Today, Wisconsin’s state assembly met to vote on a slew of bills. The first two bills, one which set aside money to help soldiers with PTSD and another to require that the holocaust be taught in middle school and high school, passed with unanimous support. Then the assembly spent hours discussing a series of bills […]
Booze, bears and prescription drugs: Gov. Evers signs 14 bills into la...
Wisconsinites can now get their booze to go, after Governor Tony Evers signed into law on Friday a bill that allows restaurants and bars to sell cocktails and wine for Wisconsinites on the go. The bill, which took effect yesterday, comes after a tough financial year for the state’s bars and restaurants — as they’ve […]
Justin Blake, Jacob Blake’s uncle, on state racial disparities t...
Last year, in response to the police shooting of Jacob Blake and widespread protests against police brutality, state Assembly Speaker Robin Vos empaneled a bipartisan task force on racial disparities. The task force includes law enforcement officials as well as representatives from social justice groups across the state. It’s goal was to propose legislation to […]
‘It’s voter suppression:’ lawmaker floats overhauls to Wisconsin...
A Republican state lawmaker is floating sweeping overhauls to how the state conducts elections. But, even before they’ve been officially introduced, the bills are already facing pushback. The six bills, proposed by Republican Senator Duey Stroebel of Saukville, would change requirements for indefinitely confined voters, institute stricter voter ID laws and bar election funding from […]
Despite recent controversy, state racial disparities task force pushes...
Last week, state Rep. Jim Steineke – a Republican from Kaukauna – drew criticism after an email surfaced where he referred to his position as the co-chair on a racial disparities task force as a “Political Loser.” The task force was assembled by State Assembly Speaker Robin Vos, after the state’s Republicans shut down a […]
Republican lawmakers prepare to push ahead with efforts to overturn ma...
Last week, Wisconsin’s Republican lawmakers were poised to end the state’s public health emergency and, by extension, the statewide mask mandate. A resolution striking down the emergency order had already passed the senate, and was set to sail through the republican-held assembly as well. But an assembly vote on the resolution was halted after the […]
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