Senate approves overhaul of absentee ballot procedures, ban on use of private money for...
Wisconsin would overhaul its policies for absentee ballots, indefinitely confined voters and the use of drop boxes under bills that cleared the state Senate...
Both houses vote to end enhanced federal unemployment benefits
Both houses of the Legislature today voted along party lines to end enhanced federal unemployment benefits even as Gov. Tony Evers has signaled he...
Senate Republicans vote to punish communities that cut law enforcement spending
The state Senate voted today to punish communities that reduce their spending on law enforcement, restrict the use of chokeholds by police officers and...
Evers calls special session on Medicaid expansion, proposes economic development projects with additional federal...
Gov. Tony Evers, rebuffed multiple times by Republican lawmakers over expanding Medicaid, today announced a special session to take up covering an additional 90,000...
Senate passes police reform bills
The Senate voted to rework the makeup of police and fire commissions in the state's two largest cities and changed reporting requirements for use-of-force...
Assembly passes bill to stop local governments using private money to pay for elections
The Assembly passed today a bill that would bar local governments from using private money to cover election costs.
The bill passed along party lines...
Assembly passes bill expanding school voucher eligibility
-- The Assembly passed in a 60-36 vote a bill that would qualify more students for school vouchers.
The bill, now in the Senate, would...
Assembly passes bill requiring the national anthem be played at certain sporting events
The Assembly has passed a bill requiring the playing or singing of the national anthem at sporting events where at least some taxpayer money...
Assembly passes joint resolution calling for Constitutional Convention
The Assembly today passed nearly along party lines a joint resolution calling for a convention of the states for amendments to the U.S. Constitution...
Senate approves banning ballot harvesting, barring clerks from adding missing info to absentee ballot...
The Senate signed off on barring local clerks from filling in missing information absentee ballot envelopes and explicitly banning ballot harvesting as part of...
Assembly passes resolution calling for troops on the southern border
Assembly lawmakers passed along party lines a resolution calling on Gov. Tony Evers to send aid and resources to the U.S.-Mexico border.
The vote comes...
Senate approves bills to overhaul police policies
The Senate voted to rework the makeup of police and fire commissions in the state’s two largest cities and changed reporting requirements for use-of-force...
Senate passes bill package dictating how to spend most fed relief dollars
Senators nearly along party lines have passed an 11-bill package that would allocate federal pandemic relief funds.
The bills now go to the desk of...
Senate sends ban on mandatory COVID vaccines, restrictions on closing houses of worship to...
The Senate today approved Assembly bills to ban mandatory vaccines for COVID-19 and restrict officials’ ability to limit meetings in houses of worship to...
Senate approves ban on private money to cover local election costs
The state Senate voted to ban local governments from accepting private money to run elections, allow those monitoring a recount to get a closer...
