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Longtime GOP Sen. Alberta Darling says she’ll step down

November 23, 2022 GMT

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — State Sen. Alberta Darling announced Wednesday she will retire after a 32-year career in the Wisconsin Legislature.

Darling, a River Hills Republican, will step down Dec. 1.

GOP questions delays at Evers’ licensing agency

August 18, 2022 GMT

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Republican lawmakers are raising questions about why the state Department of Safety and Professional Services is taking weeks to issue licenses.

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported Thursday that the average wait time for professional licenses is currently 45 days.

Ringhand won’t seek reelection to state Senate

March 9, 2022 GMT

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Another member of the Wisconsin state Senate is retiring.

Democrat Janis Ringhand of Evansville announced Wednesday she won’t seek reelection this fall. Ringhand was first elected to the state Assembly in 2010 and to the Senate in 2014.

Wisconsin Senate rejects, then passes, call for term limits

By SCOTT BAUERFebruary 23, 2022 GMT

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin would become the fifth state to call for a convention of the states to amend the U.S. Constitution to impose term limits on members of Congress under a resolution the state Senate passed after it initially appeared to fail.

Wisconsin lawmakers introduce police reform package

By TODD RICHMONDJanuary 20, 2021 GMT

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Two Republican lawmakers introduced legislation Wednesday designed to reform police use-of-force policies and investigations, including proposals that would ban training on chokeholds, punish municipalities that defund police departments and create a board to investigate officer-involved deaths and injuries...

Wisconsin lawmakers withhold funds to counties for recount

December 12, 2020 GMT

MILWAUKEE (AP) — The Republican-led Wisconsin Legislature’s budget committee is withholding reimbursements to two counties for their election recount costs...

GOP plans to kill Medicaid expansion, pot legalization

By SCOTT BAUER and TODD RICHMONDMay 1, 2019 GMT

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Republicans plan to kill some of Democratic Gov. Tony Evers' signature proposals in the first vote of the budget-writing committee next week, including Medicaid expansion, legalizing medical marijuana and capping enrollment in private voucher schools...

Lawmakers propose program to give money to ‘gifted’ children in low-income households

Molly Beck | Wisconsin State JournalDecember 15, 2017 GMT

Children living in low-income households who are considered to be advanced learners will be eligible to receive a taxpayer-funded scholarship to use to pay for education expenses under a new program proposed by three lawmakers this week.