Donald Trump is now the first President in United States history to be impeached a second time. House Democrats, with support from ten of their Republican colleagues, voted 232-197 to charge the President with “incitement of insurrection” in connection with last week’s attack on the U.S. Capitol Rep. Tom Tiffany was one of Wisconsin’s congressional […]
Wisconsin’s US House delegation (largely) unchanged
Of Wisconsin’s eight congressional districts in this election, only one was a truly close call. Democratic incumbent Ron Kind of Wisconsin’s third congressional district — which covers most of the driftless region of western Wisconsin — narrowly fended off an attack by Republican challenger Derrick Van Orden. After all precincts in the district reported in, […]
The Race for Wisconsin’s fifth congressional district
This week, we’re taking a look at races in four congressional districts in the WORT listening area. Today, one of Wisconsin’s most powerful Republicans seeks to make the jump to the federal stage. Republican Scott Fitzgerald was elected to the Wisconsin State Senate more than 25 years ago. Since then, he has climbed his way […]
Wisconsin Governor Urges Caution As COVID Cases in State Surge
Photo taken from Wikipedia Commons on Creative Commons Attribution License. “There are now 119,955 confirmed cases of COVID-19 here in the state of Wisconsin,” said Wisconsin Department of Health Services Secretary-Designee Andrea Palm. “That’s an increase of 2,367 over yesterday. Our total deaths have now reached 1,300. That’s 17 more than yesterday.” She said today […]
Wisconsin Supreme Court Upholds Lame-Duck Session Bills
Photo by sbj04769 on Pixabay. The Wisconsin Supreme Court announced their decision in a case that strips the attorney general and governor’s office of powers and transfers it to the currently Republican-controlled legislature. The case stems from the lame duck period in December of 2018, after governor Tony Evers and attorney general Josh Kaul won […]
Republican leadership condemns Evers’ recording of private call
On May 14th, the state’s Republican leadership met via phone with Governor Evers to discuss future steps for the state’s reopening plan. But, unbeknownst to Assembly Speaker Robin Vos and Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald, who were on the call, the discussion was recorded by Governor Evers’ staff. Evers has since stated that he was […]
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