Crime & Safety
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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.
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Critics Say I-94 Expansion in Milwaukee Puts Evers’ Administration at Odds With Biden—and Itself
The governor’s climate change task force pointed to the historically detrimental effects of urban freeways and ports on communities of color in a 2020 report. But his administration is pressing ahead anyway.
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Once Again, Wisconsin Republicans Refuse to Recognize Black History Month. They Honored Rush Limbaugh Instead.
Democratic legislators spoke in the chamber Tuesday about the role Rush Limbaugh played in spreading disinformation, most recently about the coronavirus and the Nov. 3 election, which prompted the deadly insurrection at the US Capitol on Jan. 6.
