Crime & Safety
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‘More Work Left’: First Police Reform Bills Pass, but Some Push for More
Evers says he’ll sign the bills, but he, legislative Democrats, and organizers say the state needs deeper reforms.
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Wisconsin Supreme Court Rules Local Officials Can’t Close Schools, Another Blow to Public Health
Conservatives on the state’s high court have consistently ruled against public health restrictions implemented to guard against COVID-19.
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Wisconsin Senate Takes First Steps Toward Police Reform Since George Floyd’s Murder
More bills await a vote in both the Senate and Assembly as the state inches toward reforms. The Wisconsin Senate on Tuesday passed four police reform bills, the first legislative action to change law enforcement policy since last year’s mass protests began after the murder of George Floyd by a then-Minneapolis police officer. The bipartisan…
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’Amen!’—Wisconsin Reacts to Chauvin Conviction. State’s Racial Disparities Task Force Begins to Wrap Up.
Jurors in Minneapolis convict former police officer. Wisconsin panel still debating a “use of force” policy.
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Clean Water at Stake as WI Supreme Court Hears Appeals to Take GOP Restrictions Off the DNR
Clean Wisconsin asks the court to remove legislative micromanagement citing megafarm pollution and high-capacity wells draining lakes.
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Another Fight Over Local Control: This One May Sink a Bill Decriminalizing Pot
Introduced in three legislative sessions, parties now disagreeing on a change that would remove local control over penalties.
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State Supreme Court Rejects Right-Wing Legal Group’s Effort to Deregister 70,000 Voters
Two conservative justices join liberals in striking down the attempted deregistration of tens of thousands of voters.
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WI Supreme Court Conservatives Strike Down Evers’ Mask Order, Ending Only Statewide COVID Safeguard
The court’s four conservative justices leave Wisconsin without a state of emergency despite the ongoing pandemic.
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Evers Signs Cocktails-to-Go Bill
The law allows bars and restaurants to sell alcoholic drinks to-go.
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Wisconsin Republicans Reintroduce and Pass Controversial COVID-19 Provisions
Several provisions that killed the Legislature’s first proposed COVID-19 package this year now passed as individual bills.
