Stories tagged: "Robin Vos"


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Republicans Vote to Fire Top Elections Official, Spurring Legal Battle Over Whether They Can Do That

The move comes as Assembly Republicans passed a watered-down redistricting reform bill and continue to talk of impeaching State Supreme Court Justice Janet Protasiewicz.

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Finally: Top Republican Now Backs Nonpartisan Map Plan

Faced with a state Supreme Court no longer controlled by conservatives, Assembly Speaker Robin Vos is rushing through a way to replace gerrymandered maps—without public input.

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Republicans Pass Local Aid Bill Shortchanging Milwaukee, Controlling How Other Communities Spend Money

Assembly Republicans go their own way in passing a bill to share state revenue. Senate Republicans are likely to make more changes, with no guarantee Gov. Evers will sign a version that isn’t negotiated jointly.

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Wisconsinites Want Weed: Where Local Lawmakers Stand on Legalization

In Wisconsin, 69% of voters support cannabis legalization. But the Badger State remains an island among its weed-friendly neighbors, with all three having some form of legality.

FILE - State Senate Majority Leader Devin LeMahieu (left) and Assembly Speaker Robin Vos (right) speak at a 2021 news conference about education spending. (Screenshot via WisconsinEye)
Republican Leaders Vos and LeMahieu Willing To Compromise With Gov. Evers 

After being reelected in the midterms, state House Assembly Speaker Robin Vos and state Senate Majority Leader Devin LeMahieu signal they may be willing to negotiate with Gov. Tony Evers on how to use the state’s record budget surplus.

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Vos Fires Gableman: Assembly Speaker Pulls the Plug on 2020 Election ‘Investigation’ by Former Justice

Their public break-up highlights the widening fissure between Republicans who will and won’t continue placating former President Trump’s efforts to subvert the will of the voters who removed him from office.

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Trump Tries Yet Again to Pressure Wisconsin’s Top Republican into Illegally Throwing Out 2020 Election Results

Even as the Jan. 6 Committee meticulously outlines the ways the former president tried without merit to overturn his loss, Trump called Assembly Speaker Robin Vos to wrongly claim a state Supreme Court ruling undoes his defeat.