In an attempt to bypass the Wisconsin Supreme Court, Republicans in the state Senate voted Tuesday to pass a bill that would install legislative maps aimed at protecting incumbent GOP lawmakers who were moved into new districts under maps proposed by Democratic Gov. Tony Evers. The effort was announced Monday afternoon less than 24 hours […]
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Senate forces through update to alcohol regulations over objections of wedding barn owners
A bipartisan group of Wisconsin lawmakers on Tuesday forced an update to the state’s alcohol laws through the state Senate even though the new regulation had been blocked in committee after the owners of wedding venues across the state claimed it would kill their industry. The Assembly passed its version of the bill on a […]
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Parties split as election-related constitutional amendments pass Senate
Republicans in the Wisconsin Senate advanced four proposed constitutional amendments Tuesday, including one to ban private grants to local communities for administering elections and another to ban non-citizens from voting in any elections in the state. A third would write the state’s photo ID requirement for voters into the Wisconsin Constitution. The fourth measure would […]
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Senate panel votes to kill building code update supporters say would save energy, improve safety
Voting along party lines, members of a state Senate committee rejected an update to Wisconsin’s commercial building codes Thursday by a vote of 3-2. Supporters said the new codes would improve energy efficiency and reduce emissions that contribute to global warming. The proposal would bring Wisconsin’s standards up to date with the 2021 International Energy […]
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Lawsuit against legislative maps filed at Wisconsin Supreme Court
One day after control of the Wisconsin Supreme Court flipped to a liberal-leaning majority, voting rights groups filed a lawsuit seeking to have the state’s legislative maps declared unconstitutional for favoring Republicans. The lawsuit, filed by the Wisconsin progressive law firm Law Forward, the Election Law Clinic at Harvard Law School, the Campaign Legal Center […]
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2 Bipartisan campaign finance bills introduced by legislators
by Henry Redman, Wisconsin ExaminerMay 2, 2023 A pair of campaign finance bills with bipartisan support were introduced in the Wisconsin Legislature last week, aiming to prevent officials convicted of violating election rules from accessing their campaign finance accounts and assisting local governments with the cost of holding a special election. Voters make their way […]