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On 4-3 vote, state Supreme Court adopts GOP legislative redistricting maps
News analysis By a 4-3 vote, with justice Brian Hagedorn switching sides, the state Wisconsin Supreme Court adopted redistricting maps for the state Assembly and Senate last week that had been proposed by the GOP-controlled Legislature, saying they both provided the least-changes directive of a previous ruling and were race-neutral.
As government surveils broadly, bill seeks to protect due process rights
The U.S. House Judiciary Committee has passed legislation authored by Rep. Scott Fitzgerald (R-Wisconsin) and House Judiciary Committee chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) that privacy advocates say will help protect the due process rights of all Americans in the face of what they say is excessive government surveillance and data collection.
Biden steps up gun control efforts
In a White House press conference this past week, President Joe Biden proposed a new rule on banning ghost guns and promised that the action was just the start of a newly aggressive effort at gun control.
Lawmakers propose constitutional amendments on spending federal funds
Republican lawmakers have introduced a pair of constitutional proposals that they say would enshrine fiscal responsibility and accountability in the state constitution.
Group proposes eliminating Wisconsin state income tax
A new report by UW professor Noah Williams of the UW-Madison Center for Research On the Wisconsin Economy (CROWE) is calling for the elimination of the state income tax, and a bevy of conservatives, including former Gov. Scott Walker, Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce, and Americans for Prosperity are urging its …
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Senate report: Vaccine mandate would cost Wisconsin at least $64 million
A report issued by the ranking member of a U.S. Senate subcommittee says Wisconsin businesses will lose at least $64 million if President Joe Biden’s vaccine mandate for private employers are put in place, while 27 percent of the state’s workforce would be disrupted.
Federal judge dismisses Kingman civil suit
U.S. District Judge William M. Conley of the United States District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin has dismissed the wrongful termination lawsuit brought by former City of Rhinelander public works director Tim Kingman.
Biden furiously rebuilds the administrative state
News analysis The latest in an occasional series To many conservatives, Donald Trump was not nearly aggressive as he should have been in cutting regulations and reducing the size and scope of the administrative state, but, in retrospect and in context, the former president now looks like a world champion in …
Supreme Court: ‘Least changes’ approach adopted in redistricting
In a 4-3 decision, the Wisconsin Supreme Court has rejected Democratic pleas to consider statewide aggregate vote totals in redrawing the state’s legislative districts, saying it would instead hew to an approach that makes as few changes as possible to achieve constitutionality.
Labor force participation still down, hampering economy
News analysis According to President Joe Biden, aside from temporary inflation, the U.S. economy is a well-oiled machine, roaring back from pandemic glitches, and the president underscored his claim with the government’s October jobs report, which showed the economy adding 531,000 new jobs and unemployment tumbling to 4.6 percent.
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Schools closing — from Covid burnout, not Covid
The mass closings of schools and the loss of in-person instruction during the Covid-19 pandemic have been roundly criticized as catastrophically harmful to children, yet in the current school year, many school districts have continued to routinely send students home for short closures or class quarantines when positive cases show …
Democrats push climate change package of 22 bills
State Democratic lawmakers have introduced a far-reaching package of bills aimed at combatting climate change, including the creation of model academic standards related to climate change and establishment of a Wisconsin Climate Corps, which would sponsor projects relating to climate resilience, environmental justice, and more.
Economists: Higher Inflation could be a deliberate strategy to reduce debt ratio
News analysis During the first year of Joe Biden’s presidency, as inflation has spiked to its highest year-over-year increases in 30 years, the administration has assured the nation that the price increases are temporary.
Evers, Biden underwater in Marquette poll
Republicans enjoyed extraordinary electoral success in elections in Virginia and New Jersey this month, and the latest Marquette Law School poll indicates the red wave is transcending those states and has washed into Wisconsin, with Democratic Gov. Tony Evers in trouble with voters and the Democratic Party underwater on the …
WILL study: Wisconsin has 161,000 regulatory restrictions in administrative code
News analysis The Wisconsin administrative code contains more than 161,000 restrictions, making it the most regulated state on a per-capita basis in the Great Lakes region, according to a new study published by the Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty (WILL).
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