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Wisconsin GOP to pursue nonpartisan redistricting to avoid having state justices toss maps

Wisconsin Republican lawmakers are proposing a nonpartisan redistricting plan they want to enact ahead of the 2024 election

The Independent UK

Republicans threaten to impeach newly elected Wisconsin supreme court judge

Smarting after Janet Protasiewicz’s election to the state’s highest court, Republicans are now changing tack to challenge Democrats

The Guardian - US

GOP threat to impeach a Wisconsin Supreme Court justice is driven by fear of losing legislative edge

Wisconsin Republicans have enjoyed outsize control of the Legislature in one of the most closely divided states for a dozen years

The Independent UK

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Wisconsin GOP threatens to impeach justice over donations, but conservatives also took party cash

Wisconsin Republicans are threatening to impeach a state Supreme Court justice over donations she received from the Democratic Party

The Independent UK

Why Wisconsin Republicans are talking about impeaching a new state Supreme Court justice

Wisconsin’s Republican-controlled Legislature is talking about impeaching a newly elected liberal state Supreme Court justice even before she has heard a case

The Independent UK

Wisconsin's new liberal Supreme Court justice hasn't heard a case but Republicans may impeach

Even before the newly elected justice who gave liberals a one-seat majority on the Wisconsin Supreme Court has heard a case, Republican lawmakers are talking about taking the unprecedented step of impeaching and removing her from office

The Independent UK

Wis. veto funds schools for 400 years

Republicans decried Tony Evers' "powerful veto authority" after he vetoed individual numbers in the bill

Salon

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Battle over Wisconsin's top elections official could have ripple effects for 2024

A fight over whether Wisconsin’s top elections official will keep her job has potential implications for the 2024 presidential contest in a perennial battleground where statewide margins are typically razor thin

The Independent UK

Washington and Wisconsin enact laws limiting advisory questions on ballots

Washington and Wisconsin passed bills during their 2023 legislative sessions that limited non-binding questions, also known as advisory questions or advisory votes, on election ballots.

Ballotpedia

Republicans to cut University of Wisconsin System's budget by $32M in diversity programs spat

Republican lawmakers will cut the University of Wisconsin System’s budget by $32 million despite a projected record-high $7 billion state budget surplus, leaving the university nearly half a billion dollars short of what it requested

The Independent UK

Wisconsin Republicans mum on potential UW budget cuts

Wisconsin's Republican leaders aren't saying whether they would cut the University of Wisconsin budget after delaying the vote on the subject

The Independent UK

Republicans to cut University of Wisconsin budget in ongoing fight over diversity and inclusion

Republican lawmakers are planning to cut funding for University of Wisconsin campuses as the GOP-controlled state Legislature and school officials continue to clash over efforts to promote diversity and inclusion

The Independent UK

Wisconsin judge: Don't delete records from probe into 2020 Trump loss

A Wisconsin judge has declined to dismiss a lawsuit seeking to ensure that no records are deleted from a now-closed state office created to investigate former President Donald Trump’s loss in 2020

The Independent UK

Free speech, racial equity battles play out on Wisconsin campuses

The debate over free speech and racial equity on Wisconsin’s college campuses is intensifying

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Wisconsin GOP lawmakers working on medical pot legalization

After years of opposition to any form of marijuana legalization in Wisconsin, Republican lawmakers are now working privately to build support for a medical marijuana program that could win bipartisan backing and be enacted into law later this year

The Independent UK

Wisconsin Republicans propose abortion ban exceptions

Republicans who control the Wisconsin Legislature have unveiled a bill that would create rape and incest exceptions to the state’s 1849 abortion ban and clarify when abortions that protect the health of the mother would be allowed

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Wisconsin ballot measure to ask voter opinion on work requirements for welfare programs

The Wisconsin State Legislature on January 19 approved a ballot measure for the April 4, 2023, election that asks voters whether what the measure refers to as able-bodied, childless adults should be required to search for work in order to receive taxpayer-funded welfare benefits.

Tribune News Service

GOP leaders in some states want to add abortion ban exceptions

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — With Tennessee’s so-called trigger law already on the books, the state enacted its abortion ban almost immediately after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down Roe v. Wade in June.

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Wisconsin Assembly puts amendment on ballot that would make it harder for violent criminals to get out of jail

The amendment would require a judge to consider a defendant’s potential risk to public safety, including criminal history, when setting bail.

The Independent UK

Evers: Legislature should seek vote on abortion, not welfare

Wisconsin Democratic Gov. Tony Evers and Democratic lawmakers are calling on Republicans to ask voters whether the state should ban abortions rather than seek their views on welfare eligibility

The Independent UK

Abortion ban changes split Wisconsin GOP under veto threat

Wisconsin Republicans who control the Legislature are divided over whether to push for rape and incest abortion exceptions in the face of their Democratic governor's pledge to veto any bill that keeps the state’s 173-year-old ban in place

Salon

Jan. 6 committee's big win: Evidence

Jan. 6 committee will make history by recommending Trump's prosecution — but Jack Smith will need hard evidence

The Independent UK

Election nonprofit that drew GOP ire in 2020 renews grants

A nonprofit group that became a point of controversy for distributing millions of dollars in election grants during the 2020 presidential campaign is releasing a fresh round of money to local election offices

Ballotpedia

The Daily Brew, November 9, 2022: A morning dose of election results

Welcome to the Wednesday, November 9, Brew.

Tribune News Service

Jan. 6 committee subpoenas new evidence ahead of public hearing

The congressional committee probing the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol and former President Donald Trump’s efforts to undo the 2020 election is seeking new evidence, just days before the next public hearing and as lawmakers push to complete an interim report next month.

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