Lame-duck legal tab tops $2 million; GOP lawmakers’ bills grow in other suits

GOP legislative leaders and Dem 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. The ongoing review of the growing legal bills shows the guv’s tab is now closing in on $500,000 after he originally signed contracts with a combined cap of $100,000 in expenses unless developments warranted additional fees. Meanwhile, the overall GOP legal tab for private attorneys is now nearly $2.8 million since Jan. 1. That includes the $1.6 million for work on the extraordinary session suits, along with

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WED AM Update: Evers’ bill signings, vetoes outpace average during first 11 months of biennium

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers   Advertisement Wisconsin Academy of Physician Assistants From WisPolitics.com … — After this week taking action on the enrolled proposals from the Legislature’s fall floor period, Gov. Tony Evers is slightly exceeding the average tally over the last two decades of bills signed into law through the first 11 months of a biennium. But a WisPoli… Please log in to access subscriber content. If you don’t have a subscription, click here for a WisPolitics free trial and to view the different subscription options. Username or E-mail Password * Remember Me     Forgot Password

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Rep. Ohnstad: Ohnstad and area legislators push for public notice on violent offender release

MADISON – Today Representative Tod Ohnstad (D-Kenosha) announced that he will introduce bipartisan legislation to provide stronger public notice regarding the release of a person convicted of murder or certain other severe crimes, along with Senator Van Wanggaard (R-Racine) and Representatives Samantha Kerkman (R-Salem) and Tip McGuire (D-Kenosha). While there are strict notification requirements under the law related to the release of a convicted sex offender, these conditions are not necessarily required for the release of a person convicted of other major crimes including homicide. “When I read in the Kenosha News that a convicted murderer was being released into

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