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Josh Kaul

Mar 14, 2019

Wisconsin will join lawsuit challenging border emergency

Gov. Tony Evers says Wisconsin will join a multistate lawsuit challenging President Donald Trump's emergency declaration to pay for a U.S.-Mexico border wall.

Feb 22, 2019

Kaul wants $2M for salaries, 19 more analysts

Attorney General Josh Kaul has asked Gov. Tony Evers to let him spend $4.4 million in the next state budget to hire more evidence analysts and set up pay raises for them.

Feb 19, 2019

Kaul rips wall declaration, stops short of joining lawsuit

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul is condemning the emergency declaration President Donald Trump is trying to use to pay for a U.S.-Mexico border wall but isn't saying whether he'll join a multistate lawsuit challenging the declaration.

Feb 8, 2019

Obscure Wisconsin board reverses climate change ban

An obscure Wisconsin board voted to lift a ban on its employees working on climate change during state time that was put in place by Republicans to target the daughter of Earth Day founder Gaylord Nelson, who was the board's executive director.

Feb 7, 2019

GOP signals Wisconsin will stay in Obamacare lawsuit

One of the top officials on the state Legislature's budget-writing committee is signaling Republicans won't let Attorney General Josh Kaul pull Wisconsin out of a multistate lawsuit challenging the Affordable Care Act.

Feb 5, 2019

A look at lawsuits challenging Wisconsin’s lame-duck laws

A coalition of five labor unions on Monday filed the third lawsuit to be pursued to challenge legislation Wisconsin Republicans passed last year to curtail the powers of the governor and state attorney general.

Feb 4, 2019

Unions, senator file 3rd lame-duck lawsuit in Wisconsin (UPDATE)

Five unions and a Democratic lawmaker have filed another lawsuit challenging measures Wisconsin Republican approved in a lame-duck session.

Jan 24, 2019

Governor’s order to leave ACA lawsuit rejected

The Wisconsin attorney general has rejected Democratic Gov. Tony Evers request to withdraw from a multi-state lawsuit targeting the Affordable Care Act, saying in a letter released Thursday that only the Republican-controlled Legislature now has the power to take such action.

Jan 23, 2019

Analysis: Evers can’t pull Wisconsin from health lawsuit

Gov. Tony Evers lacks the authority to withdraw Wisconsin from a lawsuit seeking the repeal of the federal health-care law, an attorney for the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau said on Wednesday.

Jan 23, 2019

Kaul noncommittal on Evers push to withdraw from lawsuit

Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul isn't saying yet whether he will withdraw from a multi-state lawsuit seeking repeal of the federal health-care law known as Obamacare, as Gov. Tony Evers wants.

Jan 23, 2019

Evers calls for bipartisanship on pressing matters in Wisconsin

Gov. Tony Evers, in his first State of the State speech Tuesday, called on the Republican-controlled Legislature to scale back a corporate-tax credit to pay for reducing income taxes, make sacrifices to find a bipartisan transportation plan and work together to bolster spending for schools.

Jan 10, 2019

Lawsuit to target GOP laws reducing power of Wis. governor

A coalition of liberal-leaning groups planned to file a lawsuit on Thursday seeking to void laws passed by Wisconsin Republicans who were trying to reduce the powers of the newly elected Democratic governor and attorney general.

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