UPDATE: As part of a plea deal, casino executive and former state lawmaker John Keeler pleaded guilty this morning to one count of filing a false tax return in connection with a scheme to secretly funnel casino cash to a Marion County Republican Party PAC. Read the latest here. The trial […]
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Fringe Scheme to Reverse 2020 Election Splits Wisconsin G.O.P.
MADISON, Wis. — First, Wisconsin Republicans ordered an audit of the 2020 election. Then they passed a raft of new restrictions on voting. And in June, they authorized the nation’s only special counsel investigation into 2020. Now, more than 15 months after former President Donald J. Trump lost the state […]
Kickstart scheme on track to deliver ‘fewer than half of jobs promised’
Rishi Sunak’s flagship youth unemployment scheme is on track to deliver fewer than half of the jobs promised, according to figures obtained by Labour. The government claimed its £1.9bn Kickstart scheme would “create hundreds of thousands of high-quality six-month work placements” for 16- to 24-year-olds on universal credit. However, just […]