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Evers vetoes bill to codify secrecy of lawmaker harassment records
Gov. Tony Evers vetoed a bill last week that would have put into law the past practice of the Legislature to keep confidential the investigatory and disciplinary records of lawmakers accused of or disciplined for sexual harassment.
Evers signs Republican budget with more than $3 billion in tax cuts
Gov. Tony Evers has signed a Republican-crafted state budget that cuts several billion dollars in taxes, but the governor also used his strong veto pen 50 times, including deleting a $750,000 grant to Lakeland STAR School/Academy.
Johnson crusades against media, social media censorship
U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wisconsin) has been on a mission lately, and he says it’s all to let the American people know things they need to know — things the media and social media don’t actually want them to know.
Biden administration officially launches Domestic War on Terror
News analysis The Biden administration has officially established the nation’s first ever Domestic War on Terror, targeting among others, extremists with anti-government, anti-authority, and racialist views and those who oppose corporatist globalization.
Trump accuses Wisconsin GOP leaders of election fraud cover-up
Former President Donald Trump unloaded on GOP leaders in the Wisconsin Legislature this past week, accusing them of conspiring to cover up election fraud and saying they might be primaried, but state Senate president Chris Kapenga says the Trump statement was false.
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CDC acknowledges “likely link” between Covid vaccines, myocarditis in young people
As reported cases of heart inflammation in young people following Covid vaccination continue to grow, the nation’s Centers for Disease Control (CDC) acknowledged late last week a likely link between the vaccines and the conditions.
CDC postpones emergency vaccine meeting to celebrate new holiday
Concerned about the rising number of reported cases of heart inflammation after receiving a Covid vaccination, particularly in young men, the Centers for Disease Control had scheduled an emergency meeting of its vaccine panel for last Friday, but then abruptly canceled it after President Joe Biden declared the day a …
Court: Law allowing blood draws from unconscious drivers unconstitutional
The Wisconsin Supreme Court has ruled unanimously that a statutory provision permitting law enforcement to take blood samples from incapacitated drivers suspected of intoxication is unconstitutional.
GOP budget committee signs off on $3.4 billion tax cut
Pushing aside Democratic proposals to spend a historic surplus on such things as education, state agency infrastructure, and health care, Republicans on the Legislature’s budget-writing Joint Finance Committee approved last week a $3.4 billion tax cut for state residents and small businesses.
Joint Finance Committee reauthorizes Stewardship Fund
Meeting in executive session last week, the Legislature’s Joint Finance Committee reauthorized the state’s Stewardship program for four years, with total annual funding of $32 million.
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Study examines budget challenges for Wisconsin counties
It may seem like governments at all levels are just fine budget-wise, flush as they are with pandemic-related stimulus cash, but the one-time dollars are actually masking long-term fiscal difficulties that are threatening local programs and services, and that’s especially so for Wisconsin counties.
COVID vaccines offer no additional benefit to those previously infected in 52,000 person study
The CDC estimates that 35 percent of all Americans have already been infected with the virus that causes COVID-19, and now a new study from the renowned Cleveland Clinic indicates that those people would receive no additional protection by getting vaccinated.
Evers signs bill updating laws governing publication of public notices
A bill authored by state Rep. Joel Kitchens (R-Sturgeon Bay) and Sen. Robert Cowles (R-Green Bay) that will expand the number of publications qualified to publish public notices has been passed by the Legislature and signed into law by Gov. Tony Evers.
Expungement bill clears Senate judiciary committee hurdle
A bill to expand the scope of eligibility for the expungement of criminal records for nonviolent crimes passed the state Senate Judiciary Committee this past week and is headed to the full Senate for a vote.
Biden administration threatens Republicans over school funding
The Legislature’s Republican-majority Joint Finance Committee voted last week to boost school funding by $128 million over the 2021-23 biennium, but Democratic opponents say the amount is too meager, would punish public schools, and endanger federal Covid relief aid of more than $1.5 billion.
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