Wisconsin
A Judge in Wisconsin Just Buried the Last of Scott Walker’s Wing-Nut Legacy
Thirteen years ago, Scott Walker, the goggle-eyed homunculus hired by Koch Industries to manage their midwest subsidiary formerly known as the state of Wisconsin, managed to get his pet legislature to pass the infamous Act 10, which stripped collective-bargaining rights from the state’s public employees. This prompted weeks of massive demonstrations outside the state capitol in Madison, along with an unsuccessful attempt to recall the governor, and it briefly made a star out of the charisma-deprived Walker to the money power. The burst of fame resulted in Walker’s 2016 presidential campaign, which lasted approximately 11 seconds. Walker subsequently faded into the distant quadrants of the Wing-Nut Welfare universe. This week, a judge in Dane County buried the last of his legacy. From the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:
The effort to overturn Act 10 began in November 2023 when several unions representing public employees filed the lawsuit, citing a “dire situation” in workplaces with issues including low pay, staffing shortages and poor working conditions. Frost agreed. He said he couldn’t sever Act 10’s definition of “public safety employee,” which he said is “irrational and violates the right to equal protection of the laws,” and also keep the rest of Act 10 intact. “I cannot solve Act 10’s constitutional problems by striking the definition of ‘public safety employee,’ leaving the term undefined and leaving the remainder of the law in place,” wrote Frost in Monday’s ruling.
This always was the law’s great flaw, and it results from the fact that Walker didn’t have the cojones to include Wisconsin’s police and fire departments in his union busting and exempted those politically powerful unions from Act 10’s provisions.
Frost added that “Act 10 as written by the Legislature specifically and narrowly defines ‘public safety employee.’ It is that definition which is unconstitutional. The Legislature cites no precedent for this bold argument that I should simply strike the unlawful definition but leave it to an agency and the courts to later define as they see fit. I am unaware of any such precedent (…).” In the earlier ruling on the motion to dismiss the case, Frost pointed out the law treats different groups of public safety employees differently.
“Nobody could provide this Court an explanation that reasonably showed why municipal police and fire and State Troopers are considered public safety employees, but Capitol Police, UW Police and conservation wardens, who have the same authority and do the same work, are not,” Frost said. In his latest ruling, he said the courts cannot decide how the Legislature meant to define a public safety employee in Act 10. The courts, he said, “cannot decide who should be included or excluded, absent guidance from the Legislature.”
Undoubtedly, the courts have not seen the last of this. (Once again, the election that flipped the majority of the state supreme court a couple years ago will play a critical role.) But this week’s ruling was the result of a long fight that certainly was worth making. In a sense, those people never left the capitol lawn.
MILWAUKEE – The National Weather Service has issued a winter weather advisory from 7 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 9 through 6 a.m. Monday, Nov. 10.
This is for Milwaukee, Racine, and Kenosha counties, where heavy lake effect snow can produce 2″ to 5″ of snow with locally higher amounts possible if the snow band(s) persist longer and/or produce heavier rates of snowfall during this time.
Heavier amounts of snow and higher impacts continue from Lake County in Illinois through Chicago, Valparaiso, and South Haven. Northerly winds are moving very cold air over the warmer waters of Lake Michigan, creating concentrated bands of heavy snow.
Depending on the orientation of the winds, this can move the lake effect snow bands into various areas in Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, and Michigan.
Trends are continuing to favor an intense band that can bring heavy snowfall to some lakeshore areas. There will be a sharp cutoff gradient of heavy snow to light snow, all depending on where the snow band sets up.
There is a slight chance that the lake effect snow could stay more over the lake if the winds stay more out of the north. That would cut down on the amount of snow that southeast Wisconsin can see. However, most models are trending at pushing the band into Milwaukee, Racine, and Kenosha counties, causing snow to accumulate 2″ to 5″.
Snow is going to move in during the evening hours when most people will be at home and sleeping, but due to the cold temperatures of the air and ground, snow will likely cause travel impacts Monday morning. It is not recommended to drive in lake effect snow due to the intense low visibility that can occur.
Plan for extra travel time tonight and into Monday morning as snow will likely stick on the pavement.
Your Fox6 Weather experts are watching this closely and will have you covered.
The Source: Information in this report is from the FOX6 Weather Experts and the National Weather Service.
New Marquette women’s basketball coach Cara Consuegra introduced
See what new Marquette women’s basketball coach Cara Consuegra said about returning and leading a program for which she was once an assistant.
The women’s basketball rivalry between Marquette and Wisconsin is back on, and the game on Nov. 8 at the Al McGuire Center showed why it should be scheduled every season.
The Golden Eagles won in overtime, 65-62, in the first matchup of the state rivals since 2017. The tense battle provoked the full spectrum of emotions for MU (2-0), including frustration, pain, fear and then exhilaration.
“These guys haven’t had the opportunity to play Wisconsin before, but I have a lot throughout my entire career,” said MU head coach Cara Consuegra, a former player at Iowa and staff member at Penn State.
“So I knew this was going to be a really tough game. So we talked about that we thrive in adversity and we’re built for moments like this. And I thought this entire game was a lot of adversity in so many different ways.”
MU guard Kennedi Perkins hurts neck in scary fall
There was a very scary moment late in the first half.
UW (1-0) held a 31-21 lead, its biggest of the game, with just over 3 minutes left in the second quarter when MU senior guard Kennedi Perkins fell backward after attempting a running shot in the paint. Perkins’ head collided with the lower right leg of the Badgers’ Breauna Ware.
Perkins stayed down on the court in pain. After play was stopped on the other end, MU’s trainer and two assistant coaches ran out to check on her. The on-site paramedics then put Perkins on a stretcher and brought her to a local hospital with a neck injury.
“She’s OK,” Consuegra said. “They have her at Froedtert, just getting checked out. But nothing serious, just really precautionary.”
The game was delayed more than 10 minutes.
“One of our principles is to stay in the moment,” Consuegra said. “Obviously seeing the stretcher come out, I think was rattling for everybody.
“That’s when we huddled up as a team and, one, let them know she was going to be OK. But, two, understanding we just got to stay in the moment. We can’t change what happened and let’s play hard for our teammate that went down.”
Jaidynn Mason’s big steal part of big run for MU
The game was mostly a slog for the Golden Eagles, who finished with 20 turnovers.
“The first half we didn’t do much of what we wanted to do,” Consuegra said. “So it was difficult.”
UW made all six of its 3-pointers in the first half.
MU kept trying to get over the hump in the second half, but it looked grim facing an eight-point deficit with 2:18 left in thr fourth quarter
But a 3-pointer by the Golden Eagles’ Skylar Forbes provided a jolt of energy. MU’s defense then got two stops sandwiched around a layup by Halle Vice. Forbes’ step-back jumper with 48 seconds left brought the Golden Eagles within 57-56.
MU’s Jaidynn Mason then made the defensive play of the game, getting a steal with 19 seconds remaining. UW’s Ronnie Porter grabbed Mason’s jersey before the MU guard could get a breakaway layup. After a review by the officials, the foul was upgraded to a flagrant.
Forbes made two free throws to give MU the lead. With the Golden Eagles getting the ball back, Forbes was fouled again. She made 1 of 2 from the free-throw line to give MU a 59-57 advantage.
“It was just us trusting our principles, trusting our defense and trusting each other,” Consuegra said.
The Badgers missed a 3-pointer with eight seconds left, but Kyrah Daniels secured the offensive board and dropped in a putback to tie the game at 59-59.
Forbes had a driving attempt blocked by UW’s Shay Bollin, forcing overtime.
Skylar Forbes hits winning 3-pointer in overtime
Through three quarters, Forbes had one point and only 3 field-goal attempts.
She finished with 19 points in the fourth quarter and overtime.
“I don’t know how much of a flip of the switch it was,” Forbes said. “Kind of reiterating Coach, just staying in the moment. Just making sure that I’m there for my teammates and knowing my teammates are there for me.
“So just being able to get the spots that I know I can get to.”
Forbes hit the winner in overtime on a 3-pointer from the top of the key with nine seconds remaining.
“I rep that shot a lot in my individuals,” Forbes said. “We rep it in practice. My preparation, that was the one thing (that gave her confidence).”
Consuegra jumped in to say that Forbes was getting up shots at 7:30 that morning.
“So … not a surprise,” Consuegra said.
MU coach Cara Consuegra loves having rivalry with UW back
MU’s victory evened the series with UW at 13-13.
Consuegra is in her second season at MU, and if she has her way the teams will play every season.
“I think that they’re the two premier basketball programs in the state,” she said. “Obviously there’s a tremendous rivalry on the men’s side.
“And there was a tremendous rivalry when I was here as an assistant. And, quite frankly, I was stunned when I got here and realized we hadn’t played in eight years.
“So I’m grateful for the opportunity to play and the games are going to be like this. Like a dogfight, but those are what rivalry games are.”
Wisconsin Badgers coach Greg Gard speaks highly of his four freshmen
Wisconsin coach Greg Gard spoke highly of each of his four freshmen ahead of the 2025-26 season.
MADISON — Wisconsin freshman guard Zach Kinziger may potentially redshirt the 2025-26 season, UW coach Greg Gard told reporters after the Badgers’ Nov. 7 win over Northern Illinois.
“Zach came to me probably a week ago, and we talked about it, and he’s contemplating it,” Gard said. “He wants to get his degree from Wisconsin. He wants to contribute at a high level. But he knows he’s got experienced and older guys in front of him that, quite frankly, are older and more experienced, so they have a head start.”
Gard emphasized that he and Kinziger are “still thinking about it,” and there is not necessarily a deadline to make a decision. The freshman from De Pere did not play in either of UW’s first two regular season games. He was the only player who did not see the floor in the Badgers’ 97-72 win over Northern Illinois.
“That really won’t become official until after the season if he doesn’t appear in any games,” Gard said. “But I said right now, if you’re undecided, we’ll just not put you in until we get to a point — and hopefully, knock on wood, nothing happens and nobody gets hurt.”
Kinziger, a former four-star recruit, is among a particularly crowded group of guards. San Diego State transfer Nick Boyd, preseason all-Big Ten honoree John Blackwell and Virginia transfer Andrew Rohde have been Wisconsin’s starters. Others in the rotation include Jack Janicki, Braeden Carrington and Hayden Jones.
If the 6-foot-3 guard indeed sits out his freshman season, that would leave the Badgers with 13 players who are available in the 2025-26 season. Gard’s group is short one player in the frontcourt after Temple transfer Elijah Gray was dismissed from the team.
“His future can be very impactful here,” Gard said. “He’s just got really good guards in Blackwell and Boyd that he can learn from, and that’s what I told him. … ‘Your best teacher and best experience for this year has been eyed up, nose-to-nose with Nick Boyd every day.’ And that’s going to help him more than anything and more than he realizes it right now.”
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