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By Crocker Stephenson

By SCOTT BAUER, Associated Press

Today, the Madison Police Department announced that Officer Matt Kenny has been exonerated following the internal investigation of his actions in the fatal shooting of Tony Robinson on March 6, 2015.  The ACLU of Wisconsin has been following the criminal and internal investigations in the killing.  Chris Ahmuty, the executive director of the ACLU of Wisconsin, has made the following statement:

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I don't know if you were following what happened at the Wisconsin Capitol last night, but here is a summary: The Joint Finance Committee voted

Senator Alberta Darling and Representative Dale Kooyenga are trying to take over Milwaukee Public Schools. Their proposal to take away "failing" schools from MPS and create a "recovery school district" is a blatant effort by out-of-town representatives to take local control away from the people. Let's not allow the state's poorest and most deprived schools to be handed over to private interests.

For the second time this year, Milwaukee Common Council members will consider an ordinance that would burn off most of the municipal fine for possessing a small amount of marijuana. This time, Ald. Nik Kovac is taking the idea straight to the

By Tom Kertscher on Friday, May 8th, 2015 at 1:37 p.m.

African Americans in Milwaukee County are 4.7 times more likely to be arrested for marijuana possession than whites.  In the City of Milwaukee it is worse: African Americans are over five times more likely to be arrested, despite the fact that both groups use the same amount of weed.