Kayla Huynh
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I officially move to Milwaukee in two weeks. Story ideas, restaurant recommendations and general good vibes welcome 🤗 khuynh@bizjournals.com.
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Late in sharing this, but … . I said farewell to my colleagues at the @CapTimes in June and started a new gig covering culture/tourism at the @MKEBizJournal a few days later!
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RT @AlexanderShur: 🧵NEW: WEC appointees yesterday questioned why the former Madison clerk was absent as 193 ballots were missing. Records….
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RT @AlexanderShur: NEW: Madison clerk was on a cookie-baking staycation as missing-ballot mess unfolded.
votebeat.org
Records obtained by Votebeat help explain what Maribeth Witzel-Behl was up to when the crisis erupted in her office: a baking staycation.
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RT @ruthyjacobs: If the Trump admin shutters the U.S. Dept of Ed -- or continues to gut the agency -- Madison schools will feel the effects….
captimes.com
Wisconsin authorities and researchers say the region could lose funding for schools, financial aid help for students, civil rights protections and more.
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RT @AlexanderShur: Voters w/ disabilities are suing for the right to cast ballots electronically, but at this point they do not have that a….
votebeat.org
Denise Jess, who is blind, says it’s a “bummer” that voting, a constitutional right, remains far less accessible than the other tasks she’s able to do independently.
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RT @AlexanderShur: The irony is, a lot of people want to oust her from her job still. Here’s my piece about … all of this. How Meagan Wol….
votebeat.org
Meagan Wolfe has faced death threats, efforts to oust her and a multitude of lawsuits — and simultaneously become one of the nation’s most respected election officials.
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RT @MarkTreinen: Madison voters approve $607M in ‘unprecedented’ school referendums via @_kaylahuynh.
captimes.com
Voters favored both questions on the Nov. 5 ballot, including $507 million to renovate or replace 10 schools and $100 million for operating costs.
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RT @AlexanderShur: Madison is issuing a warning to residents after somebody put THC in a Stoughton restaurant’s pizza for four days in a ro….
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RT @danielle_duclos: It's very fitting that my first cover w/ @CapTimes is about education: . Wisconsin students are failing reading exams.….
captimes.com
Reading test scores have been dropping, and the same is true for exams measuring prospective teachers’ ability to teach reading. Will Act 20 change that?
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RT @uw_sjmc: We are thrilled to welcome four adjunct instructors to our team in Vilas Hall this fall. We are eager to watch them bring thei….
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RT @AlexanderShur: Wisconsin clerks don’t like it, and election workers in other states are appalled it exists. In WI, a 175-year-old law a….
votebeat.org
Election officials in Wisconsin employ “drawdowns” to reconcile discrepancies in ballot counts. That means someone — it’s impossible to know who — gets their valid vote tossed.
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RT @JBeleckis: Does hoof trimming hurt cows? Why are these videos satisfying to watch? How does one become a bovine podiatrist? . Read abou….
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For more than 20 years, Nate Ranallo has been working as a bovine podiatrist, trimming cow hooves at dairy farms in west-central Wisconsin. Unlike most in the trade, though, he has millions of online...
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RT @MarvelousMarks: How is it possible in a state like WI to purchase legal cannabis products? And how did we get here? . Well, there's a l….
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RT @rachelleighhale: In October, I started collecting records from all 421 Wisconsin school districts. The resulting @WisconsinWatch invest….
wisconsinwatch.org
More than 100 Wisconsin school districts — 1 in 4 — fielded inquiries about books or formal requests to remove them since 2020, according to a Wisconsin Watch review of records obtained from all bu…
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RT @WisPolicyForum: "The 2 referendums would be “unprecedented in size and scope in district history,” according to an analysis from the no….
captimes.com
The MMSD school board may vote Monday to approve two referendums that would seek $100 million for staffing and $507 million for building projects.
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RT @AlexanderShur: NEW: Wisconsin’s system to block ineligible voters lets some people on felony probation slip through. Experts say system….
votebeat.org
Some people with a criminal history aren’t clear on whether — and when — they’re allowed to vote again.
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RT @LucasWRobinson: Here's a recap of what we've learned about misconduct by a top detective at UW-Madison police: .- Misleading a federal….
madison.com
Detective Peter Grimyser has kept his job despite repeated discipline and getting admonished by UWPD leadership for his bad behavior.
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RT @ruthyjacobs: Dressed in a blue cap and gown, with celebratory balloons tied to her wheelchair, 92-year-old Sarah Wells finally received….
captimes.com
More than 70 years after she had to leave Madison Central High School early, Sarah Wells decided "it's never too late."
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