Tag: Wisconsin politics
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Wisconsin Sen. Ron Johnson votes to block bipartisan cap on insulin prices
Voted instead for doomed partisan amendment that would have subsidized the drug
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Wisconsin GOP leaders have no Dem opposition in 2022, but plenty from their own party. And an ex-president.
The Assembly Speaker and Senate Majority Leader each face primary challenges, and Donald Trump has endorsed one upstart candidate.
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In an election year with elevated stakes, meet the candidates for Wisconsin Secretary of State
Republican candidates want to expand the elected office’s power to oversee elections, while Democratic candidates oppose the idea
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Record number of retirements in Wisconsin State Legislature this year
More than a quarter of incumbents not running for their seats in 2022, a number not seen since World War II
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GOP redistricting separated Fitzgerald brothers – who live 13 miles apart – into different congressional districts. Democrats put them back together again.
It’s a subtle but potentially significant result of the fierce redistricting battle that wrapped in April with a Wisconsin Supreme Court decision giving the GOP significant political victories.
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INTERACTIVE MAP: See how Wisconsin’s congressional districts changed in the redistricting process, down to the municipality
Ryan Weichelt, a professor of geography at UW-Eau Claire who specializes in redistricting, built this interactive map that shows the changes.
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Democrats’ sole redistricting victory: Paul Ryan’s old congressional district in southeastern Wisconsin
The changes might shake things up in a district Paul Ryan represented for 20 years, and one Republicans have held since 1995.
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GOP blocked from undoing redistricting blunder in western Wisconsin district
But it’s still trending red as Republicans look to flip a district the retiring Ron Kind held for 25 years.
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REDISTRICTING RECAP: More Republican gerrymandering for now. But hope remains for pro-democracy proponents, Democrats
While the Wisconsin Supreme Court gave state Republicans major wins, an election in 2023 could reverse them.
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Better ways to do elections are out there, critics say. Other countries use them. Why not here?
Different, and some would say more effective, election frameworks exist. Some are starting to emerge in the U.S. One is proportional representation.
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Legislature quietly, unanimously, passed law intended to improve police hiring
With little fanfare and no opposition, a bill proponents hope will cut down on bad apples in law enforcement passed the legislature and was signed by the governor way back in November.
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Illinois, Michigan combine for more than $600 million in 2021 tax revenue from recreational marijuana
While Wisconsin considers medical marijuana, neighboring states reap the rewards
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State legislator cites The Badger Project’s investigation in reintroducing legislation to minimize wandering officers
Report found 200 current officers in the state were fired or forced from previous jobs in law enforcement; “Unacceptable” says Milwaukee Democrat Supreme Moore Omokunde
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INTERACTIVE GRAPHIC: See how Wisconsin Republicans redrew the 33 state Senate districts to their advantage
Click where you live to see gerrymandering in action.
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Tiffany among 14 House members to oppose making Juneteenth a holiday
Every other U.S. House member from Wisconsin – Republican and Democrat – voted in favor of making the day celebrating the end of slavery in the U.S. a federal holiday.
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Republican redistricting put Fitzgerald brothers – who live 13 miles apart – in different congressional districts
Experts call it “shenanigans,” “different species of gerrymandering”
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BEFORE AND AFTER: See how Wisconsin Republicans redrew the state’s congressional districts to their advantage
The Badger Project has put together a side-by-side comparison of how the eight Congressional Districts changed in the 2011 redistricting process to show how Republicans gave themselves a partisan advantage.
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CARTOON: Wisconsin state legislators and the Open Records Law
According to the state’s Open Records Law, every public official in Wisconsin must keep their records should anyone from the public want to see them. Except for state legislators.