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Lawmaker’s ‘lonely ship’ fills as support for cannabis grows
Elected as state representative for the 48th Assembly District, Rep. Melissa Sargent, D-Madison, has been "legislating through listening" to her 60,000 constituents since 2012. The stories and concerns she heard from voters in her district have launched Sargent on an unexpected journey, sending her on a mission that she never anticipated when she first ran for office.
GOP plans to kill Medicaid expansion, pot legalization
Republicans plan to kill some of Democratic Gov. Tony Evers' signature proposals in the first vote taken this year by the state's budget-writing committee, proposals including accepting federal money to offer more Medicaid, legalizing medical marijuana and capping enrollment in private voucher schools.
Evers says he doesn’t expect pot decriminalization to pass
Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers says he doesn't expect the Republican-controlled Legislature to "jump off a cliff" and support his proposal decriminalizing small amounts of marijuana.
Republican leaders say Evers’ pot proposal to be snuffed out
Republican leaders of the Wisconsin Legislature's budget committee say Gov. Tony Evers' proposal to legalize medical marijuana and small amounts of recreational pot will be snuffed out.
US corporations embracing 420 as pot legalization grows
Potheads have for decades celebrated their love of marijuana on April 20, but the once counter-culture celebration that was all about getting stoned now is so mainstream Corporate America is starting to embrace it.
Marijuana advocates trying again for legalization
Marijuana advocates have high hopes that the latest proposal to legalize pot in Wisconsin has a better chance of success than ever given growing public support, but the bill unveiled Thursday again faces stiff opposition from Republicans who control the Legislature.
Wisconsin favors legalizing cannabis, but hurdles remain
Gary Storck has been here before. For decades, Storck, a longtime medical-marijuana advocate from Madison, has been pushing the state Legislature to legalize his medicine. Storck suffers from glaucoma. He uses cannabis to slow the progression of the disease, which is gradually robbing him of his sight.
View from around the state: An opening to legalize medical marijuana
The use of medical marijuana — marijuana prescribed by a physician — has been shown to have substantial benefit for patients with cancer, glaucoma, Alzheimer's disease, epilepsy and multiple sclerosis, among other conditions.
Report: Evers to propose decriminalizing marijuana
Gov. Tony Evers will propose decriminalizing small amounts of marijuana in his plan for the next state budget, a newspaper reported Sunday.
Wisconsin should speed up legalization of marijuana
Five years ago state Rep. Melissa Sargent rejected the backward thinking of those who seek to maintain a failed "drug war" and announced: "The facts clearly show that legalization is right for Wisconsin and that the most dangerous thing about marijuana is that it's illegal."
Evers says he will take ‘first step’ toward pot legalization
Gov. Tony Evers says he will most likely include a "first step" toward legalizing medical marijuana in his first state budget proposal.
View from around the state: Marijuana, driving a risky combination
Recreational marijuana may never be legal in Wisconsin.
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