The Wisconsin Parole Commission's leader agreed Friday to rescind a convicted murderer's parole at Gov. Tony Evers' request after the governor came under criticism from the victim's family and rival Republicans.
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John Tate II, chairman of the Wisconsin Parole Commission and a Racine alderman, said it is extremely unlikely for Balsewicz's parole to be revoked at this point unless Balsewicz does something to have his own parole revoked.
The family of a woman murdered by her husband are speaking out on his possible release, throwing the spotlight on the chairman of the Wisconsin Parole Board, John Tate II, who has been a Racine alderman since 2017.
Dr. Ibram X. Kendi, author of “How to Be an Antiracist," said “the construct about racism doesn’t really have any meaning.” In contrast, antiracist is the opposite of racism.
RACINE — The City Council gathered on Tuesday to welcome two new members and to elect a president.
“The entire black community was able to organize,” Racine Women for Racial Justice founder Kelly Scroggins-Powell said of the Montgomery Bus Boycott. “Economics matter ... When we begin to hit people in their pocketbooks, they notice.”
The Racine City Council voted on Tuesday to approve the new voting map that will take effect on Jan. 1, 2022.
The City of Racine will bring a pop-up mobile vaccination clinic to its neighborhoods again Saturday in Alderwoman Mollie Jones's district, District 2. Last week in a similar effort, 24 vaccine doses were administered.
The city's mobile voter registration van, which was first introduced in June in an effort to register more voters in the area, was converted to a COVID-19 vaccine clinic. And it got a few more shots in arms.
Finance Director Kathleen Fischer observed since 2010 the Consumer Price Index has gone up nearly 25%, but the city’s general fund expenditures have only increased 3.35%
“The No. 1 way for us to get beyond this pandemic is to get vaccinated,” said John Tate II, president of Racine's city council.
We’ve talked a lot about equity, but it’s time we put our money where our mouth is. Those were the thoughts of Alderman Jason Meekma.
A challenger is already lining up to win the seat via election next year.
The Finance and Personnel Committee has recommended the City Council adopt a proposal that would allow vaccinated city employees to use administrative leave if they fall ill with "breakthrough COVID."
The new Code of Conduct prohibits “abusive conduct, personal charges, or verbal attacks upon the character, motives, ethics, or morals of other members” of the council and employees of the city.
Racine mothers who lost sons and daughters to gun violence are coming together to speak out against punitive crime laws, to demand more safe programs for youth, and to call for stronger conflict-resolution education.
The numbers are in, let the drawing begin
The council voted 8-6 to defer the resolution in order to provide time for a meeting with unions representing the Racine police and fire departments.
Read this story to find out the rules are being put back in place.
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All Pick 'n Save pharmacies accepting walk-ins for vaccinations. The Tyler-Domer Community Center will be offering vaccines Friday and Saturday this week.
Racine continuing to use money from Facebook founder-funded nonprofit to purchase election equipment
The City of Racine is continuing to use grants paid for by the nonprofit that received significant funding from the founder of Facebook to invest in election equipment that can be used long after the pandemic is over.
Through this proposed change and others being considered, the city is aiming to build a system that promotes accountability while dismantling the school-to-prison pipeline.
Racine's City Council passed two resolutions on Tuesday, taking symbolic positions in response to events inside and outside of the city.
Casually dressed in a jacket, jeans, leather shoes and a mask that simply said “VOTE,” Pete Buttigieg aimed to energize a socially distanced crowd of more than a dozen Racine area Democrats Thursday afternoon.