Wisconsin Republicans seek to tighten unemployment benefits
Wisconsin Republicans introduced legislation Tuesday that would tighten eligibility for unemployment benefits and Medicaid coverage, saying the bills are designed to help alleviate what they maintain is a crippling labor shortage in the state.
Wisconsin Republicans quickly kill Medicaid expansion
Republicans who control the Wisconsin Legislature convened on Tuesday and within seconds ended a special session called by Democratic Gov. Tony Evers to expand Medicaid, dashing chances for the state to receive a one-time bonus of $1 billion in federal coronavirus relief funding.
Wisconsin Republicans join federal lawsuit over tax reductions (UPDATE)
Republican legislative leaders moved Wednesday toward joining a federal lawsuit demanding that states be allowed to use federal coronavirus relief money to pay for tax reductions.
Wisconsin passes budget after Tesla proviso woos key senator (UPDATE)
Wisconsin Republicans won a key legislator's support for the state budget Wednesday by inserting provisions in the spending plan that would allow the electric-car manufacturer Tesla to open dealerships in the state.
GOP senator vows to vote against state budget
By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press A Republican state senator vowed on Wednesday to vote against the state budget in its current form, leaving the GOP with room to lose only one more vote in the Senate and still have enough to pass the plan without Democratic support. The two-year, nearly $82 billion budget won approval […]
Lawmaker calls for Constitutional convention
A Republican state lawmaker is calling for a Constitutional convention to force adoption of a balanced budget amendment.
Legal News
- Chicago man sentenced to prison after being caught with ‘Trump Gun’
- FTC bans non-competes
- Gov. Evers seeks applicants for Dane County Circuit Court
- Milwaukee man charged in dismemberment death pleads not guilty
- Democratic-led states lead ban on the book ban
- UW Madison Professor: America’s child care crisis is holding back moms without college degrees
- History made in Trump New York trial opening statements
- Prosecutor won’t bring charges against Wisconsin lawmaker over fundraising scheme
- Republican Wisconsin Senate candidate says he doesn’t oppose elderly people voting
- Vice President Harris to reveal final rules mandating minimum standards for nursing home staffing
- Election workers fear threats to their safety as November nears
- Former law enforcement praise state’s response brief in Steven Avery case
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