Stories tagged: "Rep. Ron Tusler"

Coronavirus Assembly Speaker Robin Vos speaks during a legislative session April 14, the last time the Assembly met. Members were able to decide whether or not they wore face masks. (RICK WOOD/MILWAUKEE JOURNAL SENTINEL)
Coronavirus Speaker Vos Demands In-Person Assembly Sessions, Despite Putting Members’ Health at Risk

“People all across Wisconsin safely go to work every day and members of the Assembly are capable of doing so as well.”

Christina Lieffring Christina Lieffring December 23, 2020 10:18 am CST
Elections Wisconsin Elections Commissioner, Republican Dean Knudson, told the Joint Committee on Campaigns and Elections that there was “no credible evidence voter fraud occurred.” (Screenshot)
Elections Democratic Lawmakers Ditch Republican-Led ‘Sham’ Election Hearing

“I want to let the public know that you have not let the Democrats have the floor.”

Christina Lieffring Christina Lieffring December 11, 2020 3:28 pm CST
Elections Poll worker Rebecca Brandt, center, feeds a voting tabulation machine with absentee ballots in the gym at Sun Prairie High School on Nov. 3 in Sun Prairie. The entire gym was dedicated to counting the absentee ballots. (Photo by Andy Manis/Getty Images)
Elections GOP Rep. in Charge of Baseless Election Investigation ‘Can’t Imagine’ Need to Overturn Results

The representative in charge of the Assembly’s election investigation criticizes his vice chair for suggesting, based on no evidence, declaring the election “null and void.”

Jonathon Sadowski Jonathon Sadowski November 13, 2020 4:52 pm CST
Politics Claire Woodall-Vogg, executive director of the Milwaukee election commission is escorted by police from the central count location where absentee ballots were being counted carrying the final count on November 04, 2020 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Wisconsin requires election officials to wait to begin counting absentee ballots until after polls open on election day. The Milwaukee count was finished about 3AM. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)
Politics Vos Follows Trump’s Lead By Pushing Completely Baseless Claims of Voter Fraud, Ballot Dumping

Vos assaults Wisconsin’s election integrity by ordering investigation into baseless fraud claims.

Jessica VanEgeren Jessica VanEgeren Jonathon Sadowski Jonathon Sadowski November 6, 2020 4:58 pm CST

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Assembly Speaker Robin Vos (R-Rochester) holds a press conference on April 13 where he demands Gov. Tony Evers accept severe restrictions on local health officials, schools, and the governor himself in exchange for tens of millions of dollars in federal supplemental COVID food aid. (Image via Wisconsin Eye.) Politics Evers and Timberlake Find a Way to Bypass Vos’ Willingness to Lose Millions in Food Aid for Families
An archival image of the Plainfield Tunnel Channel Lakes in Waushara County, which have experienced a reduction in water levels due to groundwater withdrawals for irrigated agriculture. (Photo credit: Wisconsin DNR) Natural Resources Clean Water at Stake as WI Supreme Court Hears Appeals to Take GOP Restrictions Off the DNR
Left: A sewer line under construction along St. Paul Avenue in Milwaukee in 1920. Right: Victor Berger, co-founder of the Socialist Party of America, editor of the Milwaukee Leader, and the first Socialist elected to Congress. Lower: Construction of a Milwaukee sewer line in 1932. (Photos courtesy: Wisconsin Historical Society and Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District. Graphic by Morgaine Ford-Workman.) Infrastructure Infrastructure Is Good Politics—Just Ask Milwaukee’s Sewer Socialists of 1904
The state Capitol in Madison is reflected off the windows of an office building across the street. (Photo by Julian Emerson) Politics Not Allowed: Nonpartisan Analysis Finds a Flaw in GOP Plans for Wisconsin Stimulus Money