In their last session, the Wisconsin Legislature voted to approve four amendments to the state constitution. The amendments would change cash bail to make it harder for legal defendants to […]
Wisconsin Republicans Introduce Bills to Ban Critical Race Theory in S...
Photo by Element 5 Digital on Unsplash. Earlier today, Wisconsin Republicans in the legislature announced that they had introduced legislation to ban the teaching of critical race theory in Wisconsin […]
State Senate Votes to End Mask Mandate
In a sharply partisan session of the Wisconsin State Senate on Tuesday, Republican lawmakers moved to strike Governor Evers’ mask mandate. Democratic state Senators, meanwhile, defended the measure that most […]
Who’s Got the Power in a Pandemic?
In the course of her reporting on local government this year, WORT news director Chali Pittman kept noticing a certain principle being invoked: the nondelegation doctrine. What is the nondelegation […]
Meet Assembly District 49 Candidates Shaun Murphy-Lopez and Barret Gal...
There are two Democratic candidates campaigning to represent Wisconsin’s 49th Assembly District in a race that may flip the seat. The district is in the southwest corner of the state […]
Meet Chase Binnie for Wisconsin’s 80th Assembly District
Wisconsin’s 80th Assembly District covers the area southwest of Madison, including towns and cities in southwest Dane County, eastern parts of Iowa County, and northern Green County (see the full […]
