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The Assembly today approved a pair of bills that would require schools to collect crime data and to hire resource officers if they report too many incidents resulting in arrests.
The Assembly today backed the Legislative Black Caucus’ Black History Month resolution highlighting seven people, including the state’s first Black woman to become a major general in the U.S. Army Reserve and its first Black appeals court judge.
The GOP-controlled Assembly today moved to keep in place the Legislature’s suspension of rules barring conversion therapy for gay patients, directing clerks to fill in missing information from witnesses on absentee ballot envelopes and regulating pools at short-term rentals.
The Assembly today approved putting on the April ballot a constitutional amendment to overhaul the state’s bail system and an advisory referendum on work search requirements for public assistance.
The state Senate moved Tuesday to place on the April ballot two initiatives: a constitutional amendment to overhaul bail policies; and an advisory referendum on whether childless, able-bodied adults should have to seek work to qualify for public assistance. Republicans
The Senate voted Tuesday to ban discriminating against someone over whether they’ve received the COVID-19 vaccine and to allow parents to opt out their kids if schools implement a mask requirement. AB 316 would ban the state and local governments
The state would break Milwaukee Public Schools into multiple districts while lifting any income limits on its voucher programs under bills the Senate approved Tuesday and sent to Gov. Tony Evers. The sweeping package of bills would touch everything from
Two days after Speaker Robin Vos said the bill was unlikely to move because a site hadn’t been chosen for the facility, the Assembly unanimously approved funding a replacement for the state’s troubled youth prison in north-central Wisconsin. In doing
The Assembly approved allowing clerks to begin processing absentee ballots the day before an election, but only after Dems and Republicans accused each other of negotiating in bad faith on the proposal. Meeting for the final time of the regular
The Assembly approved in a voice vote the amended version of a bill that would allow people to charge for the use of electric vehicle charging stations. Rep. Deb. Andraca, D-Whitefish Bay, criticized the bill for what she called a
Medical professionals who advise their patients to try alternative treatments for things like COVID-19 couldn’t be disciplined for their guidance under legislation the Assembly approved. Backers included the legislation in a “medical freedom” package they introduced earlier this year, complaining
The Senate approved a series of bills that would revamp the unemployment program and add new restrictions to Medical Assistance that backers say would help move people off government safety net programs and into the workforce. That includes enforcing drug
The Senate voted to create a mandatory minimum sentence for three or more convictions of retail theft. Under AB 829, the minimum sentence for a third conviction would be 180 days if the convictions were within a five-year period. The
Wisconsin prison guards would get a raise paid for with federal funds under legislation that cleared the Senate Tuesday. Dems have knocked the bill for not putting state money into the raises, which would be temporary. And Gov. Tony Evers
Clerks could no longer fill in missing information on absentee ballot envelopes, private money couldn’t cover public election costs and the Legislature would have more oversight over advice from the Elections Commission under legislation the Senate approved today. The dozen
The Assembly approved AB 970, which would eliminate income caps for the state’s three school choice programs. The move would cost property taxpayers $577.3 million in extra expenses, assuming 67,689 newly eligible students would enter the system, according to a
Dem Rep. Sondy Pope blasted Republicans for passing a bill that would disband Milwaukee Public Schools for what she called a racist attempt to grow the voucher program by splitting up the state’s largest school district. The Assembly today in
Dems balked as Assembly Republicans today approved a bill that would create a “parental bill of rights” aimed at giving parents more say over what happens in classrooms. The Assembly voted 60-34 along party lines to approve AB 963, which
The Senate voted unanimously to authorize $41.8 million in general fund supported borrowing to build a new juvenile detention facility in Milwaukee County to house the most serious offenders in the system. But Assembly Speaker Robin Vos, R-Rochester, said it’s
The Legislature voted Tuesday along party lines to ban the UW or tech college systems from requiring students to “affirm, adopt, or adhere to” tenets of critical race theory. The bill is a watered-down version of what was first introduced.
The Assembly today approved a pair of bills that would require schools to collect crime data and to hire resource officers if they report too many incidents resulting in arrests.
The Assembly today backed the Legislative Black Caucus’ Black History Month resolution highlighting seven people, including the state’s first Black woman to become a major general in the U.S. Army Reserve and its first Black appeals court judge.
The GOP-controlled Assembly today moved to keep in place the Legislature’s suspension of rules barring conversion therapy for gay patients, directing clerks to fill in missing information from witnesses on absentee ballot envelopes and regulating pools at short-term rentals.
The Assembly today approved putting on the April ballot a constitutional amendment to overhaul the state’s bail system and an advisory referendum on work search requirements for public assistance.
The state Senate moved Tuesday to place on the April ballot two initiatives: a constitutional amendment to overhaul bail policies; and an advisory referendum on whether childless, able-bodied adults should have to seek work to qualify for public assistance. Republicans hope both could help drive conservative turnout this spring with
The Senate voted Tuesday to ban discriminating against someone over whether they’ve received the COVID-19 vaccine and to allow parents to opt out their kids if schools implement a mask requirement. AB 316 would ban the state and local governments from discriminating against someone based on whether they have received
The state would break Milwaukee Public Schools into multiple districts while lifting any income limits on its voucher programs under bills the Senate approved Tuesday and sent to Gov. Tony Evers. The sweeping package of bills would touch everything from the number of districts in the state’s largest city —
Two days after Speaker Robin Vos said the bill was unlikely to move because a site hadn’t been chosen for the facility, the Assembly unanimously approved funding a replacement for the state’s troubled youth prison in north-central Wisconsin. In doing so, Vos sought to credit GOP guv candidate Rebecca Kleefisch
The Assembly approved allowing clerks to begin processing absentee ballots the day before an election, but only after Dems and Republicans accused each other of negotiating in bad faith on the proposal. Meeting for the final time of the regular session, the Assembly broke late Thursday afternoon for nearly four
The Assembly approved in a voice vote the amended version of a bill that would allow people to charge for the use of electric vehicle charging stations. Rep. Deb. Andraca, D-Whitefish Bay, criticized the bill for what she called a “power grab” by public utilities. The Senate bill would bar
Medical professionals who advise their patients to try alternative treatments for things like COVID-19 couldn’t be disciplined for their guidance under legislation the Assembly approved. Backers included the legislation in a “medical freedom” package they introduced earlier this year, complaining that the government has prevented medical professionals and pharmacists from
The Senate approved a series of bills that would revamp the unemployment program and add new restrictions to Medical Assistance that backers say would help move people off government safety net programs and into the workforce. That includes enforcing drug testing requirements to qualify for food stamps and cutting off
The Senate voted to create a mandatory minimum sentence for three or more convictions of retail theft. Under AB 829, the minimum sentence for a third conviction would be 180 days if the convictions were within a five-year period. The convictions would have to be for acts committed on separate
Wisconsin prison guards would get a raise paid for with federal funds under legislation that cleared the Senate Tuesday. Dems have knocked the bill for not putting state money into the raises, which would be temporary. And Gov. Tony Evers has vetoed past efforts by GOP lawmakers to dictate how
Clerks could no longer fill in missing information on absentee ballot envelopes, private money couldn’t cover public election costs and the Legislature would have more oversight over advice from the Elections Commission under legislation the Senate approved today. The dozen bills that cleared the floor — all with only GOP
The Assembly approved AB 970, which would eliminate income caps for the state’s three school choice programs. The move would cost property taxpayers $577.3 million in extra expenses, assuming 67,689 newly eligible students would enter the system, according to a fiscal report produced by the Department of Public Instruction. Along
Dem Rep. Sondy Pope blasted Republicans for passing a bill that would disband Milwaukee Public Schools for what she called a racist attempt to grow the voucher program by splitting up the state’s largest school district. The Assembly today in a voice vote approved AB 966. The bill would break
Dems balked as Assembly Republicans today approved a bill that would create a “parental bill of rights” aimed at giving parents more say over what happens in classrooms. The Assembly voted 60-34 along party lines to approve AB 963, which includes language giving parents the right to determine a child’s
The Senate voted unanimously to authorize $41.8 million in general fund supported borrowing to build a new juvenile detention facility in Milwaukee County to house the most serious offenders in the system. But Assembly Speaker Robin Vos, R-Rochester, said it’s unlikely SB 520 will see a floor vote in his
The Legislature voted Tuesday along party lines to ban the UW or tech college systems from requiring students to “affirm, adopt, or adhere to” tenets of critical race theory. The bill is a watered-down version of what was first introduced. SB 409 originally sought to ban teaching things such as