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Gov. Tony Evers seeks $250,000 from Trump and GOP official to pay for legal fees in frivolous election lawsuits Patrick Marley, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel © Mike De Sisti / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally in Kenosha on Monday. MADISON - Gov. Tony Evers is asking two federal courts to make former President Donald Trump and a Republican Party official pay more than $250,000 in legal fees to shield taxpayers from costs in a pair of e...

MADISON - A conservative legal group told the head of the state prison system Thursday that his agency risked a lawsuit if it did not alter its COVID-19 policies and allow ministers to visit prisoners in person. In a letter, the leaders of the Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty told Corrections Secretary Kevin Carr he needed to provide Catholic inmates the opportunity to make confessions to priests in person as Easter approaches. Members of other denominations deserve similar opportunities...

MADISON - The leader of the state Assembly expressed reservations Tuesday about accepting millions of dollars in federal aid to provide unemployment benefits for people during their first week out of a job. Under the recently passed $1.9 trillion stimulus law, the federal government will pay the entire cost of unemployment benefits for the first week people are out of work. But Assembly Speaker Robin Vos suggested suspending the one-week waiting period for benefits might discourage people from...

MADISON - A prominent Republican donor is asking the state Supreme Court to stop municipal clerks from using ballot drop boxes and fixing absentee ballot envelopes that lack full witness addresses in the April election for state schools superintendent. In a lawsuit filed Monday directly with the high court, Jeré Fabick also asked the justices to limit who can return absentee ballots to clerks on behalf of voters. The lawsuit seeks to address issues that became flashpoints in the November ...

MADISON - The state Assembly passed a bill Wednesday that would allow bars and restaurants to sell wine and mixed drinks to go — an idea tavern owners have clamored for during the COVID-19 pandemic.  Assembly Bill 32 would allow the establishments to sell wine, old fashioneds, gin and tonics and other drinks in sealed containers for curbside or in-store pickup. Now, bars and restaurants can sell drinks to go only if they are in their original packaging. That means they can sell a bottle of...

Senate Republicans voted to honor conservative radio show host Rush Limbaugh and against recognizing Black History Month in consecutive votes that rocked the chamber on Tuesday.

MADISON - A Republican election commissioner is declining to step aside from deciding whether Democratic Gov. Tony Evers properly affirmed last years presidential election. Commissioner Bob Spindells decision to remain on the case raises the possibility that the other members of the Wisconsin Elections Commission will consider forcing him off of it.  Its the latest development in an escalating fight over how Wisconsin officials confirmed Joe Biden had narrowly defeated Donald Trump in the sta...

MADISON - Gov. Tony Evers wants to make it cheaper for the public to obtain government documents in some cases, after taking a series of hits for how hes handled records requests over the last two years. For decades, government agencies have been allowed to charge those requesting documents for the cost of locating records if that cost exceeds $50. In the state budget he proposed last month, Evers recommended raising the threshold to $100, which would let more people obtain records without hav...

The top Senate Democrat said voters in her northern Wisconsin district will likely oppose raising their taxes because theyre "not smart" during an event that was broadcast Wednesday.

Democratic Senate leader Janet Bewley says voters in her district are not smart to reject sales tax increase to improve essential services Patrick Marley, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel © Mark Hoffman, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel State Sen. Janet Bewley, D-Mason, speaks during a hearing regarding COVID-19 by the Committee on Senate Organization Monday, Jan. 11, 2021, at the Capitol in Madison, Wis. MADISON - The top Democrat in the state Senate said during an online forum Wednesd...