Tammy Baldwin – A mostly on target claim: 97 percent of gun owners support universal background checks

The Truth-o-Meter says: Mostly True | A mostly on target claim: 97 percent of gun owners support universal background checks Students planning a national school walkout, angry that more hasn’t been done to protect them from school shootings, might have more support from adults than they realize when it comes to gun control. The walkouts are planned for March 14, 2018, the one-month anniversary of the school shooting in Parkland, Fla., that left 17 people dead. Speaking about Parkland, U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin, who is being challenged by two Republicans in her bid for re-election, made a claim about background checks that might sound extreme. At a WisPolitics event on

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Advocates call for expanded access to legal aid in civil cases

A coalition of civic groups and advocacy organizations is asking the state Senate to take up a pair of bills that would expand access to legal aid in civil cases in Wisconsin. The two proposals are Assembly Bills 115 and 116, and Chase Tarrier with End Domestic Abuse Wisconsin says they encourage state agencies to […] Source: WRN.com News At Other State Sites: [wp-rss-aggregator source=”87908,87904,713,696,676″]

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