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MILWAUKEE, Wis. -- In Wisconsin, Milwaukee County is considering dropping the fine for possessing a small about of marijuana from hundreds of dollars to just a dollar. The proposal comes the same week the governor proposed legalizing and taxing marijuana across the state, WISN reported. "This resolution will reduce the fine of possession of 25 grams of marijuana to no more than a dollar," said Sylvia Ortiz-Velez with the Milwaukee County Board of Supervisors. Ortiz-Velez said her proposed ord...

    Milwaukee (WISN ) — If someone is caught with a small amount of marijuana in Milwaukee County, it could soon only cost them a $1 fine. A county board supervisor is proposing the change the same week Gov. Tony Evers proposed legalizing and taxing marijuana in Wisconsin. “This resolution will reduce the fine of possession of 25 grams of marijuana to no more than a dollar,” Milwaukee County Board Supervisor Sylvia Ortiz-Velez said. Ortiz-Velez said her proposed ordinance would be a ...

Governor & Wisconsinites want legal weed, but is GOP onboard? A Marquette University Law School poll in 2019 showed 59% of Wisconsinites support full legalization. Share Updated: 5:19 PM CST Feb 8, 2021 Governor & Wisconsinites want legal weed, but is GOP onboard? A Marquette University Law School poll in 2019 showed 59% of Wisconsinites support full legalization. Share Updated: 5:19 PM CST Feb 8, 2021 Hide Transcript Show Transcript KENT: THE DEBATE OVER LEGALIZING...

Barrett, McBride lament lack of control over police chief. Law insulates police from elected officials. //end headline wrapper ?> Police Administration Building, 951 N. James Lovell St. Photo by Christopher Hillard. Since this summer, calls for nationwide police reform have grown ever louder. But meaningful change has been slow to follow. Standing in the way in Wisconsin is a system where police departments are often insulated from accountability. And it has been that way for more than 100 y...

Vos and Wanggaard Continue to Gaslight Public on Foxconn Development “Foxconn is failing to fulfill financial obligations in Mount Pleasant while local spending continues in preparation for a factory that is not happening.” MOUNT PLEASANT, WI FEBRUARY 3, 2021 – A recent article in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel regarding the ongoing contract renegotiations between the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation (WEDC) and Foxconn related to the controversial LCD factory which Foxconn prom...

By Matt Rothschild - Feb 4th, 2021 09:42 am //end headline wrapper ?> Van Wanggaard. Photo from the State of Wisconsin Blue Book 2015-16. Amid the outcry over the insanity of Republican legislators trying to overturn Gov. Tony Evers’s mask mandate, a particularly outrageous display of Republican COVID callousness hasn’t received the attention it deserves. And that’s the GOP’s effort to block inmates from getting immunizations ahead of the general populat...

wkow photo Rep. Jim Steineke and Rep. Sheila Stubbs, co-chairs of the task force aimed at addressing police reform and racial disparities MADISON (WKOW) -- Assembly Majority Leader Jim Steineke (R-Kaukauna), the Republican co-chair of the task force aimed at addressing police reform and racial disparities described leading the effort as "a political loser" according to emails obtained by UpNorthNews. In one email, from Steinekes private email account to Speaker Robin Vos (R-Rochester), Steineke...

It may be the beginning of the end for Wisconsin's mask mandate.

Wisconsin’s statewide mask mandate is likely to be overturned after the Republican-controlled Assembly votes on it today. Even if that happens, the City of Racine’s local mask mandate will remain in place. The statewide mask mandate requires face coverings to be worn “whenever you are indoors or in an enclosed space, other than a private residence, and other people are present in the same room or enclosed space,” according to Gov. Tony Evers’ office. Racine’s mask ...

The Republican-controlled Wisconsin Senate voted Tuesday to repeal Gov. Tony Evers’ statewide mask mandate, despite warnings from virtually every sector of the health care community that doing so would impair