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What you missed during oral arguments in Legislature’s COVID-19 order lawsuit (INFOGRAPHIC)
The Wisconsin Legislature's lawsuit over Gov. Tony Evers' stay-at-home order is making headlines throughout the country. The state Supreme Court heard oral arguments in the case this week, giving conservative justices on the court an opportunity to dig into the assistant attorney general representing Andrea Palm, the Department of Health Services secretary.
Evers’ attorney warns of safe-at-home patchwork
Gov. Tony Evers' attorney is warning that Wisconsin would see a confusing patchwork of county stay-at-home orders if the state Supreme Court strikes down the existing statewide mandate.
Wisconsin Legislature releases coronavirus-response bill (UPDATE)
The Republican-controlled Wisconsin Legislature on Monday released its coronavirus-response bill, a proposal lawmakers plan to vote on starting Tuesday in first-of-its-kind virtual sessions that they will attend remotely.
Wisconsin’s longest-serving legislator, attorney says he will retire
Wisconsin state Sen. Fred Risser, the longest-serving legislator in the nation's history, said Thursday that he plans to retire.
Wisconsin Senate postpones session due to coronavirus
The Wisconsin Senate will not convene for its final regular session day of the year as originally planned next week due to the spread of the coronavirus.
Judicial Council asks Evers to veto amendment to SPD pay parity bill
Members of the Wisconsin Judicial Council are asking Gov. Tony Evers to save the independent body from elimination. The council's chair sent Evers a letter on Tuesday requesting a veto to an amendment recently tacked on to a pay-parity bill for state public defenders.
Judicial Council faced with elimination under SPD pay parity amendment
The Wisconsin Judicial Council could be eliminated under an amendment introduced to a bill to restore pay parity to Wisconsin State Public Defenders.
Wisconsin Legislature sends $250 million tax cut to governor
By TODD RICHMOND and SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin’s Republican-controlled Legislature on Thursday sent a plan to reduce income taxes by $250 million to Gov. Tony Evers, who appears likely to veto it. The Senate and Assembly voted to pass the election-year tax plan. All Democrats voted against it except for […]
Assembly GOP limits area with 4 a.m. convention bar time
The state Assembly walked back a bill Thursday that would have allowed bars throughout Wisconsin to stay open later during the Democratic National Convention this summer, tweaking the proposal to allow extended hours only for taverns in the southeastern corner of the state before passing it on to the Senate.
Bill to prevent delays in sexual-assault testing appears dead
A proposal that began as a bipartisan effort to prevent future delays in the testing of kits for sexual-assault evidence in Wisconsin but that turned into a partisan fight appears doomed in the Legislature.
Wisconsin Senate approves tax cut, Assembly to follow
The Wisconsin Senate voted along party lines Thursday to pass a Republican plan to reduce income taxes by $250 million, setting up a vote later in the day in the Assembly to send the plan to Democratic Gov. Tony Evers.
Wisconsin Assembly calls for constitutional convention
The Republican-controlled Wisconsin Assembly approved a resolution Tuesday to call a convention of the states to consider making changes to the U.S. Constitution, despite arguments against the proposal from Democrats who called such a step dangerous.
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