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Study finds Wisconsin has nearly double the national rate and 91% killed with guns.
Parents are free to homeschool their unvaccinated kids.
The Assembly Criminal Justice and Public Safety Committee unanimously approved a pair of bills Thursday that stiffen penalties for impaired drivers. AB 15 and 17 would require those charged with first-offense OWI to appear in court and would implement a
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — Gov. Tony Evers, U.S. Rep. Ron Kind, D-La Crosse, and state Rep. Katrina Shankland, D-Stevens Point, will be on the UW-Stevens Point campus today for a town hall
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — A broad bipartisan coalition of lawmakers and activists today touted a measure that would encourage the growth of the state’s fledgling hemp industry. But the measure faces opposition from law enforcement agencies
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers **************************************** June 13: WisPolitics.com luncheon: The future of transportation funding in Wisconsin Transportation funding has become one of the key debating points in the two-year state budget making its way through the Legislature. Gov. Tony Evers
Efforts by the state crime lab to trim a backlog of untested sexual assault kits led to delays in testing DNA in nearly 350 active cases, a new Department of Justice report says. The state began to clear that backlog
The mining industry has updated its practices and technology, and our laws have also been updated over time. Act 134 maintained strong environmental standards without preempting local regulations or adding exemptions to environmental standards.
Mining industry representative Nathan Conrad, in his May 15 Cap Times column, repeats the discredited statements and vague promises used to support 2017 Act 134 to push unsafe mining on Wisconsin. Conrad claims the new law maintained environmental protections, when in fact it gutted many protections and public rights for mining proposals.
Not very, the data suggests. Is there any way to change this?
Former Gov. Tommy Thompson sat down with the Thompson Center Director Ryan Owens to discuss a wide variety of contemporary political issues in Wisconsin, and to share what he has been doing since his retirement from public office.
Republicans pass on fixing broken school funding system.
Study finds Wisconsin has nearly double the national rate and 91% killed with guns.
Parents are free to homeschool their unvaccinated kids.
The Assembly Criminal Justice and Public Safety Committee unanimously approved a pair of bills Thursday that stiffen penalties for impaired drivers. AB 15 and 17 would require those charged with first-offense OWI to appear in court and would implement a presumptive mandatory minimum sentence of five years in prison for
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — Gov. Tony Evers, U.S. Rep. Ron Kind, D-La Crosse, and state Rep. Katrina Shankland, D-Stevens Point, will be on the UW-Stevens Point campus today for a town hall on improving healthcare access and expanding Medicaid. Evers has continued
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — A broad bipartisan coalition of lawmakers and activists today touted a measure that would encourage the growth of the state’s fledgling hemp industry. But the measure faces opposition from law enforcement agencies who worry that a provision in the bill would allow
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers **************************************** June 13: WisPolitics.com luncheon: The future of transportation funding in Wisconsin Transportation funding has become one of the key debating points in the two-year state budget making its way through the Legislature. Gov. Tony Evers proposed an 8-cent-a gallon increase in the gas tax plus
Efforts by the state crime lab to trim a backlog of untested sexual assault kits led to delays in testing DNA in nearly 350 active cases, a new Department of Justice report says. The state began to clear that backlog — which peaked at over 6,800 untested kits, some of
The mining industry has updated its practices and technology, and our laws have also been updated over time. Act 134 maintained strong environmental standards without preempting local regulations or adding exemptions to environmental standards.
Mining industry representative Nathan Conrad, in his May 15 Cap Times column, repeats the discredited statements and vague promises used to support 2017 Act 134 to push unsafe mining on Wisconsin. Conrad claims the new law maintained environmental protections, when in fact it gutted many protections and public rights for mining proposals.
Not very, the data suggests. Is there any way to change this?
Former Gov. Tommy Thompson sat down with the Thompson Center Director Ryan Owens to discuss a wide variety of contemporary political issues in Wisconsin, and to share what he has been doing since his retirement from public office.
Republicans pass on fixing broken school funding system.