Evers considering renegotiating Foxconn contract

Gov. Tony Evers says it’s “unrealistic” to think Foxconn will create the 13,000 jobs it had pledged given the company’s plans to scale back the original project. He also said he’s looking to potentially revise the company’s contract with the

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Supreme Court to hear lame-duck suit

The state Supreme Court has agreed to hear an appeal of a Dane County judge’s ruling that invalidated all of the Legislature’s actions in a December extraordinary session. GOP lawmakers first appealed the case to the 3rd District Court of

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Feds close Lincoln Hills probe with no charges

The federal investigation into alleged civil rights violations at Wisconsin’s troubled youth prison has been closed after insufficient evidence was found to support charges against staffers, the U.S. attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin announced this afternoon. In a

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Rewind: Your Week in Review for April 12

On this week’s episode, WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross and WisconsinEye’s Steve Walters discuss Appeals Court Judge Lisa Neubauer conceding in the Supreme Court race, the continuing fight over Gov. Tony Evers rescinding appointments and the Marquette University Law School Poll.

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Neubauer concedes in Supreme Court race

Lisa Neubauer on Wednesday conceded to Brian Hagedorn, dropping the possibility of seeking a recount in their razor-close race to become the state’s next Supreme Court justice. Hagedorn emerged from the Election Day count with a lead of 5,960 votes

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Rewind: Your Week in Review for April 5

On this week’s episode, WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross and WisconsinEye’s Steve Walters discuss a potential recount in the state Supreme Court race, the JFC hearings on Gov. Tony Evers’ budget and Wisconsin being withdrawn from a lawsuit to void the Affordable Care Act.

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Evers re-appoints 67 after lame-duck ruling

Gov. Tony Evers has moved to re-appoint many of the people he sought to pull off state boards and commissions last week even as the attorney for GOP lawmakers suggested the guv was violating an “unambiguous court order” in doing

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Rewind: Your Week in Review for March 29

On this week’s episode, WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross and WisconsinEye’s Steve Walters discuss the lame-duck rulings, the uncertainty over the 82 appointments Gov. Tony Evers withdrew and the state Supreme Court race.

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Appeals court stays lame-duck ruling

The 3rd District Court of Appeals today stayed a Dane County judge’s ruling that prevented enforcement of all laws and appointments Republicans approved in the December extraordinary session. But other pieces of the package remain on hold after a Dane

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Evers considering renegotiating Foxconn contract

Gov. Tony Evers says it’s “unrealistic” to think Foxconn will create the 13,000 jobs it had pledged given the company’s plans to scale back the original project. He also said he’s looking to potentially revise the company’s contract with the state, saying the current document “deals with a situation that

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Bipartisan bill aims to prevent backlog of untested sexual assault kits

Attorney General Josh Kaul and a bipartisan coalition of lawmakers are seeking to pass legislation that would take “a significant step” to prevent a future backlog of untested sexual assault kits. Flanked by legislators, law enforcement and advocates at the Capitol, Kaul yesterday unveiled a process for collecting and processing

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Supreme Court to hear lame-duck suit

The state Supreme Court has agreed to hear an appeal of a Dane County judge’s ruling that invalidated all of the Legislature’s actions in a December extraordinary session. GOP lawmakers first appealed the case to the 3rd District Court of Appeals, which issued a stay of the circuit court ruling,

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Feds close Lincoln Hills probe with no charges

The federal investigation into alleged civil rights violations at Wisconsin’s troubled youth prison has been closed after insufficient evidence was found to support charges against staffers, the U.S. attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin announced this afternoon. In a statement, the U.S. attorney’s office said prosecutors would have to

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Rewind: Your Week in Review for April 12

On this week’s episode, WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross and WisconsinEye’s Steve Walters discuss Appeals Court Judge Lisa Neubauer conceding in the Supreme Court race, the continuing fight over Gov. Tony Evers rescinding appointments and the Marquette University Law School Poll.

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GOP lawmakers ask Supreme Court to restore 15 appointments

After an appeals court earlier this week shot down their request, GOP lawmakers asked the state Supreme Court to restore 15 appointments Gov. Tony Evers rescinded following a lawsuit over the December lame-duck session. Wednesday’s filing urged the court to immediately restore the 15 appointments. Or — at worst —

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Neubauer concedes in Supreme Court race

Lisa Neubauer on Wednesday conceded to Brian Hagedorn, dropping the possibility of seeking a recount in their razor-close race to become the state’s next Supreme Court justice. Hagedorn emerged from the Election Day count with a lead of 5,960 votes on his fellow appeals court judge, and the next day

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Evers tells ‘UpFront’ GOP to blame for ‘constitutional crisis’

Democratic Gov. Tony Evers agreed Wisconsin is in a “constitutional crisis” but said it was “created by the Republicans in the lame-duck session.” “Yes, there is a constitutional crisis. It will be resolved,” Evers told “UpFront,” produced in partnership with WisPolitics.com. Evers said Republicans sought to “overturn the will of

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Rewind: Your Week in Review for April 5

On this week’s episode, WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross and WisconsinEye’s Steve Walters discuss a potential recount in the state Supreme Court race, the JFC hearings on Gov. Tony Evers’ budget and Wisconsin being withdrawn from a lawsuit to void the Affordable Care Act.

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Evers re-appoints 67 after lame-duck ruling

Gov. Tony Evers has moved to re-appoint many of the people he sought to pull off state boards and commissions last week even as the attorney for GOP lawmakers suggested the guv was violating an “unambiguous court order” in doing so. In all, Evers announced 67 appointments Thursday, all of

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Rewind: Your Week in Review for March 29

On this week’s episode, WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross and WisconsinEye’s Steve Walters discuss the lame-duck rulings, the uncertainty over the 82 appointments Gov. Tony Evers withdrew and the state Supreme Court race.

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Appeals court stays lame-duck ruling

The 3rd District Court of Appeals today stayed a Dane County judge’s ruling that prevented enforcement of all laws and appointments Republicans approved in the December extraordinary session. But other pieces of the package remain on hold after a Dane County judge in a second case this week ruled they

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