Today marked the first time in more than eight months Wisconsin’s lawmakers convened in the state capitol building. The last time they met was for a special hybrid in-person/virtual session in April, to pass an emergency pandemic-response package. Despite calls from Democrats and Governor Tony Evers for further action on pandemic-relief bills, the state’s Republicans […]
Governor Evers Submits Compromise COVID Bill to State Legislature
Picture taken from Flickr under the Creative Commons License. Yesterday, Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers announced a compromise COVID-19 relief bill. The new proposal would cost $100 million, much less than Evers’ $541 million proposal announced in November. That same day, Governor Evers sent a memo to Assembly Speaker Robin Vos highlighting some of the areas […]
Candlelight vigil remembers incarcerated Wisconsinites lost to COVID-1...
On Monday evening, a coalition of carceral reform groups are holding a candlelight vigil outside the Governor’s Mansion. Their goal is to draw attention to the rapid spread of COVID-19 in the state’s prisons and to remember the nineteen incarcerated Wisconsinites who have died of COVID-19. For more, WORT Producer Jonah Chester spoke with David […]
‘We made it:’ Wisconsin electoral college casts votes for ...
Today, Wisconsin’s presidential electors met to formally award the state’s ten electoral college votes to President-Elect Joe Biden. It was one of the final steps in an election season marked by numerous legal challenges and multi-million dollar recounts in two of the state’s most populous — and liberal — counties. Governor Tony Evers served as […]
The Christmas of our Discontent
In a video posted to the Wisconsin Assembly Republicans’ YouTube page, Representatives Paul Tittl — of Manitowoc — and Shae Sortwell — of Two Rivers — are shown erecting a Christmas tree in the State Capitol Rotunda. The act of rebellion from the two state Reps came on December 1st, after the state’s Department of […]
Trump Campaign Files Lawsuit Seeking to Overturn Wisconsin Election Re...
Photo by Connor Betts on Unsplash. The lawsuit from Trump’s legal team asks the Wisconsin Supreme Court to throw out hundreds of thousands of votes in Milwaukee and Dane County. It aims to garner Wisconsin’s ten electoral votes for President Trump, in a state president-elect Joe Biden won by more than 20,000 votes. The lawsuit, […]
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