Water pollution task force to release recommendations
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Assembly Speaker Robin Vos’ water pollution task force is set to release its recommendations to the Legislature on Wednesday after a year of work. The task…
Wisconsin state troopers contract not up for approval
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A contract that would give most Wisconsin state troopers a 2% pay increase and a much larger bump for starting salaries was in jeopardy Tuesday after…
Fecal matter found in most private wells tested in SW Wis.
MILWAUKEE (AP) — The majority of private wells in southwestern Wisconsin are substantially polluted with fecal matter as concerns intensify over pollution of rural drinking water, according to a new…
Split Wisconsin High Court upholds lame-duck laws
By Joe Kelly Courthouse News MADISON, Wis. (CN) – In a 4-3 decision along party lines, the Wisconsin Supreme Court on Friday upheld the GOP-controlled Legislature’s lame-duck laws limiting the…
Republicans OK reduced building budget, new prison process
By SCOTT BAUER and TODD RICHMOND Associated Press Eds: Updates with details on building budget, background. MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Republicans on the Legislature’s budget-writing committee approved money Tuesday to…
GOP considering splitting budget into 2 bills
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Republican legislative leaders are thinking about splitting the state budget into two bills. Assembly Speaker Robin Vos and Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald tell Wispoltiics.com that…
Johnson says abortion issue should be left up to states
By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press OSHKOSH, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Republican U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson said Saturday he doesn’t support a federal law mirroring Alabama’s effort to ban most abortions.…
Assembly Speaker Vos fights redistricting deposition order
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Republican Assembly Speaker Robin Vos has appealed a ruling that would force him to be questioned by attorneys representing Democratic voters in a federal redistricting…
Is Wisconsin ‘behind the curve’ on marijuana laws?
By Analise Pruni, Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service Milwaukee Ald. Nik Kovac feels Wisconsin is “way behind the curve” when it comes to marijuana laws. The state is one of 17 …
Governor pulls Wisconsin out of lawsuit challenging Affordable Care Act after judge blocks laws limiting his powers
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Latest on a judge blocking Wisconsin Republicans’ lame-duck laws (all times local): Gov. Tony Evers is pulling Wisconsin out of a multistate lawsuit challenging the…
Judge blocks Wisconsin’s lame-duck laws
By Joe Kelly, Courthouse News MADISON, Wis. (CN) – A Wisconsin judge on Thursday temporarily blocked three controversial laws passed during a December lame-duck session in the GOP-controlled Legislature aimed…
GOP bill would create water pollution credit clearinghouse
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Republican legislators began a push Tuesday to streamline Wisconsin’s water pollution credit-trading system, introducing a bill that would create a clearinghouse that they say would make…
Wisconsin Assembly welcomes ‘limousine liberals’ for DNC
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin’s Republican Assembly speaker says Milwaukee hosting the 2020 Democratic National Convention would be good for President Donald Trump. Speaker Robin Vos also told reporters Thursday…
Assembly speaker gives governor’s marijuana plan low odds
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Republican Assembly Speaker Robin Vos is giving Democratic Gov. Tony Evers’ plan to legalize medical marijuana just a 10 percent chance of winning approval in the…
The Latest: Wisconsin governor’s order to leave ACA lawsuit rejected
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Attorney General Josh Kaul has rejected Gov. Tony Evers directive that he withdraw Wisconsin from a multi-state lawsuit seeking to repeal the federal health care law,…
Evers calls for bipartisanship to address Wisconsin issues
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Democratic Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers, in his first State of the State speech Tuesday, called on the Republican-controlled Legislature to scale back a corporate tax credit…
Vos fears Evers plan to OK medical pot ‘slippery slope’
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Republican leaders in the state Assembly aren’t happy with Democratic Gov. Tony Evers saying legalizing medical marijuana could start the process for full legalization. Evers said…
Judge: GOP can’t block liberal group’s Twitter comments
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A federal judge says top Republicans in the Wisconsin Legislature violated the First Amendment when they blocked a liberal advocacy group from seeing their Twitter feeds.…
