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Former Supreme Court justice does not have to appear in lawsuit over Republican impeachment advice
Retired Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Patience Roggensack will not have to appear in court in an open records lawsuit over advice she gave about the possible impeachment of the justice who replaced her, a judge ruled Wednesday. Dane County Circuit Judge Frank Remington decided against holding a hearing in which the former justice had been […]
Lawsuit asks Wisconsin Supreme Court to draw new maps by March
Voters who filed a lawsuit against Wisconsin’s legislative maps asked the liberal-leaning state Supreme Court to draw new maps by March, forcing every state lawmaker to run for re-election next fall. In legal briefs filed earlier this week, the voters argued that the current maps so heavily favor Republicans that they need to be tossed […]
Republicans reject seven Evers appointees including elections commissioner and DNR board members
Republicans in the Wisconsin Senate voted Tuesday to fire seven of Gov. Tony Evers’ appointees to state boards and commissions, including a member of the Wisconsin Elections Commission and four members of the state Natural Resources Board. The Republicans denied the appointments over the repeated objections of Democrats who said the votes would set a […]
UW to end in-person instruction at campuses in Washington, Fond du Lac counties
Two more University of Wisconsin System branch campuses are set to close to in-person instruction at the end of the academic year, system President Jay Rothman announced Tuesday. Rothman announced that the Washington County campus of UW-Milwaukee and the Fond du Lac County campus of UW-Oshkosh will no longer hold in-person classes after June of […]
Advocates from PFAS-affected communities say GOP bill gives polluters a pass
Clean water advocates in some of Wisconsin’s communities hit hardest by PFAS contamination say Republican-authored legislation to aid in the cleanup of the harmful “forever chemicals” contains too many poison pills to support. The legislation was initially introduced in May. After months of inaction, last week the bill’s authors, Green Bay Republican Sens. Robert Cowles […]
Supreme Court Justice Rebecca Bradley to speak at Federalist Society conference
Conservative Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Rebecca Bradley is set to speak at a conference hosted by the right wing Federalist Society next month. The Federalist Society is an organization aimed at installing conservative and right wing judges on state and federal courts across the country. The group played an instrumental role in selecting former President […]
Vos says impeachment isn’t off the table after Supreme Court redistricting ruling
Wisconsin Assembly Speaker Robin Vos (R-Rochester) said Thursday that impeaching Supreme Court Justice Janet Protasiewicz isn’t off the table, but he signaled he’d wait to make a decision until after the Court rules on a lawsuit challenging the state’s legislative maps. Vos’ comments, made at a press conference ahead of the Assembly’s floor session, came […]
Wisconsin Republicans advance Senate PFAS bill over objections of Democrats, environmental groups
Republicans on the Wisconsin Senate Committee on Natural Resources and Energy voted to advance a new version of a bill addressing PFAS contamination across the state despite the objections of Democrats and environmental groups worried about its effect on the state Department of Natural Resource’s ability to hold polluters accountable. The committee vote was held […]
Republicans ease off impeachment threat after Supreme Court accepts redistricting case
After months of threatening that they would consider impeaching liberal Supreme Court Justice Janet Protasiewicz if she weighed in on a lawsuit over the state’s legislative maps, Wisconsin Republican lawmakers have pulled back from the idea. Republicans began raising impeachment before Protasiewicz was even elected in April, with then-Rep. Dan Knodl (R-Germantown) saying during his […]
With tie vote, Wisconsin Supreme Court sends sex assault evidence case back to appeals court
In a 3-3 vote, the Wisconsin Supreme Court sent a case concerning the evidence that is admissible in sexual assault trials back to the state court of appeals. Justice Janet Protasiewicz did not participate in the arguments or the decision, leaving an equally divided Court. The case, Wisconsin v. Seaton, involves a man accused of […]
Wisconsin lawmakers introduce bill to protect one of the four main food groups — maple syrup
Wisconsin Sen. Kelda Roys (D-Madison) loves real maple syrup so much that she’s kept a bottle in her purse so she’s never out to breakfast and forced to put artificial syrup on her pancakes. Last week, due to her love of maple syrup nearly as intense as Buddy, the main character in the movie Elf, […]
Wisconsin Supreme Court limits online access to eviction records to two years
The Wisconsin Supreme Court voted Monday to reduce the amount of time some eviction records are publicly available on the state court website from 20 years to two years. In its first public administrative conference in more than a decade, the court’s four liberals voted to shorten the record keeping timeline, which tenants rights advocates […]