Midwest

Wisconsin Assembly approves bill to hike hunting and fishing license fees for out-of-state residents

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2 years ago

February 25, 2024

Wisconsin Assembly approves bill to hike hunting and fishing license fees for out-of-state residents

The Wisconsin Assembly unanimously passed a bill to raise hunting, fishing and trapping license fees for out-of-state residents.
The bill, which was sent to the Senate for consideration, aims to address a deficit in the state’s fish and wildlife account.
The Department of Natural Resources estimates the fee adjustments would generate approximately $780,000 annually.

The Wisconsin Assembly approved a bill Thursday that would raise a variety of hunting, fishing and trapping license fees for out-of-state residents to help shrink a deficit in the state’s fish and wildlife account.

The Assembly passed the legislation 97-0, sending it to the Senate.

The state Department of Natural Resources estimated the changes would generate about $780,000 more annually for the account, which funds a variety of projects ranging from fish stocking to wildlife surveys.

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The account is built largely on license fee revenue. But years of waning interest in outdoor activities has led to a projected $16 million deficit in the account heading into the state’s next two-year budget period.

Two whitetail deer are seen in the Wyomissing Parklands on Nov. 19, 2020. The Wisconsin Assembly approved a bill on Thursday that would raise a variety of hunting, fishing and trapping license fees for out-of-state residents to help shrink a deficit in the state’s fish and wildlife account. (Ben Hasty/MediaNews Group/Reading Eagle via Getty Images)

Republican lawmakers raised nonresident deer hunting licenses by $40 to $200, nonresident hunting and fishing license fees by $5 and nonresident combination licenses by $20 in the state budget that Gov. Tony Evers signed in the summer.

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The license increases in the bill range from a $1 increase on a nonresident two-day sports fishing license to a $5,750 increase for a nonresident commercial fishing license. The Assembly on Tuesday approved a bill that would raise nonresident bow and crossbow hunting license fees by $35 to $200, sending the measure to the Senate. The broader bill approved Thursday includes that increase as well.

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Midwest

Jewish leaders want Chicago mayor to create antisemitism task force

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March 11, 2026

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Jewish leaders want Chicago mayor to create antisemitism task force

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Jewish leaders are pressuring Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson to establish an antisemitism task force, because they believe he’s not doing enough to protect the Jewish community, Fox News Digital has learned.

“There was a 58% rise in hate crimes,” Rebecca Weininger, the senior regional director of the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) Midwest, told Fox News Digital, specifically referring to anti-Jewish hate crimes. “So to be clear, that’s not hate incidents. It’s hate crimes, bias-motivated crimes against Jews in the city of Chicago.”

The Chicago Commission on Human Relations in July last year found that the Jewish community experienced a 58% increase in hate crimes from 2023-2024. Other groups experienced a decline.

Jewish leaders are pressuring Mayor Brandon Johnson to establish an antisemitism task force, because they believe he’s not doing enough to protect their community, Fox News Digital has learned. (Scott Olson/Getty Images)

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The ADL held a press conference on Monday to demand that Johnson adopt recommendations of the Chicago Commission on Human Relations.

Among those recommendations is a task force to protect Jewish members.

“Establish the task force your commission recommended, name a leader accountable for this work, set timelines, make progress public,” Chicago Sinai Congregation Rabbi Amanda Greene told ABC 7.

The Chicago Commission on Human Relations in July last year found that the Jewish community experienced a 58% increase in hate crimes while other groups experienced a decline. (Beata Zawrzel/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

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“The taskforce would be very similar to other task forces that the mayor’s office already has in other marginalized communities. It would be populated by the mainstream Jewish community as a way to give information to the mayor about the lived experience of Jews in Chicago right now,” Weininger told Fox News Digital.

Weininger continued, “To help inform other executive policies that he could adopt that would be immediately beneficial to the mainstream Jewish population.”

The ADL held a press conference on Monday to demand that Johnson adopt recommendations of the Chicago Commission on Human Relations. (Anti-Defamation League )

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Other task forces Chicago established are the Task Force on Missing and Murdered Chicago Women, which focuses on policy changes to address violence against women, and the Reparations Task Force. Chicago also established a Task Force on Black Immigrants that investigates social and economic conditions for Black immigrants in Illinois.

Johnson’s office declined to comment when reached by Fox News Digital.

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Detroit, MI

Videos show standing water inside Detroit elementary school, as source reports sewage smell

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March 11, 2026

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Videos show standing water inside Detroit elementary school, as source reports sewage smell

Several parents said they were unaware of any problems at the school

DETROIT – Videos and photos sent to the station show standing water and buckets inside Carleton Elementary School on Detroit’s east side, and an anonymous source says students were expected to attend class even as the water pooled in hallways.

The source also said the water smelled like sewage.

Several parents said Wednesday they were unaware of any problems at the school, though one said the building flooded last week and that students were given the day off.

The Detroit Water and Sewerage Department said it received a complaint of water backing up at the school last Friday and determined the problem was private.

Crews were seen working at the school on Wednesday (March 11) afternoon.

The Detroit Public Schools Community District (DPSCD) was contacted for comment; the newsroom is awaiting a response.

The school’s principal said the district is working on building issues, but there was no flood on Wednesday.

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Milwaukee, WI

Man charged with punching Milwaukee German Immersion School principal

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March 11, 2026

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Man charged with punching Milwaukee German Immersion School principal

Authorities say a Milwaukee man entered Milwaukee German Immersion School in November without identifying himself, then punching the principal in the face.

Online court records indicate Josiah Glenn, 25, is expected to make his initial court appearance on March 12 before a court commissioner.

He faces a single count of battery to a school district officer.

Milwaukee County prosecutors allege in a criminal complaint that Glenn went to the school at 4:25 p.m. on Nov. 21 to pick up his brother. Normal pick-up time is 4 p.m., so the student was sent to an after-school “camp program.”

Glenn told a school employee at the school entrance he was there to pick up his brother, but refused to identify himself and made his way past the employee and into the school, the complaint says.

He then left with the child and the principal ran after them to make sure the boy “wasn’t being kidnapped,” and to ensure Glenn left the premises, according to the complaint.

The complaint says Glenn began to threaten the principal and the employee, who the principal instructed to call police.

Glenn got into the principal’s face as he was about to get into a car then punched the principal in the face, the document reads.

Court records show Glenn initially was charged on Jan. 26, and that a warrant for his arrest was issued that day.

Milwaukee County Jail records indicate he was placed into custody on March 10, and the charges against him are pending.

Battery to a school district officer is a class-I felony that is punishable by a fine of up to $10,000 and a maximum three and a half years imprisonment.

Chris Ramirez covers courts for the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. He can be reached at caramirez@usatodayco.com.

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