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MADISON - Republican lawmakers arent the only ones examining Wisconsins presidential election.  A New London man has been making copies of ballots in some communities as he conducts his own review of an election Joe Biden narrowly won. "Our intention is to have true and honest elections. You hear all kinds of rumors and we want to dispel some of those if theyre not true," Peter Bernegger said when asked about his endeavor. Bernegger declined to say what his plans are but said he would announce...

MADISON - Gov. Tony Evers vetoed a bill Wednesday that would have barred a nonprofit group from repeating its practice of giving millions of dollars to more than 200 Wisconsin communities to help them run elections.  The Center for Tech and Civic Life gave money to cities around the country last year using $350 million from Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla Chan. The effort riled Republicans because most of the money in Wisconsin — $8.8 million out of $10.6 million �...

MADISON - The Republican-controlled Legislature is sending Gov. Tony Evers a nearly $88 billion two-year spending plan for the state that cuts taxes by more than $3 billion using a windfall of unexpected revenue as Wisconsin emerges from the pandemic.  The state budget passed Wednesday night by all Republicans and three Democrats in the state Senate includes a tenth of the state funding for schools that the governor, a former state superintendent, wants. But rejecting the entire spending pla...

View Comments MADISON - Assembly Republicans approved a state budget late Tuesday that would cut taxes by more than $3 billion over two years, clear the way for an expansion of I-94 in Milwaukee and end the 8-year-old freeze on in-state tuition at University of Wisconsin schools.  Their $87.5 billion plan passed 64-34, with four Democrats joining all Republicans in support. The Republican-run Senate is to take it up Wednesday.  The Legislatures version of the budget would increase spending...

View Comments MADISON - Two suburban Milwaukee voters asked a judge Monday to block the use of absentee ballot drop boxes in Wisconsin. With the assistance of a conservative legal group, the pair made the request three days after the state Supreme Court declined to take a separate case that challenged the legality of ballot drop boxes. Drop boxes were widely used in Wisconsin last year in response to the coronavirus pandemic. The latest lawsuit also seeks to prevent voters from having someone e...

Property taxes on the typical home would drop by about $100 this winter under the state budget Republican lawmakers plan to pass next week.

View Comments MADISON - The Wisconsin Supreme Court shot down an election lawsuit Friday, offering the latest in a string of narrowly decided cases that found those bringing lawsuits must carefully follow court procedures.   As with other recent politically tinged cases, this one was decided 4-3 by the courts liberals and Justice Brian Hagedorn, who was elected in 2019 with the support of Republicans.  The majority concluded the lawsuit put forward important questions but said it wouldnt ta...

View Comments MADISON - Republican lawmakers scaled back legislation addressing use of force by law enforcement officers on Tuesday just hours after Gov. Tony Evers signed legislation limiting chokeholds and other policing bills that he said didnt go far enough. Assembly lawmakers passed legislation that carries criminal penalties and would require officers to report colleagues if they use unnecessary force and to intervene when they see colleagues use excessive force if it is safe to do ...

Assembly approves bill that would ban businesses from requiring workers and customers to be vaccinated Molly Beck, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel © Submitted Nicholas Hartman, 17, son of Dr. Bill Hartman of UW Health, receives his first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine April 11, 2021, at a walk-in pop-up clinic at First United Methodist Church in Madison. MADISON - Hospitals and clinics would be barred from requiring their staff to be vaccinated against COVID-19 under legislation Ass...

Wisconsin Assembly passes use-of-force policy bills, limits on chokeholds for police Hope Karnopp, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel © Journal Sentinel files Rep. Shelia Stubbs, left, and Assembly Majority Leader Jim Steineke, right. MADISON - The Assembly passed a slate of policing bills Wednesday that would ban chokeholds in most instances and require reporting on no-knock warrants. Democratic Gov. Tony Evers said he planned to sign the bills but urged lawmakers to pass farth...