TUE News Summary: Lawmakers consider banning delta-8, other hemp products
TOP STORIES Lawmakers debate banning delta-8, other hemp products in WI … causing a sharp rise in reports of children and adults getting sick, raising concern among doctors and public health officials. … [also] House committee voted last week to
Racine Recall Committee: To submit signatures to force recall
Election of Robin Vos Union Grove, WI – May 27, 2024 -The Racine Recall Committee ispleased to announce that we will submit petition signatures for the recallof Robin Vos to the Wisconsin Election Commission between 2:30-3:00pm in Madison on Tuesday
Experts: Recall attempt doesn’t impact Vos reelection this fall
A review of state statutes and conversations with election law experts show the process poses no impediment to Vos running for reelection on the fall ballot — even if recalled. Wisconsin statutes include a series of factors that bar someone from seeking office. But having been recalled isn’t one of them; he wouldn’t even be the first recalled lawmaker to run for his old office.
Baldwin campaign: Tammy Tuesdays: May 28, 2024
Hi folks! Welcome back to Tammy Tuesdays, our weekly update email on Tammy’s work and the big fights she’s taking on for Wisconsin families. Tammy knows that there’s more that unites us than divides. She understands that Wisconsin’s middle-class families
David Blaska: If Portland OR can quit reforming justice, why can’t Madison WI?
Portland OR, once a caliphate of Antifa, has been mugged by reality. Voters in the Oregon metro region tossed its progressive district attorney this week in favor of a law ’n order guy, endorsed by the police. A former Republican! Portland is the third large West Coast city to quit Crazy, after Seattle and San Francisco.
Terrance Wall: The Madison thought (& energy) police strike again
Welcome Comrade, to East Germany Madison, where we insist that not only you turn over your private data on your private property to us, the energy police, but we also, for your convenience comrade, tell you to what say and think about our demands.
Bob Lindmeier: We need to do more to meet climate goals
We all learned about the water cycle when we were kids. As a reminder, it’s the process by which water on the earth’s surface gets heated up by the sun and then evaporates and rises and condenses into clouds and then — as rain or snow or some other form of precipitation — falls back to the earth’s surface, where the cycle begins anew. It’s grade-school science that as adults, we mostly take for granted.
Bill Kaplan: Senator Baldwin calls for two-state solution
The Israeli military has recovered 7 more bodies of Israeli hostages murdered by Hamas and taken to Gaza on October 7, 2023. Once again there’s no daylight between President Joe Biden, Wisconsin Democratic Senator Tammy Baldwin (and me) regarding unequivocal condemnations of the Hamas slaughter of 1,200 Israelis and abduction of 250 Israeli hostages. Our outrage has not abated, but it’s not enough.
Jerry Hanson: We need to return to the old America
Being 81 years old I’ve lived in two Americas. In today’s America people are bitter about the good fortune and
successes of others.
TUE AM Update: Group seeking to recall Vos says it will turn in signatures today
From WisPolitics … — The group seeking to oust Assembly Speaker Robin Vos says it will turn in more than 8,000 signatures from the 63rd AD this afternoon with 6,850 valid ones needed to trigger a recall. Recall organizers face
Racine Recall Committee: To submit signatures to force recall election of Robin Vos
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Buttigieg on ‘UpFront’: ‘We’re not backing down’ on passenger protections
U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg says his agency is closely watching the airline industry this holiday weekend, which is expected to produce record travel on the roads and in the air. “Last year, the cancellation rate was at
WI National Guard: Remembering Wisconsin Guard unit in Bataan Death March
Eighty-two years ago, the “Janesville 99” — a Wisconsin National Guard tank company — endured the hellish Bataan Death March in the early days of the United States’ participation in World War II. The Janesville unit was part of the
U.S. Rep. Fitzgerald: Responds to announced PM Netanyahu visit to Capitol Hill
WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Scott Fitzgerald (WI-05) issued the following statement after House Speaker Mike Johnson announced that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu would soon come to the Capitol to deliver a joint address to Congress. “I’m pleased to hear Speaker
Gov. Evers: Celebrates National Travel and Tourism Week
MADISON — Gov. Tony Evers, this week, traveled across the state to celebrate National Travel and Tourism Week and highlight Wisconsin’s thriving tourism industry. This year’s National Travel and Tourism Week follows last year’s announcement of a record-breaking year for Wisconsin tourism in