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VALPARAISO, Ind. – The Green Bay men’s basketball team clinched their first Horizon League Championship appearance since 1998 Saturday, defeating UIC 70-56 in their conference semifinal game.

Keifer Sykes led all scorers with 30 points, with fellow seniors Greg Mays and Alonzo McKinnie each adding 13 points and 10 rebounds.

Trailing 30-29 at halftime, the Phoenix used a 14-2 second half run to pull ahead of the Flames for good. It was the team’s third straight win against the league opponent this season.

With the victory, Green Bay will take on top-seed Valparaiso Tuesday night at 6 p.m. A victory would give Brian Wardle’s team their first NCAA Tournament berth since 1996.

Saturday’s Scores

GIRLS’ BASKETBALL
Division 1 Sectional 1
Sectional Championship
D.C. Everest 59, Neenah 42

Division 1 Sectional 2
Sectional Championship
Arrowhead 55, De Pere 48

Division 2 Sectional 2
Sectional Championship
Cedarburg 56, Green Bay Southwest 52

Division 2 Sectional 3
Sectional Championship
Middleton 66, Janesville Craig 57

Waunakee 68, Waterford 55

Division 2 Sectional 4
Sectional Championship
Divine Savior 48, Oak Creek 35

Pius XI 38, New Berlin West 33

Division 3 Sectional 1
Sectional Championship
Hayward 43, Durand 42

Division 3 Sectional 2
Sectional Championship
Xavier 52, Valders 47, OT

Division 3 Sectional 3
Sectional Championship
Whitewater 57, Dodgeville 54

Division 3 Sectional 4
Sectional Championship
Kettle Moraine Lutheran 53, Waupun 42

Division 4 Sectional 1
Sectional Championship
Fall Creek 73, Cameron 62

Division 4 Sectional 2
Sectional Championship
Marathon 48, Algoma 32

Division 4 Sectional 3
Sectional Championship
Cuba City 70, Aquinas 44

Division 4 Sectional 4
Sectional Championship
Saint Marys Springs 56, Dominican 34

Division 5 Section 1
South Shore 59, McDonell Central 55

Division 5 Section 2
Section Championship
Assumption 68, Green Bay N.E.W. Lutheran 48

Division 5 Section 3
Section Championship
Barneveld 68, Bangor 42

Green Bay Southwest’s Natisha Hiedeman talks about her team’s 56-52 overtime loss to Cedarburg in a sectional final.

FOND DU LAC — Natisha Hiedeman had Cedarburg right where she wanted it.

Tied at 47-all with time winding down in the fourth quarter, Hiedeman had a chance to send Green Bay Southwest to its fifth girls basketball state tournament and first since 1998.

Hiedeman went to her go-to move, her step-back 3-pointer. She launched and the shot looked on target but rimmed in and out, sending the Division 2 sectional final into overtime.

So close and as it turned out that was as close as Southwest would get. The Trojans were outscored 9-5 in the extra session and saw their dream of making the state tournament end as Cedarburg beat Southwest, 56-52.

“Could’ve gone either way,” Hiedeman said. “Just one of those games where we just let it slip away at the end.”

“They gave it their all; I don’t feel like we lost it,” Southwest coach Casey Zakowski said. “I felt like Cedarburg won it. They stepped up and hit big shots.”

The biggest shot came with about 25 seconds left in the fourth quarter and Southwest (19-7) leading 47-44. Cedarburg’s Kendall Lynch drilled a game-tying trey.

Big three when we were up three at the end (of the fourth quarter),” Zakowski said. “They proved they’re a championship-caliber team. I feel like they won it, we didn’t lose it. Two great teams.”

And Cedarburg (23-2) earned it the hard way. The hard way being surviving an onslaught by Hiedeman.

State Girls Basketball Tournament Schedule

The Green Bay metro area’s all-time leading scorer wasn’t going down without a fight. The 5-8 Marquette recruit scored 36 points on an array of drives and 3-pointers and practically willed her team to the win.

Late in the game she was noticeably banged up, looking at her right knee, which had tape on it, but she never stopped playing.

“I thought physically she started wearing down a little bit as the season dragged on,” Zakowski said.”That’s pretty typical for any player, but especially her. She had such a load to carry.”

“In overtime I could feel my feet being heavy, my legs getting heavy,” Hiedeman said. “I got banged up too, but I just kept trying.”

Hiedeman and her team battled to the end and despite the loss took their fans and school on a ride it hasn’t had in quite some time. Saturday’s game was the first sectional final since 2000 for the Trojans.

No, it didn’t end the way they wanted it to, but Hiedeman and Co. delivered a lot of memories.

“They have to be real proud of what they accomplished this season,” Zakowski said. “I know they are, but it’s going to take a while for the sting to subside.

“I think it’s a major accomplishment to get as far as we did. We beat some really good teams. It would’ve been fun to play at the Resch Center. It was a great run; never forget it.”

Hiedeman completes her splendid career with 1,773 points.

“I’m just super thankful for all my coaches and all my teammates,” Hiedeman said. “Everybody’s helped me to get to where I am today. Probably the best four years of my life.”

Follow Doug Ritchay on Twitter @dougritchay

Saturday’s Scores

Marshfield 67, Hudson 61

Neenah 81, Oshkosh North 71

Stevens Point 77, Oshkosh West 49

Superior 51, Wausau West 34

Division 1 Sectional 2
Regional Third Round
De Pere 71, Bay Port 56

Germantown 46, Kettle Moraine 29

Homestead 56, Arrowhead 49

Kimberly 69, Sheboygan North 56

Division 1 Sectional 3
Regional Third Round
Kenosha Indian Trail 52, Oconomowoc 51

Madison Memorial 41, Sun Prairie 39

Verona Area 59, Janesville Craig 58

Division 2 Sectional 1
Regional Third Round
Merrill 55, Mosinee 51

Onalaska 52, Holmen 50

Rice Lake 69, Menomonie 26

Shawano Comm. 55, Hortonville 28

Division 2 Sectional 2
Regional Third Round
Beaver Dam 58, Cedarburg 49

Seymour 39, Pulaski 31

Slinger 62, Port Washington 48

West De Pere 70, Kaukauna 60

Division 2 Sectional 3
Regional Third Round
DeForest 59, Stoughton 56

Monona Grove 37, McFarland 33

Mount Horeb 61, Sauk Prairie 42

Wilmot Union 86, Westosha Central 56

Division 2 Sectional 4
Regional Third Round
Greendale 51, South Milwaukee 40

Marquette University 88, Milwaukee Riverside University 71

Milwaukee King 65, Brookfield Central 53

Racine Case 91, Milwaukee Hamilton 72

Waukesha North 72, Pewaukee 58

Wauwatosa East 56, Wauwatosa West 54

West Allis Central 73, Racine Horlick 70

Whitefish Bay 86, Milw. Washington 73

Division 3 Sectional 1
Regional Third Round
Arcadia 62, Altoona 47

Northwestern 41, St. Croix Falls 36

Prescott 72, Saint Croix Central 35

West Salem 61, Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau 60

Division 3 Sectional 2
Regional Third Round
Peshtigo 41, Clintonville 37

Roncalli 51, Wrightstown 42

Valders 70, Kiel 41

Xavier 64, Freedom 57

Division 3 Sectional 3
Regional Third Round
Adams-Friendship 35, Lodi 32

East Troy 59, Lake Mills 40

Evansville 55, Edgerton 52

River Valley 58, Dodgeville 42

Division 3 Sectional 4
Regional Third Round
Brown Deer 67, Kettle Moraine Lutheran 52

Milwaukee North 73, Saint Francis 69

Poynette 56, Waupun 47

Ripon 77, Laconia 61

Division 4 Sectional 1
Regional Third Round
Fall Creek 44, Stanley-Boyd 31

Phillips 70, Hurley 48

Regis 76, Elmwood/Plum City 43

Unity 57, Cameron 49

Division 4 Sectional 2
Regional Third Round
Amherst 53, Iola-Scandinavia 37

Auburndale 38, Marathon 35

Brillion 57, Algoma 38

Crivitz 44, Wabeno/Laona 36

Division 4 Sectional 3
Regional Third Round
Deerfield 64, Belleville 46

Melrose-Mindoro 75, Blair-Taylor 66

Mineral Point 65, Cuba City 56

Pardeeville 50, Wisconsin Heights 45

Division 4 Sectional 4
Regional Third Round
Dominican 78, Destiny 38

Howards Grove 44, Ozaukee 42

Racine St. Catherine’s 55, Kenosha Saint Joseph Catholic Academy 49

Saint Marys Springs 59, Lourdes Academy 44

Division 5 Sectional 1
Regional Third Round
Frederic 57, Luck 49

McDonell Central 81, New Auburn 54

Rib Lake 55, Owen-Withee 44

Washburn 57, South Shore 49

Division 5 Sectional 2
Regional Third Round
Green Bay N.E.W. Lutheran 56, Gresham Community 54

Newman Catholic 56, Pittsville 44

Port Edwards 55, Almond-Bancroft 37

Wausaukee 48, Goodman/Pembine 32

Division 5 Sectional 3
Regional Third Round
Fennimore 40, Seneca 25

Gilmanton 52, Bangor 51

Hillsboro 57, Wonewoc-Center 38

Shullsburg 73, Pecatonica 54

Division 5 Sectional 4
Regional Third Round
Hustisford 57, Randolph 45

Sheboygan Area Luth. 91, Hilbert 67

Williams Bay 57, Black Hawk 53

Young Coggs Prep 68, Milwaukee Academy of Science 48

POSTPONEMENTS AND CANCELLATIONS
Division 1 Sectional 3
Regional Third Round
Middleton vs. Madison East, ppd. to Mar 10.

GREEN BAY — According to multiple reports, free agent wide receiver Randall Cobb is signing back with the Green Bay Packers. ESPN and the NFL Network both report Cobb is signing a four-year, $40 million contract to stay with the team. The NFL Network reports Cobb turned down bigger offers from other teams to stay with Green Bay.

Cobb is coming off career highs in catches with 91, receiving yards with 1,287 and his 12 touchdowns were also the high mark of his first four seasons in the league. Cobb was a 2nd round pick by the Packers in 2011.

Cobb would’ve been free to sign with any team he wanted on Tuesday. The Packers still have several notable players set to hit free agency including tackle Bryan Bulaga and cornerback Tramon Williams.

GREEN BAY – The Lambeau Field Atrium turned into a playground for kids Saturday.

It’s all part of the annual Project Play 60.

The event is focused on getting kids out of the house to enjoy non-strenuous physical activity.

The West Bend Dance-Tumbling Troupe provided tumbling workshops.

Other activities included dancing, inflatable obstacle courses, climbing walls and bungee trampolines.

This is one of four free community events the Packers host each year to bring families together.

BROWN COUNTY – The Brown County Park Department is making sure the birds will be ready for the season changes.

This Saturday and next Saturday, children of all ages are welcome to take part in a bird house build.

Participants get to build nest boxes to welcome the bluebirds back into Wisconsin.

They will soon head back north from their winter homes, and need places to nest.

Organizers say this is a great way to participate and learn about the birds and see them grow.

“Put it up, but don’t forget about it. You can check these boxes every week, see how things progress, see what birds are using it, see when eggs are laid. It’s not going to scare off the adults. And I tell the kids it’s a great learning process after it’s built. You can see how baby birds grow up from there,” said park ranger Jason Petrella.

Pre-registration is required to attend the event.

The cost for each bird house is ten dollars.

ASHWAUBENON – In a dark room filled with people, a movie captivates its audience.

The Green Bay Film Festival is giving local and international filmmakers a place to showcase their work.

“Green Bay is probably my favorite film festival. We have these awesome seminars that allow us to speak out and speak our mind and talk about our film and most importantly show our film to a very wide audience,” said Kyle Downs.

Downs is the producer for a film called “God Forgive Us”.

Shot mainly in Kenosha County, the film focuses on four characters on an emotional journey.

“Basically what ‘God Forgive Us’ talks a little bit about, and really tries to push, is the idea that we take for granted how difficult our lives can be at times,” said Michael Bachochin.

The directors of these films know before they can be shown on the big screen, they have to be patient.

John Pata’s latest film called “Pity” took place in Oshkosh.

“Right now I have three legit films that I’ve made and I’ve learned from every experience and I apply that to the next one. But just to have dedication and know that it’s going to take some time,” said John Pata.

And making a movie comes with a price.

“For this film, it’s a little over $100,000. People think that’s a lot money but most films are under a million. You get some $500,000, but a lot of films under $100,000 or under $1 million hardly gets seen,” Downs said.

Some of the filmmakers say you don’t need a big camera or expensive equipment to make a movie. With today’s technology you can just use your phone and filmmakers say the most important part is telling a story.

“We have a filmmaker that flew all the way from Taiwan that’s here because he felt that this was an opportunity for him to show his cultural story. So what’s important about Green Bay, Wisconsin? There are so many stories to tell here,” said Alex Zacarias, chairman of the Green Bay Film Festival.

Whether it’s through film or casual conversation the film festival is a place where talented people can have their voices heard.

The film festival continues tomorrow at the Radisson Hotel and Conference Center in Ashwaubenon.

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GREEN BAY — The Green Bay women’s basketball team escaped with a 52-51 win over Detroit, including a missed three-pointer at the buzzer by the Titans.

The Phoenix were able to give seniors Megan Lukan and Ellen Edison a victory on senior day, as Green Bay set a new Horizon League and program record for field goal percentage in a season, holding its opponents to a .317 percentage.

The Phoenix were lead by Mehryn Kraker’s 10 points and eight rebounds. Tesha Buck chipped in 10 points and six assists.

Top-Seeded Green Bay will now enter the Horizon League Tournament, as they await winner of the No. 8 seed Milwaukee and No. 9 seed Valparaiso on Tuesday.

ASHWAUBENON – Evan Dietrich-Smith and his wife were pretty happy to see Wisconsin favorite Culver’s open in Tampa, the city they now call home during the NFL season. The former Packers offensive lineman and his wife Misty, however, are quick to hit some favorite pizza places now that they’re back in Wisconsin for part of the offseason, and they’re thrilled to get their 4-year-old daughter Jocelyn some time with Misty’s family in the Manitowoc area.

“I have great memories here,” said Dietrich-Smith, the former Green Bay center. “We won a lot of football games; I had a lot of fun winning a lot of football games. At the end of the day, this is a business.”

Dietrich-Smith is now with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, where he started 15 games at center for a team that struggled to a 2-14 season.

“Next year, the team is going to be … it’s going to be harder to play us,” said Dietrich-Smith. “We’re not going to be so easy to handle.”

Dietrich-Smith has been training in Ashwaubenon at the House of Speed/Synergy Fields during the offseason. He’s not just lifting weights and going through drills, though: he’s also doing a little bit of coaching.

“I was like, ‘that’s Evan Dietrich-Smith, oh my God!” said Northern Michigan offensive lineman Kyle Steuck.

A West De Pere High School standout and starter on the team’s 2010 state championship team, Steuck was at House of Speed during his spring break and is gearing up for his redshirt senior season. Steuck’s started at center for NMU since midway through his redshirt freshman season. He was surprised, showing up to workout, when the facility’s owner Scotty Smith introduced him to his new training partner, the six-year NFL veteran.

“The things Evan’s been doing, I can’t thank him enough,” said Steuck. “From all the little tidbits and pointers. It took him 10 minutes and he already fixed this with me, fixed that with me. I could feel myself being a more explosive offensive lineman.”

Dietrich-Smith has been showing Steuck the finer points of footwork, best ways to make your snaps more crisp and drills he can take back to college. Dietrich-Smith says he’s happy to have a training partner his size – though he lauds Smith for good effort during offensive line drills – but says by teaching his new protégé he can learn himself: a lesson Dietrich-Smith remembers from a junior college basketball coach from when he was growing up.

“Because if you want to get better, the best way to get better is by teaching somebody,” said Dietrich-Smith. “You can master the craft a little better.”

For his part, Steuck admits he’s a little surprised by just how attentive the former Packer has been during training. It’s not like he had low expectations, the college athlete says, but Dietrich-Smith has gone above and beyond.

“Just expecting, ‘alright I’m going to do my stuff here and tell you a couple drills,’” said Steuck. “Oh, no. He gets you in there, teaching you everything you need to know. I was like, ‘thank you, you can get your own work in.’ He’s like, ‘no man, we’re going to get you right.’ I’m like, ‘alright, thanks a lot!’”

The two linemen also get along well, joking and getting to know one another. Steuck has to go back to school soon but the two guys might end up working out together again in the future if both are in the Green Bay area at the same time.

Dietrich-Smith also says he keeps up with his former team and “really thought they were going to the Super Bowl” during the NFC Championship game against Seattle. He stays in touch with former o-line mates like his former bookend guards Josh Sitton and TJ Lang, and says he’ll probably talk to free agent tackle Bryan Bulaga about his own experiences in free agency.

“I’m going to probably give him a call here this week, see how the process is going,” said Dietrich-Smith. “I went through it. It’s a nerve-wracking slash exciting time. It’s one of those things, might call him to say, this is going on, this is about to happen or whatever.”

GRAND CHUTE – The Grand Chute Fire Department responded to a garage fire early Saturday morning.

Fire fighters from Grand Chute and Appleton were dispatched around 2:40 a.m. for a report of a two-stall detached garage at 5025 North Schuh Road that was fully engulfed.

Crews were able to bring the fire under control within 20 minutes.

The garage as well as two vehicles, two motorcycles and and boat were declared a total loss.

A nearby home and garage both suffered heat damage to exterior siding.

Fire personal remained on scene till around 5:25 Saturday morning.

No one was hurt in the fire.

The cause of the fire is still under investigation.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) – Dozens of demonstrators gathered in downtown Madison where they blocked traffic and protested the fatal shooting of a 19-year-old man by a police officer.

Protesters gathered outside the Dane County Public Safety Building and marched through the downtown streets Saturday afternoon. Some made a human barricade across one street where cars stopped and drove the opposite way on the one-way road.

Demonstrators chanted “Who can you trust? Not the police” and carried signs that said “Black Lives Matter.”

The young black man who was shot and killed is identified by family members as Tony Robinson. Police say he was shot by an officer who had an altercation with him at an apartment Friday night.

Protesters marched toward that apartment on Saturday.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) – Wisconsin’s attorney general is promising a thorough and transparent investigation into the fatal shooting of a 19-year-old by a Madison police officer.

Agents from the Wisconsin Department of Justice’s Division of Criminal Investigation were on the scene Saturday gathering information.

Police say the 19-year-old man was shot by an officer after a confrontation at an apartment Friday night. He was pronounced dead at a hospital.

Family members have identified him as Tony Robinson.

Attorney General Brad Schimel urged any witnesses or those that might have relevant photos or video relevant to contact the DOJ.

Schimel declined to provide any additional details on the shooting.

The Division of Criminal Investigation is looking into the shooting because of a state law that requires police departments to have outside agencies investigate officer-involved deaths.

FREMONT –  The Fremont Police department has released the name of the victim in Friday’s fatal stabbing.

Authorities have identified the victim as 43-year-old Craig Dake of Fremont.

An autopsy is scheduled for Saturday by the Fond du Lac County Medical Examiners office.

The Waupaca County Coroner has ruled the death as a homicide.

Police were initially called to an apartment complex on Jefferson Street for a domestic incident around 3:00 Friday morning.

A 43-year-old Fremont woman in custody for questioning in the stabbing.

She is currently in the Waupaca County jail.

MILWAUKEE (AP) – Police say a woman was fatally shot during a confrontation at a house party in Milwaukee.

Authorities say the shooting happened about 1 a.m. Saturday on the city’s north side. The woman was taken by friends to a local hospital where she died on her injuries.

Police say she was 20 years old.

ATLANTA (AP) – Hillary Rodham Clinton continues to catch heat for her extensive use of a private email account to conduct official business while she was secretary of state. But the Democrats’ 2016 presidential favorite isn’t the only White House hopeful whose transparency has come into question.

Several current and former governors who are considering a presidential run have found ways to delay or prevent public scrutiny of their communications while in office. That includes Republicans who have criticized their potential Democratic rival.

“Hillary Clinton’s potential evasion of laws is something she should answer questions about,” said Kirsten Kukowski, spokeswoman for Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, who once used a private email system as executive of Milwaukee County.

Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush and former Texas Gov. Rick Perry, both Republicans, also criticized Clinton, even though they each used private emails when they held the post as their state’s top executive.

A “patchwork” of federal and state public information laws was written “for the era of paper records” that now “aren’t serving us well” in the digital age, said Charles Davis, journalism and communications dean at the University of Georgia and an expert on public information laws.

“This is the bedeviling thing: It’s good-government law that rests on the honesty and transparency of public officials,” he said. “If a government official sets out on a mission to lie to the public or withhold from the public by using private email or some other means, there’s not much we can do about it.”

Potential White House aspirants now in Congress – including Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul, Florida Sen. Marco Rubio and Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders – play by a different set of rules than governors. The federal Freedom of Information Act applies only to executive agencies. A request to an agency subject to the act could turn up a letter from a member of Congress, but those members do not have to turn over the documents themselves. Nor do they have to make public any other correspondence, office visitor logs or telephone call sheets that might open a window about who wields influence in their office.

Here’s a closer look at how some of the potential 2016 candidates have handled access issues:

JEB BUSH

The former Florida governor, a Republican, made a splash recently by releasing thousands of emails from his two terms, a move that was required under Florida law. Bush also used a private email account, although not exclusively, and he acknowledged that while in office. Like the former first lady, Bush owned the server. And, just as with Clinton, there are questions over the methods he and his associates used to decide which emails to disclose.

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CHRIS CHRISTIE

New Jersey law exempts from disclosure agency records that are considered “advisory, consultative or deliberative material,” an exception that exists in some form for most governors.

Christie, the current Republican governor, follows an executive order, issued by a Democratic predecessor, that emphasizes the privilege for the chief executive: “All portions of records, including electronic communications, that contain advisory, consultative or deliberative information or other records (are) protected by a recognized privilege.”

The Christie administration has applied that exception widely, prompting several ongoing lawsuits. An example: The administration cited security concerns as a reason to deny requests for expense records for his travel outside New Jersey.

Ed Barocas, legal director of the ACLU of New Jersey, said the broader exemptions are important to allow government workers to give advice but also said it is used as a way to shield information from the public. Barocas said courts have held that government emails purely involving facts should be made public.

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BOBBY JINDAL

The Republican governor, who campaigned on a platform of providing more transparency in government, uses a private email account to communicate with immediate staff. Those conversations are exempt from public disclosure under a sweeping public records exemption granted to the governor’s office under state law.

In 2012, top Jindal aides and some cabinet agency officials used private emails to craft a public relations strategy for imposing $523 million in Medicaid cuts, but the communications did not turn up in an Associated Press records request. Instead, an administration official revealed them anonymously.

It’s not clear whether the documents would have been public, anyway. The Jindal administration has often interpreted the governor’s “deliberative process” exception to extend beyond his inner circle to all documents generated by any agency for Jindal’s office.

Louisiana also has no archiving requirement at all for the governor, making it an outlier nationally. That means records now sealed under that executive privilege may never become public, even after Jindal leaves office.

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MARTIN O’MALLEY

The Democratic former governor of Maryland used private emails and his personal cellphone to conduct state business. But his administration also turned over related documents as part of public records requests, sometimes leading to criticism.

In 2012, an environmental group obtained correspondence between O’Malley and a corporate attorney for a poultry producer subject to state regulations.

“I’m guessing you don’t have the personal email of governors of DE or VA (Delaware and Virginia), so let me know when (Secretary of Agriculture) Buddy (Hance) can/should be doing more to help you push stuff,” O’Malley wrote to Herb Frerichs, who represented Perdue Farms Inc.

The group Food & Water Watch said the exchanges showed a relationship that was too cozy. O’Malley’s staff said the activists misinterpreted the governor’s tone as uniformly deferential and noted that O’Malley and Frerichs attended law school together.

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RICK PERRY

In 2013, amid the then-Texas governor’s feud over leadership at the University of Texas system, a Democratic lawmaker’s request of university records turned up emails Perry sent from a previously unknown account identified as “R P.” In one exchange, the governor used the account to blast as “charlatans and peacocks” critics of his appointees to the university system’s governing board.

The Texas attorney general has determined that emails from private accounts are public if they concern state business.

The Perry administration, meanwhile, scrubbed the state email servers every seven days. Perry’s successor, Greg Abbott, took office in January and has since widened that frequency to every 30 days.

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SCOTT WALKER

Kukowsi, the spokeswoman for Wisconsin’s Republican governor, touted the state’s “strong open records laws” and her boss’s “very specific policies in place in his office” to ensure compliance.

But Walker previously ran Milwaukee County as chief executive using a private email system, which Walker and aides used to discuss government business, campaign fundraising and politics. Two of the aides were eventually convicted for campaigning on government time as part of an investigation that resulted in disclosure of thousands of emails generated on the initially secret system.

Walker’s gubernatorial aides say no such system exists in his current office.

WASHINGTON (AP) – A sure sign that spring’s on the horizon: One hour less shut-eye Saturday night no matter when you turn out the lights.

Most people in the U.S. are supposed to push the clock forward by 60 minutes before heading to bed Saturday night. Daylight saving time officially begins at 2 a.m. Sunday local time.

You may have lost a bit of sleep, but in the months ahead you’ll gain an extra hour of sunlight in the evenings.

It’s also a good time to replace batteries in warning devices such as smoke detectors.

The time change isn’t observed by Hawaii, most of Arizona, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Guam and the Northern Marianas.

Daylight saving time ends Nov. 1.

MADISON – Madison police say a 19-year-old man was shot and killed by an officer.

Police identified the victim as 19-year-old as Anthony Robinson.

Officials said it happened Friday night after an altercation between Robinson and the officer.

Robinson was reportedly jumping into traffic and hitting pedestrians.

An officer followed Robinson inside a home.

The police chief said Robinson then assaulted the officer, knocking him down with a blow to the head. The officer shot Robinson. The police chief said the officer performed CPR on the suspect, who was taken to the hospital where he was pronounced dead.

NBC 15 reported protesters gathered on the streets near the scene claiming the shooting was unjustified. Robinson’s family was also at the protesting site outside the City-County building, asking organizers for a peaceful protest

The Division of Criminal Investigation is leading the investigation.

MOSCOW – Russia’s head of security said two suspects have been detained in the murder of Boris Nemtsov.

The outspoken critic of President Vladimir Putin was shot to death a week ago near the Kremlin.

It’s not clear if either of the suspects in custody allegedly fired the shots.