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Wisconsin Elections Commission proceeds with absentee rule
The Wisconsin Elections Commission is moving ahead with enacting a rule that will make it clear that local election officials can fill in missing information on absentee-ballot envelopes submitted by voters.
Nass asks GOP leaders to sue UW System over COVID policies
Sen. Steve Nass officially asked the Legislature's Republican leaders Tuesday to sue the University of Wisconsin System after system officials refused to submit their COVID-19 protocols to his committee for approval.
Wisconsin Republicans move to protect conversion therapy
By TODD RICHMOND Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin therapists, counselors and social workers could continue to attempt to change the sexual orientation of gay or transgender people under a bill Republican legislators are poised to take up Tuesday. The bill would block a proposed state Department of Safety and Professional Standards rule prohibiting […]
Evers withdraws virus plan outline amid GOP opposition (UPDATE)
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Gov. Tony Evers said Monday that he’s given up trying to push through any more statewide mandates to try to slow the spread of the coronavirus because he thinks rival Republicans would never allow any restrictions after the state Supreme Court erased his stay-at-home order. Minutes after his administration scrapped plans […]
GOP resurrects bill to make English official language
Republican lawmakers have resurrected a bill that would make English the official language in Wisconsin, renewing their argument that the proposal would push immigrants to learn the language and increase their appeal to employers.
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 […]
Wisconsin taxpayers spent nearly $41K on senators’ travel
Wisconsin taxpayers spent nearly $41,000 to send state senators on out-of-state trips since 2015, including to President Donald Trump's first state-of-the-union address.
Schimel defends not asking journalist for source of leak
Wisconsin Attorney General Brad Schimel didn't ask a journalist to reveal who leaked documents to him that were collected during the investigation of Gov. Scott Walker's campaign out of respect for the reporter's free-speech rights, Schimel's spokesman said Thursday.
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- Former law enforcement praise state’s response brief in Steven Avery case
- Eric Toney announces re-election bid for Fond du Lac County District Attorney
- Former Wisconsin Democratic Rep. Peter Barca announces new bid for Congress
- Republicans file lawsuit challenging Evers’s partial vetoes to literacy bill
- More human remains believed those of missing woman wash up on Milwaukee Co. beach
- Vice President Harris returning to Wisconsin for third visit this year
- Wisconsin joins Feds, dozens of states to hold airlines accountable for bad behavior
- Trump ahead of Biden in new Marquette poll
- Bankruptcy court approves Milwaukee Marriott Downtown ‘business as usual’ motion
- New Crime Gun Intelligence Center to launch in Chicago
- Arrest warrant proposed for Minocqua Brewing owner who filed Lawsuit against Town of Minocqua
- Wisconsin Supreme Court justices question how much power Legislature should have
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