Politics
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Madison Common Council censures alder accused of domestic violence, harassment
Madison’s Common Council voted Tuesday night to formally rebuke Alder Charles Myadze who faces numerous allegations of domestic violence and sexual harassment.
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Kaul adds 10 felony counts to criminal case against GOP attorneys in false elector case
The new charges allege longtime Wisconsin GOP attorney Jim Troupis, Kenneth Chesebro and 2020 Donald Trump campaign official Mike Roman defrauded Republicans who cast alternate electoral ballots for Trump.
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Evers would nix a return-to-work requirement for state employees
Gov. Tony Evers won’t sign the next state budget if it requires state workers to return to the office, he said in an interview that aired Sunday.
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Wisconsin public defender budget request includes proposals to cut down criminal charges
Wisconsin’s public defender’s office argues reforms will cut down on the number of criminal charges in the system.
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Tammy Baldwin, JD Vance bill on taxpayer-funded inventions passes US Senate
The U.S. Senate unanimously passed the Invent Here, Make Here Act on Tuesday. According to Baldwin’s office, the bipartisan bill would ensure that federally-funded innovations are manufactured in the U.S. and not in adversarial countries.
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Trump taps Fiserv CEO to lead Social Security Administration
President-elect Donald Trump has appointed the CEO of Wisconsin-based Fiserv Inc, Frank Bisignano, to lead the Social Security Administration.
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The Legislature’s budget committee is shaping up. Its members hold sway over state spending.
Wisconsin Senate leaders have chosen eight lawmakers who will serve on the Legislature’s Joint Finance Committee — a simple bureaucratic move with major implications.
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Wisconsin’s Act 10 is back in court. Here’s what to know about the controversial law.
The Monday court ruling that overturned Wisconsin’s Act 10 collective bargaining law could have massive implications in Wisconsin, where it once sparked massive protests.
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Wisconsin Supreme Court to consider GOP blockade of conversion therapy ban
The Wisconsin Supreme Court will decide whether Republican lawmakers violated the state Constitution by temporarily blocking an agency’s conversion therapy ban over the past four years.
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Kiel Post Office renamed for Wisconsin trooper killed on duty
The U.S. Post office in Kiel is being renamed for a Wisconsin State Trooper who was killed on duty.