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Outside law firm would help state prosecute companies responsible for PFAS contamination. //end headline wrapper ?>Get a daily rundown of the top stories on Urban Milwaukee
Firefighting foam can be seen in a ditch nearby the Husky oil refinery in Superior the morning after a series of fires and explosion on April 26, 2018. Concerns have grown over the use of firefighting foam that can contain so-called “forever chemicals” known as PFAS. Danielle Kaeding/WPR
Gov.
Tony Evers announced Friday that his administration is seeking an outside law firm to help the state prosecute companies responsible for PFAS contamination in Wisconsin. The move is part of an effort to hold corporate polluters responsible under the state’s PFAS Action Plan, which was released in December.
Natural Resources Board votes against resuming hunt, citing science, rejecting GOP legislators request. //end headline wrapper ?>Gray wolf. Photo by Derek Bakken / (CC BY)
The Natural Resources Board narrowly rejected a request by Republican lawmakers to direct the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources to immediately resume a wolf hunt in Wisconsin. The board voted 4-3 against setting a quota and resuming the wolf hunt in February.
Tribes, conservation and animal rights groups urged the state not to rush a hunt following the Trump administration’s decision in October to delist the animal as an endangered species. The rule by the former administration went into effect this month. Lawmakers and hunters argued state law requires a wolf hunt when the animal isn’t under federal protection, saying wolf management has been put off for too long.
In December state began distributing and receiving test kits. 1,600 collected so far. //end headline wrapper ?>2019 Novel Coronavirus. Image by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The state has begun distributing and receiving at-home test kits for COVID-19.
The Evers Administration announced in December it had partnered with Vault Medical Services to provide saliva-based tests for free.
“People are ordering a kit and having it on hand for when they’re ready,” she said. “It’s a tool in your medicine cabinet so that if you do become symptomatic or have an exposure to COVID, you have a test ready to go.”
ONLINE: The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day Observances
Jan 18, 2021 12:00 PM
December 27, 2019
Sameer A. Khan
Eddie S. Glaude Jr. is chair of the Department of African American Studies at Princeton University.
While in-person commemorations of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. holiday are not possible during the pandemic, it is more important than ever, in the midst of multiple national crises, to celebrate his activism and advocacy of peaceful dissent. At noon, tune in to Wisconsin Public Radio for audio highlights from past celebrations hosted by Jonathan Overby. You ll hear excerpts from the 2011 tribute with Michelle Alexander (author of