February 7, 2017
The Tavern League of Wisconsin is supporting a package of GOP legislative proposals that would toughen penalties for repeat drunk drivers, but keep Wisconsin as the only state in the country where first-offense drunken driving is not a criminal offense.
February 6, 2017
A suburban Milwaukee GOP lawmaker is resurrecting a bill that would fine so-called sanctuary cities up to $5,000 a day.
February 3, 2017
Attorneys with two law firms hired Thursday by GOP legislative leaders to represent them in a landmark redistricting case have contributed about $76,500 to Wisconsin candidates.
February 2, 2017
The Republican-held state Senate is looking at a 31 percent hike in the daily expense allowance (called per diems) they can claim when working in Madison.
Posted: January 31, 2017
Updated: February 16, 2017
On January 31st, Sen. Chris Larson and Rep. Jonathan Brostoff presented a joint resolution urging the legislature to stand up against the scapegoating that President Trump has been engaging in. The resolution, introduced as SJR9, doesn’t mention Trump by name, but its intent is clear.
January 31, 2017
GOP legislators are circulating a bill that would once again allow local school boards to decide the start date of the public school year.
January 30, 2017
Republican Gov. Scott Walker accepted $42,500 last October from five first-time donors who are owners and executives of a Michigan company that won a contract in 2016 with the state of Wisconsin worth $6.2 million a year.
January 26, 2017
Powerful business and construction groups are backing a Republican bill that would prevent state and local governments from requiring bidders on public projects to reach agreements with labor unions on wages and other issues.
January 24, 2017
Two of the largest business powerhouses in Wisconsin heaped praise on Gov. Scott Walker for his latest proposal to make it harder for people to get food stamps. The two groups — Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce (WMC) and Americans for Prosperity, which was founded by the Koch Brothers — have secretly raised and spent an estimated $24.3 million mostly to help elect Walker and the GOP-controlled legislature over the last seven years.
January 20, 2017
Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Annette Ziegler, who faces no opponent in the upcoming spring elections for her second, 10-year term on the high court, raised more than $373,000 in 2016.
January 18, 2017
State Schools Superintendent Tony Evers and two others who are challenging him in the upcoming spring elections raised about $85,500 during the last half of 2016, according to campaign finance reports filed Tuesday.
January 13, 2017
Two GOP lawmakers are sponsoring a bill that would stymie state agencies from imposing environmental, consumer protection, public health and safety, and other standards and regulations at the expense of their special interest contributors.
January 12, 2017
More than four dozen retired judges from around Wisconsin have asked the Wisconsin Supreme Court to consider new rules that would require judges and justices to recuse themselves in cases involving parties or lawyers who spent money to help elect them.
January 11, 2017
Special interest groups led by the Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce (WMC), which itself spent an estimated $5.6 million since 2007 to help elect conservative justices to the Wisconsin Supreme Court, say judges need a pay raise.
January 9, 2017
Republican Sen. Tom Tiffany says the state’s 19-year-old mining moratorium is outdated and wants to repeal it so companies have an easier time opening copper, lead and zinc mines in Wisconsin.
Posted: January 6, 2017
Updated: March 2, 2017
The controversial process of redrawing Wisconsin’s legislative and congressional districts every 10 years would be pulled from Democratic and Republican lawmakers and turned over to a nonpartisan legislative agency, according to a Democratic proposal.
January 4, 2017
An out-of-state investment company wants to build a sand mining and processing plant in Jackson and Monroe counties that would eliminate about 17 acres of pristine forested wetland, according to plans being reviewed by state and federal regulators.\