Stories tagged: "Wisconsin Legislature"
UW-Madison Professor Michael Apple believes conservatives’ latest attacks on school boards, teachers, and curriculum are part of a decades-long effort to undermine public education.
Almost 15 bills passed that would make it harder to vote absentee, criminalize common voting practices, and derail federal election guidance.
Republican majority wraps up its intended business: Lots of bills destined for vetoes and lots of other ideas ignored.
Republicans’ ongoing efforts to restrict the number of people allowed to vote poses a “serious danger” to democracy in America, Wisconsin Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes told UpNorthNews.
Nonpartisan state bureau recommends Legislature or Elections Commission clarify rules on drop boxes, absentee ballots and more, but finds vote totals were accurate.
Gov. Evers: “Republicans will have to do better than this if they expect me to sign either of these bills—they need to go back to the drawing board.”
Bills were approved by the state Senate last year but the proposals died in the Assembly when GOP leadership added immigration and school choice components.