State judge dismisses ballot lawsuit
A Waukesha County judge dismissed a Republican challenge to the Government Accountability Board’s template for this fall’s election ballots Wednesday.
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A Waukesha County judge dismissed a Republican challenge to the Government Accountability Board’s template for this fall’s election ballots Wednesday.
Officials in charge of running Wisconsin’s elections asked a judge to dismiss a case brought forward by Republican legislators who alleged the state’s new ballots are unfair and will confuse voters.
The campaigns of two Republican leaders in the state Legislature are suing election officials over a ballot redesign for the Nov. 4 election, arguing the ballots are biased in favor of Democrats.
Wisconsin faces a $1.8 billion structural deficit, according to budget forecasts for the 2015-'17 biennium released by the Legislative Fiscal Bureau Monday.
State Rep. Don Pridemore, R-Erin, announced Wednesday he will retire from the state Assembly and will not seek re-election this fall.
Democratic leadership in the state Assembly sent a letter Monday to state Rep. Bill Kramer, R-Waukesha, asking for his resignation.
State Rep. Erik Severson, R-Star Prairie, announced in a press release Monday he will not seek re-election in November.
Assembly Republican leaders sent a letter Thursday asking for the resignation of former Majority Leader and current state Rep. Bill Kramer, R-Waukesha, who was removed from his position in March after sexual harassment allegations.
Gov. Scott Walker signed a bill Thursday that prohibits early absentee voting on weekends. He also used his veto powers to strike out a provision that would have restricted voting to 45 hours a week in Wisconsin.
Assembly Republicans demonstrated unity Tuesday as they voted to remove Bill Kramer from his post as majority leader and replace him with the state's first woman majority leader.
Following accusations of inappropriate sexual conduct, the Assembly Republican leadership asked that Rep. Bill Kramer, R-Waukesha, be removed as majority leader in a statement Saturday.
State Rep. John Klenke, R-Green Bay, announced his decision not to seek re-election according to a statement Monday.
The state Assembly approved an amendment to the state’s constitution Tuesday that would require 66 percent of voting members of both chambers to vote in favor of future tax bills in order to move them to the governor's desk.
State Rep. Christine Sinicki, D-Milwaukee, caused a stir among Wisconsin StateAssembly members Wednesday night when she uploaded a profane Facebook post during Gov. Walker’s 2014 State of the State address.
On a day when the state Assembly took up Gov. Scott Walker’s proposal to expand state Medicaid, the legislative body made strides in other areas byswearing in state Rep. Jessie Rodriguez, R-Franklin, the second Latina member of the Assembly in state history and the first from the Republican Party.
The state Assembly passed a package of election reform bills in a late-night session Thursday, including a bill that would provide limited exemptions from the 2011 Voter ID Law.
State Assembly Republicans decided to hold off late Wednesday on pursuing a bill that would have allowed an expanded number of people to bring guns into state schools.
Gov. Scott Walker and legislative leaders unveiled a new $100 million property tax relief plan Thursday that they framed as a way to recent state economic success with Wisconsin taxpayers.
UW System campuses will begin a transition from the nonprofit WiscNet to a new internally run data network that is set to be completed by Jan. 31, 2015, UW-System officials announced Tuesday.
A new Republican proposal in the state Legislature would make it more difficult for residents in school districts to file complaints against Wisconsin schools that use Native American mascots.