What we’re reading on this Friday morning.
- Milwaukee County could hold advisory referenda on raising the minimum wage and replacing the county executive with an appointed administrator, according to the Journal Sentinel, but backers on the County Board will first have to override an expected veto from County Executive Chris Abele.
- 65 Wisconsin hospitals, including Wheaton Franciscan St. Joseph in Milwaukee, could lose a small percentage of their medicare payments due to “high rates of infections, complications and patient injuries,” according to the Associated Press.
- The Supreme Court has ruled against a Massachusetts law creating a 35-foot, no-protester buffer around abortion clinics, saying that the rules violate the First Amendment. Laws in nine other areas will be affected.
- Shia LaBeouf might have to apologize again. This time, he stands accused of drunken and obnoxious behavior (including “jabbering”) during a performance of “Cabaret,” according to the New York Daily News.
- Using the newly discovered Higgs Boson, scientists have concluded that the universe should have snuffed itself out soon after the Big Bang.
