Democratic Attorney General Josh Kaul says Republican legislative leaders have wasted taxpayer money by paying private attorneys $19,670 so far to review proposed settlements under a lame-duck law he says doesn’t work.
Senate Minority Leader Jennifer Shilling said Republican lawmakers have failed to lead on issues such as helping the middle class and addressing homelessness, because they’ve been unable to agree with each other and focused on opposing Democratic Gov. Tony Evers.
Following his appointment to the bench, Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Daniel Kelly had dozens of his past blog posts pulled down from the blog “Hang Together.”
Lawmakers and the public appear largely divided over the necessity of a bill that would require mandatory punishments for any University of Wisconsin student who “materially or substantially disrupts the free expression of others.”
Over half of all first-round 2019 trade aid payments went to the top 11.1% of recipients. And 25% of first-round payments went to only 3% of all recipients.
Republican legislative leaders and Democratic Gov. Tony Evers have now spent nearly $2.1 million for private attorneys to represent them in lawsuits that emerged from the lame-duck session, according to a WisPolitics.com review.
A recent Marquette University Law School Poll is stirring attention and comment in national circles regarding slipping support for impeachment in Wisconsin.
Wisconsin Tourism Secretary Sarah Meaney rejected the charge she is politicizing the department, telling WisPolitics.com in mid-November she is driven by data, not politics.
State regulators are looking at new ways to combat groundwater contamination in Wisconsin, focusing on nitrates as well as lesser-known PFAS.
Wisconsin federal lawmakers this year received nearly half a million dollars from industries they help regulate, according to a WisPolitics.com review of campaign finance reports.
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