When state leaders failed to agree on a tax plan last spring, there was talk they could tackle it when the Legislature reconvened in 2019. But it's not going to happen
But opponents of the transfer of money from the police budget worried that the move would make some neighborhoods less safe or hamper efforts to better train officers.
Gabel, currently executive vice president for academic affairs and provost at the University of South Carolina, is poised to become the U's first female president.
Tony Evers said that he will talk to Gov. Scott Walker as soon as the bills reach his desk and that if he cannot persuade the governor to veto the proposals, he will consider lawsuits and any other option "to make sure that this legislation does not get into practice."
The fortuitous dip in emissions of the main greenhouse gas, carbon dioxide, during the past three years is over, as economies turn up. The trend in the near future looks grim, say climate scientists.
More than 12 million pounds of meat are now included in the recall. Officials say some 250 people have been sickened. They fear contaminated beef may remain in people's freezers.
Minnesota Orchestra music director Osmo Vanska will step down at the conclusion of his contract, in August 2022. Vanska made the announcement at the Orchestra board's annual meeting Wednesday. | Art Hounds: The Legacy of the Women's Art Registry of Minnesota
Pantone chose the "vibrant, yet mellow" shade for its ability to bridge the natural and digital worlds. The pick comes at a poignant time, given the existential threats the color's namesake now faces.