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Senate may not vote on drunken driving bills
Bills designed to toughen Wisconsin's notoriously weak drunken driving laws that passed the state Assembly with bipartisan support may be going nowhere in the Senate.
Latest voter ID requirement bill gets hearing
The latest proposal to require Wisconsin voters to show photo identification at the polls is moving forward in the state Assembly.
Walker withdraws judge nomination for board (UPDATE)
Gov. Scott Walker wants to replace, without explanation, the former judge who led the nonpartisan elections board during Walker's recall in 2012, raising questions about his motives for the unusual move.
Federal judge to consider voter ID lawsuit
A closely watched federal trial is set to begin Monday over a Wisconsin law requiring voters to show photo ID at the polls.
Bill would guard race-based school nicknames (UPDATE)
Republican legislators in Wisconsin introduced a bill Thursday that would make it harder to strip public schools of race-based nicknames and would allow schools ordered to abandon such nicknames to keep them.
Senate won’t take up injunctions bill in June
The state Assembly is set to pass a Republican bill this week that would allow attorneys to block court orders nullifying state laws, but it looks like it's going to be a while before the Senate gets to it.
Wis. lawmakers try again on drunken driving laws
Two Republican legislators are gearing up for another try at toughening the notoriously weak drunken driving laws in Wisconsin, where pounding booze is hard-wired into the culture - and drunken driving kills scores every year.
View from around the state: Political appointees, instead of judges, wrong for GAB
What we need in our elections is more politics. Specifically, what we need in the nonpartisan state agency that oversees our elections is more politics.
GOP Senate leader looks at elections changes, moving away from retired judges
The nonpartisan board that oversees elections in Wisconsin too often favors Democrats and needs to be reconstituted, perhaps with a more partisan model like what previously existed, incoming Republican Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald said Monday.
Law firms get another $31K for redistricting work
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — State Sen. Scott Fitzgerald, the chamber’s top Republican, has approved payments of about $31,000 to a law firm that helped the GOP draw favorable new election maps, a development whose timing outraged Democrats preparing to take control of the Senate. Senate chief Clerk Jeff Renk said Fitzgerald approved the payment last […]
Recall organizers raise $3k against Wis. senator
A committee working to recall the state Senate's Republican leader has raised a little more than $3,500 since mid-November.
Justices to discuss weapons in court chambers
MADISON, Wis. (AP) – Wisconsin’s Supreme Court justices plan to discuss polices on concealed weapons in their state Capitol chambers next month. The state’s new concealed carry law goes into effect Tuesday. The statutes generally prohibit the public from bringing hidden weapons into courthouses, but allow judges and prosecutors to go armed. Gov. Scott Walker’s […]
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