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Politics What can Gov. Evers partially veto in the budget? A 2020 court decision is about to be put to the test June 30, 2021 8:00 PM Naomi Kowles Updated: MADISON, Wis. — When Republican Gov. Tommy Thompson signed off on 457 partial vetoes in 1991 for the biennial Wisconsin state budget, he hit a still-unmatched record high. “It did not do anything to improve the quality of life in our state,” he said of the budget in its original form, as he signed off on the r...

WNY road crews ready to take on weekend winter storm WNY road crews ready to take on weekend winter storm Posted at 6:50 AM, Feb 05, 2021 and last updated 2021-02-05 06:50:24-05 BUFFALO, N.Y. (WKBW) — Road crews all over Western New York are preparing to take on the winter storm set to slam the region Friday and Saturday. Several weather advisories and warnings have been issued by the National Weather Service for much of Western New York already, 7 Eyewitness News reached out to several m...

Madison in the Sixties – January 20, 1961 In 1960, Sen. John F. Kennedy didn’t carry Madison in the Democratic presidential primary or Wisconsin in the general election. But his candidacy still had a profound local impact. His primary campaign against Sen. Hubert Humphrey created enough Badgerland bitterness to last for years, even damaging the federal judiciary. And his election utterly transformed local politics, and ended the effort to build Frank Lloyd Wright’s Monona Terrace auditori...

  Madison, WI – The State Bar of Wisconsin and its charitable arm, the Wisconsin Law Foundation, strongly support a proposal to site a statue honoring the late Hon. Vel Phillips on the state Capitol grounds. The statue, if approved, will be the first on the Capitol Square to recognize a person of color. Phillips is considered one of Wisconsin’s most prominent and influential attorneys over the last 100 years. In a letter of endorsement to the State Capitol & Executive Residence Board, the...

100 years ago Viroqua city seems rather desolute [sic] with practically all the youngsters back at their respective schools after enjoying the Christmas vacation at home. Photographer M. J. Jasperson has added a fine National cash register to his studio. Unbleached linen mixed toweling, 10 yards at $1.90. No less quantity sold at this price. H.E. Rogers. Is your daughter a spoiled child? Make her see Dorothy Phillips in “Once to Every Woman”; and she’ll stay home from the dance, ...

Fred Rissers Watchful Eye: Reflections on Legislative Service Attorney and state Senator Fred Risser retires next month after 64 years of legislative service. This glimpse can only begin to recount the remarkable career of the longest serving state legislator in both Wisconsin and U.S. history. But, well give it a try.

MADISON, Wis. — Shirley Abrahamson, the longest-serving Wisconsin Supreme Court justice in state history and the first woman to serve on the high court, has died. She was 87. Abrahamson, who also served as chief justice for a record 19 years, died Saturday after being diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, her son Dan Abrahamson told The Associated Press on Sunday. Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers said in a statement that Abrahamson had a “larger-than-life impact” on the state’s legal profession an...

Remembering former Wisconsin Chief Justice Shirley Abrahamson Shirley Abrahamson spent more than four decades serving on the Wisconsin Supreme Court.  She was the longest-serving justice on the state’s high court, only retiring from the bench in July 2019 at the age of 85. She also holds the distinction of being the first woman to serve on the Court. After nearly sixty years in the Badger state, she relocated to the Bay Area last September to be closer to her family. It was there that she pa...

Then-Wisconsin Supreme Court Chief Justice Shirley Abrahamson questions an attorney in 2013. (M.P. King /Wisconsin State Journal via AP, Pool, File) MILWAUKEE (CN) — Shirley Abrahamson, the Wisconsin Supreme Court’s longest-serving justice and the first woman on the high court, died late Saturday. She was 87. A trailblazer who broke the gender barrier on Wisconsin’s highest court via appointment by former Governor Patrick Lucey in 1976, Abrahamson served on the court for nearly 43 years, ...

By Mike Leischner BERKELEY, CA (WSAU) — A long-time Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice has passed away. Shirley Abrahamson died at her home in Berkeley, California Sunday at the age of 87. Abrahamson was the first woman appointed to the state’s highest court in 1976 by then-Governor Patrick Lucey. She retired from the court in July of 2019 after 43 years, serving as Chief Justice for 19 of those years. She participated in over 3,000 written opinions including 450 majority opinions. Nat...