Evers, DOT announce second round of grants to upgrade …
网页2024年8月12日 · Gov. Tony Evers and the Wisconsin Department of Transportation announced a second round of grants to fund upgrades to agricultural roads across the state. A major push of farming groups ahead of the last legislative session, the bipartisan program has already sent $50 million to 28 Wisconsin communities to increase the …
Milwaukee Police Association endorses Trump, activists push back
网页2024年8月19日 · The Milwaukee Police Association (MPA) has endorsed Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, following a visit Friday by Trump’s running mate J.D. Vance. In brief remarks to the police association, Vance thanked Milwaukee officers for providing security last month during the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee where, he said ...
Proposed constitutional amendment triggers fight over control of ...
网页2024年7月30日 · The proposed amendment was introduced originally in the 2022 legislative session after Republican lawmakers unsuccessfully tried to direct how Evers, a Democrat, spent the billions of dollars in federal pandemic relief that came to Wisconsin. If enacted, the proposed amendment “will absolutely delay implementation of federal funds” sent to ...
State-Tribal committee plans to resurrect failed bills, including ...
网页2024年8月22日 · Wisconsin’s Special Committee on State-Tribal Relations considered the resurrection of three bills, including one that would protect students’ rights to wear tribal regalia to graduation, as well as other ideas that could become bills next session.
Right wing judge elected to District II Appeals Court, solidifying ...
网页2022年4月6日 · Waukesha County Circuit Court Judge Maria Lazar was elected to the District II Court of Appeals on Tuesday. The conservative Lazar’s win solidifies a 3-1 conservative majority on the court, which decides appeals for the 12-county district that covers southeastern Wisconsin from Kenosha County to Sheboygan County, excluding Milwaukee County.. Lazar defeated incumbent Judge Lori Kornblum, who ...
Democratic primary in 3rd Congressional District gets heated
网页2024年8月10日 · Rebecca Cooke, a Democrat, is running for the open seat in the 3rd Congressional District. (Rebecca Cooke for Congress) Shankland has responded to the attack by pointing to her co-sponsorship of a bill to expand BadgerCare for the past 12 years. Other Democrats have come to Shankland’s defense …
Democrats go on offense, GOP look to defend legislative …
网页2024年8月22日 · Joe Sheehan, a former superintendent of the Sheboygan Area School District and executive director of the Sheboygan County Economic Development Corporation, is challenging Rep. Amy Binsfeld (R-Sheboygan) in the 26th Assembly district, which represents Sheboygan and has a 52.1% Democratic lean …
Madison decriminalizes cannabis • Wisconsin Examiner
网页From Jan. 1, 2019 to Aug. 1, 2020, 468 cannabis citations were issued in Madison. The fines for these citations total $54,000 but only $14,000 has been paid. Verveer, citing data from the Madison Police Department, said decriminalization of cannabis will aid equity in the city. He said the city’s Black residents were disproportionately cited ...
Pay raise approval process drags for state workers
网页2019年12月11日 · At that time it approved the 2017-2018 collective bargaining agreement that raised the wages of building trades workers working for the state and the university system by 1.26%. The delays since then have led some union members to write their lawmakers, including Roth, urging the committee to get back to work.
DNR releases environmental impact statement on Line 5 relocation
网页6 天之前 · The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources on Thursday released a final environmental impact statement on Enbridge Energy’s plan to relocate its controversial Line 5 oil pipeline out of the Bad River Reservation in northern Wisconsin. The nearly 900-page document is another step toward the company receiving the necessary permits from the ...