by Bob Hague | Dec 13, 2022
It doesn’t look as if legalized marijuana will be part of the discussion in the Wisconsin Legislature next year. State Senate Minority Leader Melissa Agard (D-Madison) has been a longtime proponent of legalizing recreational cannabis. “It’s not a matter of if...
by Raymond Neupert | Aug 17, 2022
This month’s Marquette Law School polling shows Democrats with a slight lead over Republicans in the major races in November. Poll Director Charles Franklin joked about it. “The state of the race for governor is close. I know that’s a shock to...
by Raymond Neupert | Jul 29, 2022
A Dane County judge has ruled that a liberal watchdog group is entitled to attorney fees in a case seeking records from the Republican-led elections investigation. Judge Valery Bailey-Rihn said that the public got a full look at the investigation thanks to American...
by Raymond Neupert | Jul 20, 2022
The state legislature’s joint rules committee says elections clerks can no longer assist voters if they make a mistake on an absentee ballot envelope. Republican Chairman Representative Steve Nass says the Wisconsin Elections Commission is telling clerks to...
by Raymond Neupert | Jun 10, 2022
A Dane County Judge has found the partisan elections probe into the 2020 election in contempt for failure to turn over documents in an open records case. Former state Supreme Court Justice Michael Gableman, who leads the Office of Special Counsel, refused to answer...
by Bob Hague | Jun 8, 2022
Governor Tony Evers on Wednesday called a special session of the legislature to repeal Wisconsin’s ban on abortions. The leader of state Senate Republicans made it clear that they will not act on the announcement made by Evers during a press conference in Milwaukee....
by Raymond Neupert | May 26, 2022
Abortion rights will be a major factor in this year’s mid-term elections. Poll director Charles Franklin says very few respondents are not engaged with the issue. “54% say they would support the candidate who favors keeping abortion legal, 31% would...
by Raymond Neupert | May 19, 2022
Assembly Speaker Robin Vos is getting one last opportunity to prevent a contempt ruling in an open records case. Attorneys from Vos’s office told Dane County Judge Valerie Bailey-Rihn that they were unable to compel special counsel Mike Gableman to comply with...
by Bob Hague | May 13, 2022
The organization representing Wisconsin nurses is not happy about a veto from Governor Tony Evers. The bill created a separate license for nurse practitioners and other nurses with advanced training. Several physicians groups were opposed. “I guess what it says is,...
by Raymond Neupert | Apr 28, 2022
This month’s Marquette Law School Poll shows Wisconsinites have a poor opinion of Assembly Speaker Robin Vos, if they have one at all. Poll Director Charles Franklin explains. “Despite being such an important government figure and having held that...
by Raymond Neupert | Apr 27, 2022
The possible winner of the Democrat primary for a US Senate seat is still up in the air, according to the Marquette Law School Poll. Poll director Charles Franklin says two candidates remain in the lead. “We have Mandela Barnes at 19%, Alex Lasry at 16%, Sarah,...
by Raymond Neupert | Apr 26, 2022
The Republican elections probe will not be ending after all. Assembly Speaker Robin Vos had previously said that he was closing down Michael Gableman’s investigation into the 2020 presidential election this week, but has now extended the probe. In his statement,...
by Bob Hague | Apr 21, 2022
At the Capitol on Wednesday, a first-ever public hearing on a medical marijuana bill for Wisconsin. The measure from Senator Mary Felzkowski (R-Irma) would allow patients to access cannabis for a limited number of conditions in a limited number of forms, and does not...
by Raymond Neupert | Apr 15, 2022
Democratic Governor Tony Evers has issued more than two dozen vetoes of Republican bills that made it out of the Legislature before recess. Evers issued 28 vetoes on Friday. Among those bills were measures that would have made it easier to kick people off of...
by Raymond Neupert | Apr 13, 2022
There were some pointed questions to the head of the group arguing against absentee ballot drop boxes from members of the State Supreme Court. During oral arguments on Wednesday, Justice Brian Hagedorn tried to figure out where the preferred limits were from Wisconsin...
by Raymond Neupert | Mar 31, 2022
A Dane County judge has found Assembly Speaker Robin Vos in contempt for continually failing to turn over records. Judge Valerie Bailey-Rihn says that Speaker Vos has deliberately withheld emails and texts from watchdog group American Oversight. That group is looking...
by Raymond Neupert | Mar 31, 2022
The country is only heading into the midterm elections, but politicians are looking to the 2024 presidential elections. The new Marquette Law School Poll shows that President Joe Biden has the edge over three potential Republican Challengers nationwide. But poll...
by Raymond Neupert | Mar 23, 2022
A ruling by the US Supreme Court means that Wisconsin’s Supreme Court will have to take another look at state legislative maps. In a 7 to 2 decision on Wednesday, the US Justices rules that State Justices didn’t properly address the requirements of the...
by Raymond Neupert | Mar 16, 2022
Wisconsin’s Congressional delegation is responding after a heartfelt plea from Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Wednesday. Democrat Congressman Mark Pocan says that despite a request, he’s unlikely to back a no-fly zone over Ukraine. ...
by Raymond Neupert | Mar 8, 2022
A Dane County Judge is releasing hundreds of pages of records from the Republican-led elections probe to a watchdog group. Judge Frank Remington laid it out plainly to Attorney James Bopp. “I cannot find a single document in this record that if released would...
