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That compares with zero bills signed into law at this point in 2019. Hair braiding Reps. Shelia Stubbs, D-Madison, and Shae Sortwell, R-Two Rivers, teamed up to reintroduce a bill this session that would allow hair braiding without a professional license. The Assembly Committee on Regulatory Licensing Reform on Tuesday voted 6-2 to advance the bill, with two Milwaukee Democrats opposed. The bill, which would specify that a person does not need to obtain a barbering or cosmetology license in ord...

March 10, 2021 When Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and his wife handed out hundreds of millions of dollars last year for a national safe voting initiative, the “donation” was heralded as vital support to “protect American elections” and to “bolster democracy during the pandemic.” But what the grant money really purchased in battleground states like Wisconsin was the infiltration of the November presidential elections by liberal groups and Democratic activists, according to hundreds of...

Republican legislators back resolution to honor Rush, resist celebrating Black History Month. //end headline wrapper ?> Get a daily rundown of the top stories on Urban Milwaukee Rush Limbaugh. Photo by Gage Skidmore from Surprise, AZ, United States of America, (CC BY-SA 2.0), via Wikimedia Commons In February, following a global movement to affirm that Black Lives Matter, Republicans rejected a resolution honoring Black History Month because they didn’t like all of the names of people being ...

Wisconsin’s Journey Toward Marijuana Legalization Before Tony Evers took office in early 2019, there had already been three separate bills introduced to legalize cannabis in Wisconsin – to no avail. But the newly-elected governor didn’t waste time in making his goals crystal clear. While constructing the state budget proposal in 2019, Gov. Evers announced plans to include the decriminalization of marijuana possession and the legalization of medical marijuana in the rundown.  Despite the ...

Washington Post columnist Jennifer Rubin described the sedition caucus as including “those who signed the brief supporting the lawsuit that would disenfranchise millions of Americans; who raised baseless objections to Arizona or Pennsylvania’s Electoral College votes; or who objected to impeaching President Trump.” “The Sedition Caucus behaved in utterly irresponsible ways inconsistent with their oaths,” Rubin wrote. But the sedition caucus - which includes Wisconsin’s U.S. Sen. Ron...

Also on Thursday, Assembly Minority Leader Gordon Hintz condemned the actions of 15 state Republicans who signed a letter to Vice President Mike Pence seeking to halt the count of

Also on Thursday, Assembly Minority Leader Gordon Hintz condemned the actions of 15 state Republicans who signed a letter to Vice President Mike Pence seeking to halt the count of

Also on Thursday, Assembly Minority Leader Gordon Hintz condemned the actions of 15 state Republicans who signed a letter to Vice President Mike Pence seeking to halt the count of

A garland was made with a ring for every person that has died in Wisconsin. //end headline wrapper ?> Get a daily rundown of the top stories on Urban Milwaukee Every ring in the chain represents someone who has died from COVID-19 in Wisconsin. The rings are inscribed with the names of the counties where people have died. Photo by Erik Gunn/Wisconsin Examiner. For about an hour on Wednesday, a construction paper chain made up of nearly 5,000 interlaced rings — red, green, yellow, white and bl...

Image from: Paul Tittls Facebook page Wisconsin Republicans have been having a conniption fit over the Holiday Tree for over a decade. Before Scott Walker was elected, it was inclusively called a Holiday Tree. When Walker was elected, he made a big deal of making sure people knew that he was changing the name to "Christmas Tree." When the current governor, Tony Evers, was elected, it went back to Holiday Tree. This, of course, sent Republicans into a frenzy. This year, their faux outrage hit...