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Wisconsin Assembly Passes Sweeping Bill to Overhaul Liquor Law
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The laws governing Wisconsin’s multibillion-dollar liquor industry would be streamlined and updated under a sweeping measure passed by the state Assembly on Wednesday that’s supported by groups from the smallest craft brewers to the largest national brewers, bar owners and alcohol distributors.
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Wisconsin Legislature Allows Conversion Therapy For Patients
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Legislature took the final step needed last Wednesday to stop Gov. Tony Evers’ administration from enacting a ban on the discredited practice known as conversion therapy.
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Wisconsin Officials Deem Miley Cyrus, Dolly Parton Song Too Potentially Controversial for Class Concert
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Administrators at a Wisconsin elementary school stopped a first-grade class from performing a Miley Cyrus and Dolly Parton duet promoting LGBTQ acceptance because the song “could be perceived as controversial.”
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5 Planets on Parade: Here’s How to See Them This Week
Keep an eye to the sky this week for a chance to see a planetary hangout. Five planets — Mercury, Jupiter, Venus, Uranus and Mars — will line up near the moon.
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State Attorney General Josh Kaul Outlines What He Has Done and Wants to Do If Given a Second Term
Wisconsin’s 2024 presidential election would face “chaos,” he said, if his Republican challenger were to win this November.
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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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Checked Again, Confirmed Again—No Major Issues with Ballot Drop Boxes Across the Country in 2020
Associated Press nationwide survey finds no widespread fraud, theft, or vandalism to affect the results. No cases reported in Wisconsin. But disinformation from ‘2,000 Mules’ propaganda film allows doubts to linger.
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Evers and Kaul Sue to Have Wisconsin’s 1849 Abortion Ban Declared Invalid
The governor and state attorney general argue the ban is too old and is also superseded by a 1985 law that would still permit abortion prior to viability.
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Legal Question: If Roe Is Overturned, Can Wisconsin’s 1849 Abortion Ban Be Ruled Unenforceable?
A political battle would almost certainly spill into courts as health providers assess their legal options.
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Up to 20 Legislators Now Likely to Step Down, Opening Seats for November
Petrowski’s retirement creates a vacancy up north, Ringhand in the south. Kooyenga’s decision depends on the new maps.
