Commentary - Wisconsin Examiner
网页BY: Ruth Conniff - July 18, 2024. Former Wisconsin Gov. Tommy Thompson got emotional Wednesday night at the conclusion of J.D. Vance’s speech accepting the nomination to be Donald Trump’s running mate. “I was absolutely moved,” Thompson said as he stood with the Wisconsin delegation near the main stage at the Republican National ...
Wisconsin Supreme Court rules state voting maps unconstitutional
网页2023年12月22日 · In a 4-3 decision released Friday afternoon, the Wisconsin Supreme Court held that Wisconsin’s voting maps as currently drawn violate the state constitution and must be redrawn in time for the 2024 election. Under the Wisconsin Constitution, state legislative districts must consist of “contiguous territory.”.
Major parties battle over third-party ballot access
网页By: Henry Redman - August 16, 2024 5:00 am. Ballot (Getty Images) The two major political parties are battling over the ability of third-party candidates to access the November presidential ballot in Wisconsin. The fight indicates concerns about how those candidates could affect the final vote totals in a state that frequently has exceptionally ...
Clipping the governor’s control of federal funds
网页2022年2月3日 · A proposed amendment to the Wisconsin Constitution giving the Legislature broad control over spending federal funds sent to the state is a step closer to an Assembly vote. Republican authors of the proposal contend it would restore the Legislature’s rightful place in deciding how the state spends the money, now largely controlled by the governor.
Gableman, Vos face potential consequences from circuit courts …
网页2022年1月5日 · Wisconsin Assembly Speaker Robin Vos and Michael Gableman, the former state Supreme Court justice Vos appointed to lead the partisan investigation of the the 2020 election, are both facing potential reprimands from state courts over their actions during the investigation into the election won by Joe Biden.
Tracking the growing cost to taxpayers of private school vouchers
网页2021年5月7日 · The cost of the Special Needs Scholarship Program has grown six times larger over the last four years, from an initial $3 million in 2017-18 to $18 million in 2021. All in all, statewide, local taxpayers have gone from spending about $21 million on private school vouchers in 2015-16 to spending about $140 million on private schools in 2020-21.
Report: despite improvements poverty is worsening for some in …
网页2021年11月19日 · Poverty was under the microscope at a press conference in the Capitol on Thursday. Framed around a recent study tracking the effects of COVID-19 on the economy, food and housing, the gathering of elected officials and advocates highlighted the worsening struggles of low-income residents of the Badger State. Rep. Lisa Subeck (D-Madison) was joined by other elected officials, representatives ...
Stability or disruption for Wisconsin schools?
网页2022年11月23日 · School choice advocates argue that traditional public schools need to be shaken up and forced to compete with private schools. On the other side, arguing for stability, Gov. Tony Evers proposes investing some of Wisconsin’s record-breaking budget surplus — which has now grown to a whopping $6.6 billion — …
Madison decriminalizes cannabis • Wisconsin Examiner
网页2020年11月18日 · From Jan. 1, 2019 to Aug. 1, 2020, 468 cannabis citations were issued in Madison. The fines for these citations total $54,000 but only $14,000 has been paid. Verveer, citing data from the Madison Police Department, said decriminalization of cannabis will aid equity in the city. He said the city’s Black residents were disproportionately cited ...
Wisconsin: First to kill the death penalty
网页2019年8月1日 · Wisconsin has led the nation as an anti-death-penalty state for 166 years, despite nearly a decade of Republican control by Trump supporters and several decades of new tough-on-crime laws. Wisconsin was the first state to permanently end the death penalty for all crimes with the Death Penalty Repeal Act signed into law on July 10, 1853.
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