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Missouri Gov. Mike Parson has vetoed funding for a school safety initiative using gun-detection surveillance systems. Parson’s rejection of the $2.5 million appropriation was one of 173 line-item vetoes announced Friday for the state’s budget. It marked the second time… Source: LacrosseTribune.com

Republican legislators in battleground state Wisconsin are appealing a ruling allowing disabled people to download absentee ballots at home. Disability Rights Wisconsin the League of Women Voters and four disabled voters sued in April demanding disabled people be allowed to… Source: LacrosseTribune.com

President Joe Biden’s debate performance spurred anxiety and silence among some Democrats running in competitive races across the country. Control of both chambers of Congress hangs in the balance in November and Democrats are defending far more Senate seats than… Source: LacrosseTribune.com

Environmentalists are challenging Michigan regulators’ approval of plans to encase a portion of an aging oil pipeline that runs beneath a channel connecting two Great Lakes. The Environmental Law & Policy Center and the Michigan Climate Action Network filed the… Source: LacrosseTribune.com

Robert Harry Allen, 96, of Mauston, Wisconsin passed away at Springbrook Village, La Crescent, Minnesota on Friday, June 21, 2024.  He was born on September 30, 1927 in  Milwaukee, Wisconsin to Alma (Severson) and Harry Allen and soon moved back to their home town of Mauston, Wisconsin.   In August of 1946 he enlisted in the Army with several friends because he heard he could receive up to 30 months of schooling if he served for 18 months.  After basic training at Fort McClellan, Alabama he was sent to Korea and assigned to the 76th Signal Battalion where he was then sent to school for electronic training.  He then began