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Wis. election officials weigh changes to military voting
State election officials are weighing changes to military absentee voting after a top Milwaukee election official was charged with fraud.
By Harm Venhuizen
Best pics of the week: Aug. 8, 2021
Soldiers and airmen take part in Exercise Forager 21 in the Pacific, Navy divers prepare for deployment, Marines battle fires and more in this week's Frontline Photos.
Wisconsin National Guard soldier, friend charged in Capitol attack
Both men admitted they entered the Capitol, an FBI affidavit said.
Navy pauses plan to move Wisconsin badger statue to Virginia museum
The U.S. Naval Academy loaned it to the state in 1988 and planned to move it to the nonprofit Nauticus Museum, where the second USS Wisconsin is berthed as an exhibit.
It’s Navy’s badger statue, but Wisconsin has grown attached
Navy officials want the statue they loaned to the state more than 30 years ago back. But state historians aren’t letting it go without a fight.
Presidency hinges on tight races in battleground states
Neither candidate cleared the 270 Electoral College votes needed to win the White House, and the margins were tight in several battleground states.
By Jonathan Lemire, The Associated Press, Zeke Miller, The Associated Press and Jill Colvin, The Associated Press
National Guard activated after downtown Minneapolis unrest
The Minnesota National Guard has been activated again to quell unrest in Minneapolis.
By Jeff Baenen
Wisconsin governor doubles number of Guard troops authorized for Kenosha unrest
The White House said up to 2,000 National Guard troops would be made available.
Wisconsin National Guard called out after police shoot Black man
Wisconsin’s governor summoned the National Guard for fear of another round of violent protests Monday after the police shooting of a Black man turned Kenosha into the nation’s latest flashpoint city in a summer of racial unrest.
Mishandling of misconduct reports, retaliation a pattern across the National Guard
National Guard members speak out after they say their chains of command bungled their sexual assault investigations and retaliated against them for seeking justice.
The unbearable cost of losing the silent war within our military
Military culture is shaped by the worst behavior its leaders are willing to tolerate, and myriad violations of a sexual nature have been tolerated as “the price of admission” for far too long, says the author of this commentary.
By Sherman Gillums Jr.