Wisconsin Legislature passes bill to penalize localities that cut police funding washingtonexaminer.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from washingtonexaminer.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Five Migrant Children Discovered Alone at Southern Border
Smugglers left the young girls from Guatemala and Honduras near the Rio Grande, where they were found by a farmer.
Five unaccompanied migrant children were found along the U.S.-Mexico border on Sunday, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection. A Border Patrol agent responded to a call from a Maverick County constable about young children, and found five girls a 7-, 3- and 2-year-old from Honduras and a 5-year-old and 11-month-old from Guatemala. Smugglers left the girls near the Rio Grande, according to Guatemala’s Foreign Ministry. CBP said the children didn’t require medical attention and were transferred to the Department of Health and Human Services on Tuesday. The farmer who made the first call said he believes if he didn’t find the girls, he doesn’t think they would survived. CNN
Wisconsin Gov issues new COVID mask mandate after GOP repeal nydailynews.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from nydailynews.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Wisconsin s mask mandate remains in place and the push to repeal it is on hold. Continuing Coverage: Coronavirus in WisconsinThe state Assembly delayed its vote to end the mandate, saying new information had come to light. I hate being caught by surprise. We usually don t have that happen, Assembly speaker Robin Vos said. After delaying Thursday s session by more than four hours, Vos announced the Republican-led Assembly would postpone its scheduled vote to repeal Gov. Tony Evers emergency health order and mask mandate.The reason? The lawmakers were caught off guard by news from Legislative Fiscal Bureau that by ending the emergency health order, Wisconsin would lose nearly $50 million a month in Federal Emergency Foodshare funding, impacting nearly 250,000 families in need. It s not about masks, it s about money, Hunger Task Force Executive Director Sherri Tussler said.Tussler was the first to warn that lawmakers may be overlooking the fallout from ending the health order