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Judicial Council has new email, address
The Judicial Council has a new email address and mailing address.
Walker signing 9 welfare overhaul bills into law (UPDATE)
Gov. Scott Walker signed nine bills into law on Tuesday placing new limits on the state's welfare programs, including increasing work requirements for food-stamp recipients and imposing those same requirements on parents for the first time.
Walker signs new abortion coverage, breast tissue laws (UPDATE)
Gov. Scott Walker signed legislation on Tuesday that generally prohibits state health insurance from covering abortions for state workers.
Walker calls special elections, GOP drops bill to block them (UPDATE)
Wisconsin lawmakers were scheduled to take public comments on Wednesday on a bill that would eliminate requirements that the governor promptly call special elections to fill legislative vacancies.
Walker toughens penalties for ‘straw’ gun purchases
Gov. Scott Walker has signed into law a bill strengthening the penalties for legally buying a firearm with the intent to provide the weapon to someone barred from having a gun.
Wisconsin Assembly OKs closing prison, tax rebate
By TODD RICHMOND Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin lawmakers finished their push on Thursday to close the state’s troubled youth prison and enact Gov. Scott Walker’s child-tax rebate, sending bills that would accomplish both goals on to the governor for his signature. The $80 million prison bill calls for closing the Lincoln Hills/Copper Lake […]
Assembly passes tort-reform bill (UPDATE)
The Wisconsin Assembly is again scheduled on Thursday to take up legislation that would make changes to the state’s civil-litigation rules.
Wisconsin judge orders Walker to call special elections (UPDATE)
Wisconsin judge is holding a hearing on Thursday to consider whether to order Gov. Scott Walker to call special elections to fill two legislative seats vacated by his fellow Republicans in a fight sparked by a national Democratic group led by former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder.
Federal appeals court rules against conservative group
A federal appeals court has upheld the dismissal of a lawsuit against investigators and former state officials involved in a now-halted secret investigation into Gov. Scott Walker's 2012 recall campaign.
Flurry of bills head to Walker
Legislation that would make changes to the state’s eviction procedures and landlord-tenant laws is on its way to Gov. Scott Walker.
Walker’s school-safety plan, child credit at risk
A stalemate in the Wisconsin Legislature among Republican leaders threatened to derail several of Gov. Scott Walker's priorities as the Senate planned to convene for its final day in session.
Senate breaks with Assembly on juvenile-justice plan
Wisconsin Senate Republicans broke with the state Assembly over a plan to overhaul the state's juvenile-justice system, pursuing a scaled-back proposal on Wednesday that would still close the Lincoln Hills prison by 2021 but would pull back on a proposed $80 million reorganization.
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