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Evers clamps down on indoor public gatherings
Gov. Tony Evers directed Department of Health Services (DHS) secretary-designee Andrea Palm this week to issue an emergency order limiting public gatherings to no more than 25% of a room or building’s total occupancy.
Lawsuit filed to stop Evers from naming businesses connected to COVID-19 cases
Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce (WMC) — the combined state chamber of commerce, state manufacturers’ association and safety council — filed a lawsuit this past week, seeking an injunction that would prevent Gov. Tony Evers from releasing the names of businesses that have had employees test positive for COVID-19.
In new deal, Foxconn project all but withers away
Republican legislators once touted it as a $10 billion economic Goliath that would become the eighth wonder of the world, but, with Foxconn’s latest deal with the state, the southern Wisconsin development project is now destined to be a less-than-a-billion-dollar economic runt.
Evers recall effort is showing surprising results
The Republican Party isn’t keen on the idea, and the drive may well fall short, but a push to recall Gov. Tony Evers has gained unexpected traction, with its principal organizer reporting last week approximately 275,000 voters had signed petitions to oust Evers.
Audit: More than 90% of unemployment calls unanswered
Just one-half of 1% of all calls to Wisconsin’s unemployment centers at the height of the pandemic this past spring were answered, according to an audit released last week by the state’s nonpartisan Legislative Audit Bureau.
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Super rich find a home in the party that hates millionaires and billionaires
Over the past several decades, it has become a rallying cry for the Democratic Party: Make the millionaires and billionaires pay their fair share.
Evers loses email open records battle with Milwaukee TV station
A Dane County circuit judge ordered Gov. Tony Evers to turn over emails to a Milwaukee TV station last week, saying the governor’s previous denial of requests for those emails was based on a misreading of the state’s open records law.
WILL sues Dane County, city of Madison over ban on private gatherings
The Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty (WILL) has filed an original action with the Wisconsin Supreme Court, asking the court to halt the recent ban on all private gatherings in homes and on all indoor sports activities by the health departments of Dane County and the city of Madison.
Trump campaign alleges massive fraud, foreign interference in election
Lawyers for the campaign of President Donald Trump held a major news conference late last week alleging massive voter fraud and foreign interference that resulted in the election being stolen from the president, but as the dust settled no actual evidence was offered and some conservative supporters of the president …
Use of executive orders explode under Evers
The use of executive orders — already a growing trend among Wisconsin governors since 1965 — has mushroomed under Gov. Tony Evers, who averaged 50 executive orders a year in his first two years as governor, a new analysis of state records shows.
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2020 election underscores nation’s ongoing political realignment
It should come as no real surprise, but the election results are mostly in, and America remains just as divided as it was before election day, with voting patterns continuing to show a fundamental shift in political allegiances that gives neither major party a real advantage going forward.
Gallup: Support for stricter gun laws lowest since 2016
A new poll by the Gallup organization has found support for stricter gun control laws has not only fallen to its lowest level since 2016, but plunged seven points in the last year.
State Supreme Court lets outdated registrations stay on rolls
Despite a state law requiring names of outdated voter registrations to be removed, the Wisconsin Supreme Court last week determined tens of thousands of missing voters can stay registered to vote.
Senate, Assembly committees ready joint hearing on voter fraud
A week after Assembly speaker Robin Vos (R-Rochester) directed the Assembly committee on campaigns and elections to use its investigatory powers to review how the November elections were conducted, that committee is expected to schedule a joint hearing with its Senate counterpart, and they plan to use their subpoena powers …
Most election fraud claims lack evidence, but Biden faces issues in three states
The campaign of President Donald Trump has filed lawsuits in five separate states challenging the outcome of the presidential races there, as social media videos and claims of massive voter fraud in many of the nation’s biggest cities went viral this past week.
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