by Jacob Malinowski | May 17, 2021 | Newsroom
Plan For Drawing Political Maps Is Based On A Similar System In Iowa By Shawn Johnson With the next round of redistricting looming, a group of lawmakers has reintroduced a long shot proposal to create a nonpartisan system for drawing the state’s political map...
by Jacob Malinowski | May 15, 2021 | Newsroom
By: Riley Vetterkind The Wisconsin Supreme Court on Friday declined a request from Republicans to adopt new redistricting rules meant to keep litigation over drawing the state’s next political maps before the state’s highest court. The decision, handed down via an...
by Jacob Malinowski | Apr 21, 2021 | Newsroom
By Ruth Conniff The conservative majority on the Wisconsin Supreme Court overturns an emergency public health order in the middle of a pandemic — even as new COVID cases rise. Writing for the majority, Justice Brian Hagedorn acknowledges that the...
by Holly Bland | Feb 4, 2021 | Newsroom
Our Legislature could be doing more to help Wisconsinites, but they aren’t By Mel Barnes It didn’t have to be this way. Our state Legislature could be doing more to help Wisconsinites, but they aren’t. Why? Because too many legislative districts are drawn so that...
by Holly Bland | Jan 27, 2021 | Newsroom
By Deon J. Hampton At one point during the pandemic, Black residents of Milwaukee County were six times more likely to die from the coronavirus than Wisconsin’s white residents, state health officials said. The state’s governor, Tony Evers, a Democrat in...
by Holly Bland | Jan 27, 2021 | Newsroom
By David Foust Dear Editor: I recently saw an alarming op-ed written by Jay Heck about some GOP proposals surrounding how electoral votes are counted in Wisconsin. Apparently, there is a new proposal to apportion them by congressional district in the state...
