Legislature Sends Budget to Evers
OwenMeh. MADISON – Assembly lawmakers late Thursday sent to Gov. Tony Evers a $99 billion two-year spending plan that leverages a historic surplus to cut income taxes by more than…
Wisconsin Senate Okays $99 Billion, Two-Year State Budget
The Center Squareby Benjamin Yount The majority of Wisconsin Republican state senators are on board with the new $99 billion state budget. Almost every Republican voted for the two-year spending plan…
Wisconsin Senator Drops F-Bomb During Senate Floor Speech, but There Probably Won’t Be Any Consequences for Decorum Breach
M.D. KittleSo much for Senate decorum. Wisconsin State Senator LaTonya Johnson (D-Milwaukee) dropped the f-bomb — and another bad word to boot — during Wednesday’s budget debate. Republican lawmakers said the…
UW-Madison Blacked Out Admissions Criteria in Response to GOP Legislator’s Concerns
Wisconsin Right Now 38 The Center SquareUW-Madison blacked out lengthy sections of its admissions criteria in response to an open records request from a Republican legislator who is now trying to change state law to mandate…
Legal Questions Unanswered For Wisconsin’s Election Chief, 2nd Term
Ben Yount - The Center SquareThe future of Wisconsin’s elections administrator is likely headed for a couple of untested legal arguments. The Wisconsin Senate on Wednesday approved a resolution that will try and force a…
Daycare Checks in Wisconsin Went to Swiss-Backed Firm With Billion Dollars in Revenue, Affluent Areas
Jessica McBrideIt’s basically welfare for daycare centers, some of them run by billionaires. Democrats are slamming legislative Republicans’ refusal to continue a pandemic-focused program that handed out big federally-funded monthly checks…
Wisconsin Senate Approves $99 Billion, 2 Year State Budget
The majority of Wisconsin Republican state senators are on board with the new $99 billion state budget. Almost every Republican voted for the two-year spending plan Thursday night. “Overall, our…
SCOTUS Strikes Down Affirmative Action Policies at Harvard, UNC
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Thursday that Harvard and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s race-based affirmative action admission policies violate the Equal Protection Clause of the…
Wins on justice, education and taxes are only the start of Wisconsinites’ work
Patrick McIlheranTo win the vote is merely to start the work. As the Wisconsin Legislature wraps up a biennial budget that has both ups and downs — it spends much more…
The problem with Republicans …
David Blaska… is its dues-paying members! Pogo, the philosophizing opossum in Walt Kelly’s classic comic strip, famously said, “We have met the problem and he is us.” In the same vein,…