to be accurate, but suggested he was more concerned about the board’s appointee following routine processes to remove deceased people from the rolls than noncitizens. “That’s the cleanup part that needs to be done, and done thoroughly,” he said, adding that he wanted someone who could “do the job that’s required.” “That’s something that we want to see always happen, regardless of what party. That’s the role of the recorder’s office.” Ultimately, supervisors said they want to find someone with a healthy respect for the job and the county’s voters. Seymore said he wants a candidate who will approach the role with “seriousness”and who also can handle the non-voting side of the job, which includes recording official documents like contracts and deeds. Vice Chair Dawnafe Whitesinger, a Democrat, said she’s looking for a new recorder with “a public servant’s heart.” But finding someone qualified might be difficult in the remote county. Other rural areas have struggled to locate qualified applicants for high-level positions involving elections, particularly when their previous occupants have come under close scrutiny. Even if someone already in the office steps up, it could create a cascading chain of vacancies that experts say pose challenges for counties with fewer resources. “These smaller counties are often run with a small workforce,” said Bill Gates, executive director of Arizona State University’s Mechanics of Democracy Laboratory and a former GOP supervisor in Maricopa County. “You don’t have the capability to have a deep bench.” Candidates have until March 6 to apply for the job. Navajo County Manager Bryan Layton said the county has received nine applications so far — including one from Jose Lerma, a voter registration coordinator in the recorder’s office whom Jordan recommended as his replacement. Lerma has worked for several years in the office’s voter registration department. Prior to that, he worked for the county as a child support enforcement officer. He said he previously was not affiliated with any specific political party, but recently registered as a Republican so that he could apply for the recorder’s seat. “I believe that I could bring a lot to the table, if they just allow me the opportunity,” he said. Lerma said maintaining clean voter rolls is important and that the recorder’s office currently does “a great job” of ensuring that only eligible voters are able to cast ballots. He said elections have been “clean and fair” in the county — although he expressed less certainty about elections in other areas of the state. “I want to believe that,” he said of whether election results were accurate statewide, adding that he “can’t speak for other counties.” Seymore said Jordan’s recommendation wouldn’t have any bearing on his evaluation of the candidates. He said he was looking for the most qualified applicant. “We have the time to vet people, and to do it in a process where the entire board of supervisors will be involved,” he said. “I think that’s the best thing that we could do.” Sasha Hupka is a reporter for Votebeat based in Arizona. Contact Sasha at shupka@votebeat.org.
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བོད་པའི་ཁྱད་ཆོས་ལ་གཞིགས་ནས་རྒྱ་ནག་གཞུང་གིས་སྦྱོར་བརྡར་སྤྲད་དེ་ཨོ་ལོམ་པིཀསི་ལུས་རྩལ་འགྲན་ཚོགས་ནང་ལག་ཆར་གྱུར་པ།
བོད་པའི་ཁྱད་ཆོས་ལ་གཞིགས་ནས་རྒྱ་ནག་གཞུང་གིས་སྦྱོར་བརྡར་སྤྲད་དེ་ཨོ་ལོམ་པིཀསི་ལུས་རྩལ་འགྲན་ཚོགས་ནང་ལག་ཆར་གྱུར་པ།
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Chronic Wasting Disease was first detected in Montana in 2017. Now, the always-fatal disease has been detected in one-third of the state’s hunting districts. What does that mean for deer and elk? The post CWD is spreading in Montana. Will deer and elk populations decline as a result? appeared first on Montana Free Press.
Chronic Wasting Disease was first detected in Montana in 2017. Now, the always-fatal disease has been detected in one-third of the state’s hunting districts. What does that mean for deer and elk? The post CWD is spreading in Montana. Will deer and elk populations decline as a result? appeared first on Montana Free Press.
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Tiempo de lectura: 3 minutosLa oposición avanza en la elección del Cuerpo Electoral Universitario y deja sin margen matemático la reelección de Walter Mazariegos, salvo que se reduzca el quórum mediante decisiones administrativas cuestionadas, como ocurrió en 2022. Por Prensa Comunitaria La oposición a Walter Mazariegos sumó este 25 de febrero un nuevo cuerpo electoral al imponerse en la ... Read more
Tiempo de lectura: 3 minutosLa oposición avanza en la elección del Cuerpo Electoral Universitario y deja sin margen matemático la reelección de Walter Mazariegos, salvo que se reduzca el quórum mediante decisiones administrativas cuestionadas, como ocurrió en 2022. Por Prensa Comunitaria La oposición a Walter Mazariegos sumó este 25 de febrero un nuevo cuerpo electoral al imponerse en la ... Read more
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(The Center Square) – FBI agents on Wednesday searched the home and office of Los Angeles Unified School District Superintendent Alberto Carvalho. The reason hasn't been revealed. An LAUSD spokesperson told The Center Square that the district has been informed of law enforcement activity at district headquarters and the superintendent's home in Los Angeles.“The District is cooperating with the investigation,” the spokesperson said in an email. “We do not have further information at this time.”A public affairs specialist at the FBI Los Angeles office confirmed by phone that a “court-authorized warrant” had been served.“However, the affidavit is sealed by the court,” the specialist told The Center Square. “I’m not in a position to comment further.”The U.S. Attorney’s Office for Los Angeles made a similar comment when called by The Center Square.Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass' communications office told The Center Square that LAUSD is an independent body not governed by the city.“The Mayor’s Office has no information about this,” the office said.LAUSD is the nation's second-largest school district. Only the New York City school system is bigger.LAUSD serves more than 500,000 students in an area covering 710 square miles.Carvalho has served as LAUSD's superintendent since February 2022 and has been the district's longest-serving superintendent in over 20 years. Prior to his job at LAUSD, Carvalho was superintendent of Miami-Dade County Public Schools for 14 years.Carvalho’s latest post on X is from Feb. 24, when the superintendent posted a TV station's report on an increase in advanced placement enrollment in the district.
(The Center Square) – FBI agents on Wednesday searched the home and office of Los Angeles Unified School District Superintendent Alberto Carvalho. The reason hasn't been revealed. An LAUSD spokesperson told The Center Square that the district has been informed of law enforcement activity at district headquarters and the superintendent's home in Los Angeles.“The District is cooperating with the investigation,” the spokesperson said in an email. “We do not have further information at this time.”A public affairs specialist at the FBI Los Angeles office confirmed by phone that a “court-authorized warrant” had been served.“However, the affidavit is sealed by the court,” the specialist told The Center Square. “I’m not in a position to comment further.”The U.S. Attorney’s Office for Los Angeles made a similar comment when called by The Center Square.Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass' communications office told The Center Square that LAUSD is an independent body not governed by the city.“The Mayor’s Office has no information about this,” the office said.LAUSD is the nation's second-largest school district. Only the New York City school system is bigger.LAUSD serves more than 500,000 students in an area covering 710 square miles.Carvalho has served as LAUSD's superintendent since February 2022 and has been the district's longest-serving superintendent in over 20 years. Prior to his job at LAUSD, Carvalho was superintendent of Miami-Dade County Public Schools for 14 years.Carvalho’s latest post on X is from Feb. 24, when the superintendent posted a TV station's report on an increase in advanced placement enrollment in the district.
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Billionaire-owned media outlets have framed teachers' advocacy for their students and communities as self-serving.
Billionaire-owned media outlets have framed teachers' advocacy for their students and communities as self-serving.
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Medida mira 30 indivíduos, entidades e embarcações por suposta facilitação nas 'vendas ilícitas de petróleo' Fonte
Medida mira 30 indivíduos, entidades e embarcações por suposta facilitação nas 'vendas ilícitas de petróleo' Fonte
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Alejo Ciganotto, fanático de Racing Club y nominado a mejor hincha del mundo en los premios The Best FIFA Football Awards 2025, anunció que recorrerá América caminando y haciendo dedo para llegar al debut de la Selección Argentina en el Copa Mundial de la FIFA 2026.
Alejo Ciganotto, fanático de Racing Club y nominado a mejor hincha del mundo en los premios The Best FIFA Football Awards 2025, anunció que recorrerá América caminando y haciendo dedo para llegar al debut de la Selección Argentina en el Copa Mundial de la FIFA 2026.
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The president of the Georgia Republican Assembly, a right wing political organization, has been fined $500,000 for his alleged involvement in an suspected Ponzi scheme that authorities say defrauded investors out of $140 million, the Georgia Secretary of State’s office announced Wednesday. Timothy Nathaniel Darnell, who once worked for Bankers Life Advisory Services, has been […]
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The president of the Georgia Republican Assembly, a right wing political organization, has been fined $500,000 for his alleged involvement in an suspected Ponzi scheme that authorities say defrauded investors out of $140 million, the Georgia Secretary of State’s office announced Wednesday. Timothy Nathaniel Darnell, who once worked for Bankers Life Advisory Services, has been […]
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ساختار نیروی انسانی متخصص در جمهوری اسلامی ایران به مرحلهای رسیده که ناظران آن را «خونریزی مغزی» توصیف میکنند؛ وضعیتی که در آن چشمانداز شغلی برای فارغالتحصیلان دانشگاهی عملاً به یک دوگانه اجباری تقلیل یافته است: مهاجرت فوری یا حذف سیستماتیک از ساختار اقتصادی.
ساختار نیروی انسانی متخصص در جمهوری اسلامی ایران به مرحلهای رسیده که ناظران آن را «خونریزی مغزی» توصیف میکنند؛ وضعیتی که در آن چشمانداز شغلی برای فارغالتحصیلان دانشگاهی عملاً به یک دوگانه اجباری تقلیل یافته است: مهاجرت فوری یا حذف سیستماتیک از ساختار اقتصادی.
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"لطالما فضلت شخصية جون واين الذي يقتل أعدادًا كبيرة من الهنود. لقد تماثلت مع العالم الأبيض؛ واستلبتني الثقافة الأوروبية والأمريكية"(هيلا غيريما)
"لطالما فضلت شخصية جون واين الذي يقتل أعدادًا كبيرة من الهنود. لقد تماثلت مع العالم الأبيض؛ واستلبتني الثقافة الأوروبية والأمريكية"(هيلا غيريما)
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Ayer al mediodía trabajadores y organizaciones movilizaron frente al Ministerio de Economía de la Nación ubicado la ciudad de Buenos Aires en reclamo por el no al cierre de la Subsecretaría de Integración Sociourbana. Gracias a las movilizaciones y distintas instancias de diálogo entre los gremios y la Mesa Nacional de Barrios Populares con el […]
Ayer al mediodía trabajadores y organizaciones movilizaron frente al Ministerio de Economía de la Nación ubicado la ciudad de Buenos Aires en reclamo por el no al cierre de la Subsecretaría de Integración Sociourbana. Gracias a las movilizaciones y distintas instancias de diálogo entre los gremios y la Mesa Nacional de Barrios Populares con el […]
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Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul said that the nearly eight hours of hearings held by the newly established Committee on the Oversight of the Department of Justice this week amounted to “political theater.” In a series of hearings Tuesday and Wednesday, the committee, chaired by Senate President Mary Felzkowski (R-Tomahawk), dug into allegations that the […]
Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul said that the nearly eight hours of hearings held by the newly established Committee on the Oversight of the Department of Justice this week amounted to “political theater.” In a series of hearings Tuesday and Wednesday, the committee, chaired by Senate President Mary Felzkowski (R-Tomahawk), dug into allegations that the […]