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Lawmakers are holding a hearing Thursday on a plan to replace the state's troubled teen prison with regional lockups.        Source: WisconsinRapidsDailyTribune.com News At Other State Sites: [wp-rss-aggregator source=”87908,87904,713,696,676″]

Lawmakers are holding a hearing Thursday on a plan to replace the state's troubled teen prison with regional lockups.        Source: GreenBayPressGazette.com News At Other State Sites: [wp-rss-aggregator source=”87908,87904,713,696,676″]

>>Governor “Optimistic” About Juvenile Corrections Overhaul Passage (Madison, WI)  —  Governor Scott Walker says he’s told legislative leaders it is important to pass a major overhaul of the state’s juvenile corrections system this year.  Senator Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald has questioned whether that could be accomplished by the time the legislative session ends in mid-March.  Walker told reporters Wednesday he is still optimistic.  He wants the Lincoln Hills School for Boys and Copper Lake School for Girls to be closed, with inmates moved to smaller facilities around Wisconsin.  The youth prison in Irma has been involved in several federal lawsuits.  There have been allegations of abuse of inmates and unsafe

SAUKVILLE, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Humane Society has stopped accepting dogs from the public and is transferring animals to other shelters while investigating the source of a bacteria that caused staff to euthanize two dogs. Source: LacrosseTribune.com News At Other State Sites: [wp-rss-aggregator source=”87908,87904,713,696,676″]

Florida school shooting prompts police to step up security in Green Bay schools “out of an abundance of caution.”        Source: GreenBayPressGazette.com News At Other State Sites: [wp-rss-aggregator source=”87908,87904,713,696,676″]