Crime & Safety
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Another Fight Over Local Control: This One May Sink a Bill Decriminalizing Pot
Introduced in three legislative sessions, parties now disagreeing on a change that would remove local control over penalties.
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State Supreme Court Rejects Right-Wing Legal Group’s Effort to Deregister 70,000 Voters
Two conservative justices join liberals in striking down the attempted deregistration of tens of thousands of voters.
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WI Supreme Court Conservatives Strike Down Evers’ Mask Order, Ending Only Statewide COVID Safeguard
The court’s four conservative justices leave Wisconsin without a state of emergency despite the ongoing pandemic.
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Evers Signs Cocktails-to-Go Bill
The law allows bars and restaurants to sell alcoholic drinks to-go.
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Wisconsin Republicans Reintroduce and Pass Controversial COVID-19 Provisions
Several provisions that killed the Legislature’s first proposed COVID-19 package this year now passed as individual bills.
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Critics Say I-94 Expansion in Milwaukee Puts Evers’ Administration at Odds With Biden—and Itself
The governor’s climate change task force pointed to the historically detrimental effects of urban freeways and ports on communities of color in a 2020 report. But his administration is pressing ahead anyway.
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Once Again, Wisconsin Republicans Refuse to Recognize Black History Month. They Honored Rush Limbaugh Instead.
Democratic legislators spoke in the chamber Tuesday about the role Rush Limbaugh played in spreading disinformation, most recently about the coronavirus and the Nov. 3 election, which prompted the deadly insurrection at the US Capitol on Jan. 6.
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This Isn’t Your Grandma’s ERA. Wisconsin Dems Go Big on a New Equal Rights Amendment.
State constitution would bar discrimination on the basis of gender as the original ERA, but also offer protection in many more ways.
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Sentenced to Prison as Minors, These Two Men Want Kids to Get Help With Trauma Sooner
About 90% of children who commit crimes have significant trauma histories, according to a state trauma-informed care coordinator. But the system is not set up with treatment and rehabilitation as priorities, explained childhood trauma survivors and experts. Wisconsin’s governor wants to change that.
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Has Qualified Police Immunity Become Absolute Immunity? Task Force Is Divided.
Police defend the controversial doctrine while activists and a former Republican Assembly candidate criticize it.
