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The NTSB released its preliminary report on the deadly duck boat crash in Missouri.  Source: WAOW.com News At Other State Sites: [wp-rss-aggregator source=”87908,87904,713,696,676″]

Paul Manafort’s former deputy-turned-prosecutor’s witness Rick Gates returns to the courtroom Tuesday for a second day of testimony against the former Trump campaign chairman. Source: WAOW.com News At Other State Sites: [wp-rss-aggregator source=”87908,87904,713,696,676″]

The Truth-o-Meter says: Mostly False | Tammy Baldwin ad claiming Kevin Nicholson made $1 million from firms that cut jobs lacks evidence U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin used a TV ad to attack both Republicans who are seeking to unseat her, but the Wisconsin Democrat trained her heavier fire on former Marine Kevin Nicholson. Nicholson and state Sen. Leah Vukmir are vying in the Aug. 14, 2018, Republican primary. The winner will take on Baldwin Nov. 6, 2018. In Baldwin’s ad, released online on July 31, 2018, the narrator asserts: New reports show Kevin Nicholson made over $1 million advising companies that shut down Wisconsin plants and laid off 1,900 people.

The Truth-o-Meter says: Half-True | Leah Vukmir cites old vote in claim against Tammy Baldwin over school safety Does Democrat Tammy Baldwin oppose tougher punishments for crimes that happen near schools? That’s what Republican U.S. Senate hopeful Leah Vukmir claimed in a June 1, 2018, news release. In it, Vukmir claimed that Baldwin’s record shows her "opposing harsher punishments for criminals who commit violent crimes near schools." The state senator, who is one of the two major Republican candidates hoping to face Baldwin in November, repeated the claim a few days later on The Jay Weber Show on WISN-AM. But is the claim as straightforward as it seems? Here’s the

Sienna Lippert and her mother, Gretchen Peters, were walking by UW-Eau Claire’s Centennial Hall on Monday, when they stopped to look at the signs on … Source: http://www.leadertelegram.com/ News At Other State Sites: [wp-rss-aggregator source=”87908,87904,713,696,676″]