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Wisconsin legislative districts ruled unconstitutional

A federal court ruled Monday that Wisconsin’s Republican-drawn legislative districts were unconstitutional, a major victory for state Democrats after losses at the polls on Election Day two weeks ago. A three-judge panel of federal justices ruled 2-1 that the state Assembly districts drawn in 2011 “were intended to burden the representational rights of Democratic voters” and boosted the ability of Republicans to retain control of the state Legislature. “Act 43 did, in fact, prevent Wisconsin Democrats from being able to translate their votes into seats as effectively as Wisconsin Republicans,” Circuit Court Judge William Ripple wrote in the decision. Ripple said the court found the discriminatory nature of the redistricting to constitute an unconstitutional instance of gerrymandering.


STATE NEWS

Student climate activists brace for Trump

As last week’s election shock dissipates, climate change activists and policy professionals are coming to terms with a president-elect who rejects climate science as conspiracy and promises to roll back regulatory regimes and international agreements meant to curtail carbon emissions.


Carter Kofman, above, is a co-chair of Live Free, a UW-Madison student organization promoting student wellness and recovery. The organization received student segregated fee funding for the first time at Thursday’s Student Services Finance Committee meeting.
NEWS

SSFC Spotlight: Live Free budget approved for upcoming fiscal year

Live Free, a UW-Madison student organization focused on student wellness and recovery, had its budget approved for the 2018 fiscal year by the Associated Students of Madison Student Services Finance Committee Thursday. According to Carter Kofman, Live Free’s vice chair, the organization’s goals for the upcoming fiscal year are increasing visibility of the organization and its purpose, creating more connections and developing allies on campus, in the community and nation-wide. Live Free has been a part of the UW-Madison campus for almost three years.


Maria (Masha) Alyokhina and Alexandra (Sasha) Bogino, members of feminist punk collective Pussy Riot, talked about their experience as political prisoners while being activists in Russia.
CAMPUS NEWS

Pussy Riot gives ‘voice to the voiceless’ through progressive activism

Members of the Russian feminist punk collective Pussy Riot came to UW-Madison Thursday to discuss their experiences as political prisoners and alternative media producers. The event, sponsored by Wisconsin Union Directorate Performing Arts and WUD Distinguished Lecture Series, featured Maria “Masha” Alyokhina and Alexandra “Sasha” Bogino, both of whom are current members of the collective.


State Attorney General Brad Schimel filed an appeal with a federal appeals court to halt the release of Brendan Dassey, who gained notoriety in the documentary “Making a Murderer.”
STATE NEWS

Appeals court halts Dassey release

A federal court ruled Thursday that Brendan Dassey must remain imprisoned while the state appeals the decision of a lower court to overturn his conviction. Dassey, along with his uncle, Steven Avery, were found guilty of killing photographer Teresa Halbach in Manitowoc County.


STATE NEWS

Baldwin, Pocan call for policy action as Trump prepares to take office

U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis., urged President-elect Donald Trump to carry through on campaign appeals to the middle class by keeping Wall Street elites out of his cabinet in a Thursday letter. “You have made a promise to ‘drain the swamp’ in Washington by reducing the influence of special interests in government and expressed deep concerns about the influence of Wall Street over government,” Baldwin wrote.



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