by Raymond Neupert | Aug 6, 2020
Republican leadership in the state Assembly are directly lobbying school districts into reopening. That letter sent out to school superintendents was obtained by UpNorthNews. Signed by 47 Assembly Republicans, including Assembly Speaker Robin Vos and Majority leader...
by Raymond Neupert | Jul 17, 2020
Legislative Democrats have unveiled a package of bills to make it easier for Wisconsinites to claim and file for unemployment. State Senator Janice Ringhand says they want to undo some of the obstacles that were erected in getting unemployment during the Walker...
by Raymond Neupert | Jul 9, 2020
The Wisconsin Supreme Court has once again ruled in favor of Republicans in the legislature, in a series of lawsuits challenging the Lame Duck Laws. The ruling is being praised by majority leaders in both chambers. In an opinion issued on Thursday, the court upheld...
by Raymond Neupert | Jul 1, 2020
Legislative Republicans continue to challenge Governor Tony Evers over a recording that was made public because of an open records request. Wisconsin Freedom of Information Council president Bill Lueders says the issue is that Assembly Speaker Robin Vos and Senate...
by Raymond Neupert | Jun 15, 2020
Senator Tammy Baldwin is backing a sweeping bill to overhaul how police departments are run in the United States. Baldwin says too often police have to deal with issues that they’ve never been trained for. “They often become mental health counselors,...
by Raymond Neupert | Jun 2, 2020
Governor Tony Evers wants to take action to help Black Wisconsinites in the wake of a weekend’s worth of protests. Evers says that while these particular protests were sparked by the death of George Floyd, Wisconsin has its own cases to consider. “We...
by Raymond Neupert | May 28, 2020
Some people in Wisconsin who are waiting on an unemployment check could be waiting until October. The Department of Workforce Development says it could take that long to clear the backlog of people waiting to have their jobless claims processed. The agency says the...
by Raymond Neupert | May 20, 2020
Senator Tammy Baldwin is looking to increase relief funding to farmers being harmed by disruptions in the nation’s food supply chains. Baldwin says her new Farming Support to States Act would directly help farmers whose main sources of sales are cut off during...
by Raymond Neupert | May 18, 2020
A group of disabled Wisconsinites is filing a lawsuit against the state elections commission over its handling of the Spring Elections. The lawsuit is being filed by a group of immunocompromised voters who were either forced to go to the polls in person on April 7th...
by Raymond Neupert | May 4, 2020
The head of the Wisconsin Grocers Association is hoping things get better soon when it comes to Safer At Home, but he doesn’t want to rush things. CEO Brandon Scholz says that while it would be nice to just open up all of Wisconsin’s businesses,...
by Raymond Neupert | Apr 28, 2020
Governor Evers and the Department of Health Services want the State Supreme Court to quash a lawsuit challenging the Safer At Home orders. In a filing with the court on Tuesday, Governor Evers and DHS Secretary Andrea Palm requested that the court dismiss the lawsuit...
by Raymond Neupert | Apr 22, 2020
A state tourism leader wants Governor Evers to redo his plan to reopen the state’s economy. Tom Diehl operates Tommy Bartlett’s in Wisconsin Dells. He says that the plans released by Governor Evers on Monday don’t properly take the needs of...
by Raymond Neupert | Apr 14, 2020
The State Assembly is poised to meet virtually on a Coronavirus relief package. A number of state representatives will be digitally taking part in Tuesday’s session, while some members will be making the trip out to the Capitol to take part in person. The basic...
by Bob Hague | Apr 8, 2020
Will Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers and Republican legislative leaders be able agree on coronavirus relief legislation for the state? At this point, the answer would appear to be “maybe.” The Democratic governor told the Journal Sentinel on Wednesday that...
by Bob Hague | Apr 5, 2020
No action was taken on Saturday, in a special session of the Wisconsin legislature called by Governor Tony Evers. The Democratic governor on Friday asked lawmakers to convene in Madison for the purpose of delaying the spring election scheduled for Tuesday, April 7....
by Raymond Neupert | Apr 3, 2020
Following an order this week from a federal judge that extended the time available to turn in absentee ballots, Governor Tony Evers wants lawmakers to put some more time on the clock for Wisconsin’s spring election. Republican leaders said the election should go...
by Raymond Neupert | Apr 2, 2020
Long time Democrat Senator Jennifer Shilling says she’s stepping away from the Legislature. Shilling says that after 20 years in office, it’s time to step back from her role in the Capitol. Her two children are nearly grown, and Shilling says she’d...
by Bob Hague | Mar 26, 2020
The nation’s longest serving state legislator will not be a candidate for re-election this fall. State Senator Fred Risser (D-Madison) broke the news in a press release Friday afternoon. Risser is 92, and in his 64th year as a Wisconsin legislator, the release...
by [email protected] | Mar 17, 2020
The Wisconsin state Senate will not be on the floor next week. Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald said Tuesday he is postponing the March 24 floor period “out of an abundance of caution” for senators and their families during the COVID-19 coronavirus...
by Bob Hague | Mar 5, 2020
Missing and murdered indigenous women were on the agenda at the Capitol Wednesday. Native American and Native Alaskan women and girls are murdered at rates more than 10 times the national average. Representative Beth Myers (D-Bayfield) has co-sponsored a bill to...
