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By Steven Walters - Dec 21st, 2020 09:33 am //end headline wrapper ?> Wisconsin State Capitol. File photo by Dave Reid. December is usually a special time in Wisconsin’s grand Capitol. But this year the Capitol is deserted, eerily empty and silent, closed since March by the COVID-19 pestilence that has sickened, hospitalized and killed. This year, only the 5-foot, 5-inch. gold-gilded statue atop the Capitol — her arm extending eastward — had immunity. When ...

HEADLINES & GLOBAL NEWS By   Dec 17, 2020 12:03 PM EST Hours after a Republican lawmaker put up an artificial Christmas tree, it was removed. Another Republican lawmaker established an artificial Christmas tree which served as an attraction in the rotunda of Wisconsin Capitol on Tuesday. The administration of Democrat Governor Tony Evers decided no to erect a holiday tree in the rotunda this year due to its close distance from the Capitol building as it might attract the public and can cause p...

Republican lawmakers install Christmas tree in state Capitol hours after first was removed Updated: 6:23 p.m. on Dec. 15, 2020 MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Two Republican state lawmakers have put up an artificial Christmas tree in the Wisconsin Capitols rotunda for a second time, hours after the first one was removed because they did not have a permit for the display. Reps. Paul Tittl and Shae Sortwell broadcast their installing and decorating of the tree live on Facebook on Tuesday. They are callin...

Their second Christmas wish fared no better than their first. Two WisconsinRepublicanlawmakers who put up an artificial Christmas tree in the states Capitol Rotunda on Tuesday, just hours after a first tree was removed, found it had vanished on Wednesday morning.  The earlier attempt had been thwarted by Democratic Gov. Tony Evers, who said no permit had been provided for the display and that the coronavirus pandemic had closed the building to the public. Reps. Paul Tittl and Shae Sortwell ...

Republican lawmakers put up second Christmas tree in Capitol after removal of first December 15, 2020 4:04 PM Brandon Arbuckle Updated: MADISON, Wis. — Two Republican lawmakers have put up a new Christmas tree in the Wisconsin State Capitol hours after the first was removed Tuesday. The original tree was put up earlier in the month after Gov. Tony Evers said the state tree would not be in the Capitol building due to the pandemic and building’s closure to the public...

Wisconsin Capitol Christmas tree squabbles continue By Scott Bauer Holiday tree in the state Capitol rotunda in Madison, Wisconsin. MADISON, Wis. (AP) - Two Republican state lawmakers on Tuesday put up an artificial Christmas tree in the Wisconsin Capitols rotunda for a second time, hours after the first one was removed because they did not have a permit for the display. Reps. Paul Tittl and Shae Sortwell broadcast their reinstallation and decorating of the tree live on Facebook, calling it a ...

By Andrew L. Seidel | director of strategic response, Freedom From Religion Foundation The new tree in the Wisconsin Capitol is a sad, artificial specimen with golden beads haphazardly strung about, giving the impression that the legislator-decorators may have had one too many tipples of the spiked eggnog. It reminded me of the flaccid, faded beads stranded in the trees along St. Charles Avenue in New Orleans months after Mardi Gras ended. State Reps. Paul Tittl, Shae Sortwell, Chuc...

Wisconsin Ag News Headlines Wisconsin Ag Connection - 12/16/2020 Two Republican state lawmakers have now set up a second artificial Christmas tree in the Wisconsin State Capitol after the first one they erected earlier this month got tossed out for not having a proper permit. Reps. Paul Tittl of Manitowoc and Shae Sortwell from Two Rivers broadcast the event live on social media on Tuesday. They say their actions are a form of peaceful protest under the First Amendment after Gov. Tony Evers an...

UPDATE: Christmas tree duel breaks out in Wisconsin Capitol December 15, 2020 4:49 PM Mike Tighe Updated: The original tree, which two lawmakers put up Dec. 1 but Capitol police took down Tuesday, included this sign: “The magic of Christmas is not in the presents but in his presence,” as well as this caution: “This tree belongs to Representative Tittl and Representative Sortwell. Do not move without prior written approval from these Representatives.” (AP photo)...

Evergreen squabble continues at Wisconsin Capitol By SCOTT BAUERDecember 16, 2020 GMT MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Two Republican state lawmakers on Tuesday put up an artificial Christmas tree in the Wisconsin Capitol’s rotunda for a second time, hours after the first one was removed because they did not have a permit for the display. Reps. Paul Tittl and Shae Sortwell broadcast their reinstallation and decorating of the tree live on Facebook, calling it a peaceful protest allowed under the First A...