by Erik Gunn, Wisconsin ExaminerMarch 30, 2022 A Dane County judge cited Assembly Speaker Robin Vos with contempt of court Wednesday for failing to comply with her order five months […]
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Local Officials React To New Foxconn Deal
RACINE COUNTY – Local elected officials sounded happy and relieved that the Wisconsin Economic Development Corp. (WEDC) and Foxconn Technology Group reached a new agreement on subsidizing a manufacturing complex […]
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Evers issues another statewide mask order after Assembly scraps prior order
WISCONSIN – Gov. Tony Evers issued a new statewide health emergency order — order 105 — Thursday requiring face masks. The governor’s orders came one hour after the Republican-controlled Legislature […]
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Despite a surge in absentee voting, changes to ballot processing languish in Wisconsin
By Nora Eckert Wisconsin Watch This article is made possible through Votebeat, a nonpartisan reporting project covering local election integrity and voting access. As Claire Woodall-Vogg stood in the middle […]
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Robin Vos
79th Speaker of the of the Wisconsin State Assembly, Robin Vos, shares what he is thankful for this Thanksgiving. The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted businesses, families, healthcare workers, and Wisconsin […]
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Illness, stress fill a COVID-19 unit as Wisconsin leaders stalemate
By Bram Sable-Smith WPR/Wisconsin Watch The exterior of University Hospital in Madison, Wisconsin on Tuesday afternoon looked remarkably ordinary. A line of cars queued outside of the parking garage, where […]
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Vos retains 63rd State Assembly seat
RACINE COUNTY, WI – House Speaker Robin Vos (R-Rochester) won the 63rd State Assembly race against Joel Jacobsen, of Burlington, by a margin of 17 points. Vos, who will now […]
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Vos Announces Speaker’s Racial Disparities Task Force Members
MADISON – Assembly Speaker Robin Vos, R-Rochester, on Wednesday announced the members of the newly formed Speaker’s Task Force on Racial Disparities, which is chaired by Majority Leader Jim Steineke, […]
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Robin Vos: Wisconsin State Assembly District 63
On November 3, Robin Vos will defend his seat against Joel Jacobsen of Racine. We asked the same questions of both candidates. We reached out to Jacobsen several times, but […]
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COVID-19 alternative treatment facility to open
MADISON – Citing recent surges in COVID-19 patient hospitalizations, state officials on Wednesday announced that an Alternate Care Facility (ACF) would open within the next week. Public Health Madison and […]
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Speaker Vos Announces Co-Chair of Task Force
Speaker Robin Vos (R-Rochester) announced Tuesday that Rep. Shelia Stubbs (D-Madison) will co-chair the new Speaker’s Task Force with Majority Leader Jim Steineke (R-Kaukauna). The special committee will focus on […]
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Evers rolls out ‘Badger Bounce Back’ plan to reopen state
Governor Tony Evers announced the ‘Badger Bounce Back’ plan, a three-phase program to allow businesses to reopen and people to get back to work and social life. “As we’ve learned over […]
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Evers’ Safer at Home order an overreach, Sheriff says
Racine County Sheriff Christopher Schmaling called Governor Tony Evers’ extension of the Safer at Home order an “overreach” and enforcing the order would not be a priority. Instead, Schmaling would […]
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The Wisconsin corrections system is at a tipping point, so now what?
A debate has ensued for months in the state Legislature over who goes to prison and how to pay for it. Republican state lawmakers lobbied for crime bill AB 805, […]
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Redistricting in Wisconsin: Where we’re at
By Peter Cameron The state of Wisconsin is gerrymandered. In one of the most-evenly divided states in the country, none of the 2018 elections for the state’s seven U.S. congressional […]