Wind wnw 510 mph message from wisconsin Election Officials as a group of Trump Supporters try to stop wisconsins recount Julie Collins joins us live with the latest on recount 2016 julie . A federal judge ruled he will listen to a lawsuit to stop the recount, but not until next friday. Thats just days before the recount is continue to be rechecked. After a second day, very few changes have been detected across the state. In fact, after a second day of tabulating, fox 6 calculations show the lead is exactly the same for president elect donald trump as it was after election night. Election officials are confident theyll be able to finish by the deadline. Were right on schedule for where i initially projected, ive had some cushion so thats where. Were doing well to their schedule, meaning counting will be taking place all weekend across the state. Here in milwaukee the recount will continue today at 9 00am. We are live in milwaukee Julie Collins. Fox 6 news. Thanks julie theres new develo
Of our kids. Reporter i spoke with a representative of milwaukee public schools. She says the school sent out a notification to parents today. Lauren, thank you. Today day two of the recount. A slow start rebounded in one day. The actual counting didnt start until late last night. They say theyre right on schedule as of we did get after lunch. Every since theyve been reading ballot after ballot. The process is moving faster, as we go. A much different sight from yesterday when the morning, afternoon, and much of the night was spent on prep work, matching numbers from the general election to their ballot count of around 240,000. It started out very slow. I think its going to pick up. As of friday afternoon, tabulators made their way around five municipalities with very weve done, we have a plus oneonone. Thanks to leaving cushion, county clerk Kathleen Novak said theyre in good shape for the deadline. We are going to make it. I dont have any concerns about that. 20 tabulators will be wo
Cloudy with flurries, winds gusting to 30 mph, and highs only in the mid to upper 20s. Wind chills will be in the Single Digits all day. Tonight remains mostly cloudy, breezy and cold with lows near 20 and wind chills in the Single Digits. We are following breaking news right now. Milwaukee police are on the scene of a double homicide near 107th and appleton. Police reporting a man and woman were killed and children were in the home. Ann sterling is live at the scene now. Morning. Neighbors heard screams followed by numerous gun shots. They called police. When Police Arrived they say they found a man and woman dead inside a Bedroom Police say both were shot multiple times. Officers also discovered two children hiding inside the home. At this time we know the children are with police and are not teenager, the other is around 10 years old. All we know about the 2 victims, is they are in their mid 30s. Right now police are still investiging and nt know if there is one suspect or more than
We are following breaking news right now. Milwaukee police are on the scene of a double homicide near 107th and appleton. Police reporting a man and woman were killed and children were in the home when it happened. Ann sterling is this shooting around 1 30 this morning. Neighbors heard screams followed by numerous gun shots. They called police. When Police Arrived they say they found a man and woman dead inside a Bedroom Police say both were shot multiple times. Officers a discovered two children hiding inside the home. At this time we know the children are with police and are not injured. Police say one is a teenager, the other is around 10 years old. All we know about the 2 victims, is they are in their mid 30s. Right now police are still investigating and dont know if there is one suspect or also breaking overnight. A 60 year old man dead after crashing a car into a house. But the impact may not be what killed him. It happened last night near 36th and thurston. When firefighters fou
Hauled in 129 million in taxes off recreational marijuana. I know you are thinking it sounds like a ton, until i show you this, 10. 3 billion is how much the state collected through all of its general fund taxes in the same year, we are talking income tax, sales tax, a bunch more. You can see that Marijuana Tax only amounts to 1. 3 of the total. If you got a 1. 3 raise in your pay tomorrow, it is probably not going to changeou you wont go out and buy a house twice the size, but you might make upgrades and that is what the sate is doing. Remember that 2 and change of whole sale tax before we rang it up . It goes to schools, it added up to 40 million on School Construction projects last year, not enough to build a bunch of schools, it mostly pays for upgrades in rural districts. We will show you one of those projects tomorrow. As for the sales tax, local governments get a cut of what kept 76. 5 million in the last year, it up to the legislature to decide how to spend that, they forced ma