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State Attorney General Brad Schimel came to campus Tuesday to speak with College Republicans.
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Attorney General speaks with College Republicans in Madison spot

By Dylan Ayer | Dec. 5, 2017

Wisconsin Attorney Brad Schimel attended a UW-Madison College Republicans meeting Tuesday as a guest lecturer, with topics ranging from his recent activity as AG for the state Department of Justice to his take on the latest issues in the political spotlight. Schimel addressed his role in the ongoing Wisconsin district lines court case, in which Democratic voters accused the state of gerrymandering — the process of systematically establishing a political advantage by skewing district lines.

Treasurer of Milwaukee Spencer Coggs was issued a $75,000 settlement for sexually harassing one of his legislative aides while he was representing Milwaukee as a state senator. 
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Sexual harassment complaint against former Democratic lawmaker ended in $75,000 settlement

By Jessica Lipaz | Dec. 5, 2017

Six years after a sexual harassment and discrimination complaint was filed to Wisconsin’s Equal Rights Division by an aide, Wisconsin taxpayers spent $75,000 to resolve the settlement against former Democratic state senator from Milwaukee Spencer Coggs. Coggs, who is now Treasurer of Milwaukee, was accused of discriminating against one of his aides, Jana Williams, because of her race and gender.

Gov. Scott Walker signed a bill into law Thursday that will allow Wisconsin farmers to grow industrial hemp.
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Wisconsin’s farms are open for hemp production

By Allyson Duffy | Nov. 30, 2017

Wisconsin farmers will now be able to grow industrial hemp after Gov. Scott Walker signed a bill into law Thursday that had previously passed unanimously in both the state Assembly and state Senate. Federal law generally outlaws the growing and possession of cannabis but states are allowed to create programs that research and grow industrial hemp since it is non-psychoactive, as opposed to marijuana. Wisconsin was the country’s leader in the production of industrial hemp.

State superintendent and Democratic gubernatorial candidate Tony Evers says he doesn’t want state Attorney General Brad Schimel representing him in a lawsuit.
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State Superintendent Evers fires AG Schimel from representing him in lawsuit

By Dylan Ayer | Nov. 28, 2017

State Superintendent Tony Evers “fired” Wisconsin’s Attorney General Brad Schimel from representing Evers in a lawsuit issued against him last week, stating that Schimel has a conflict of interest in the case. The conservative Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty filed the suit after Evers superseded recent legislation that requires heads of state agencies to receive approval from the governor’s Department of Administration before passing agency rules through their respective departments. Evers, who heads the state Department of Public Instruction, claims that the previous legislation does not apply since the DPI is supposed to be independent from federal executive departments. A similar case against Evers appeared in the state Supreme Court last year, with a ruling of 4-3 in favor of Evers.

State Assembly Speaker Robin Vos, R-Rochester, and state Assembly Minority Leader Gordon Hintz, D-Oshkosh, both defended the decision to withhold records of sexual harassment issued against legislators and their staff Tuesday in an effort to protect victim privacy.
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Lawmakers support withholding sexual harassment data despite concern from experts

By Jessica Lipaz | Nov. 28, 2017

Majority and minority leaders in the Wisconsin Assembly have both agreed not to release records regarding complaints or investigations into sexual assault allegations against legislators or their staff, even though many professionals argue that this is ineffective when it comes to protecting victims’ rights. The opposition came to light as a plethora of national reports has surfaced in the media in recent weeks exposing sexual harassment by men in high profile, public positions. The decision to maintain a hold of records on sexual harassment claims against legislators or their staff came from state Assembly Chief Clerk Pat Fuller and state Senate Chief Clerk Jeff Rank.

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Tommy Thompson Center kicks off first forum, discusses political leadership

By Lilly Price | Nov. 19, 2017

UW-Madison’s Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public Leadership, a policy center funded both privately and by the state to promote research and leadership training, held its first event Friday, after its controversial inclusion in the state budget. The event titled “Leadership Across the Branches” featured speakers from top lawmakers, professors, journalists, and experts on Congress.

Hundreds of thousands of Wisconsinites are living with Alzheimer’s, the most common form of dementia. Lawmakers are crossing the aisle to come up with solutions to support the economic and emotional burden those affected and those caring for loved ones with the disease face every day.
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As researchers struggle for Alzheimer’s cure, lawmakers enact flurry of bipartisan bills

By Lilly Price | Nov. 16, 2017

Over 110,000 people in Wisconsin are living with Alzheimer’s disease, the most common type of dementia. While there is no cure and the number of people suffering from the disease is only expected to increase, researchers at UW are pushing to help ease the burden the cognitive disease causes. Wisconsin lawmakers have been hard at work proposing legislation to help those with Alzheimer’s.

State superintendent Tony Evers is running against Gov. Scott Walker for governor. If elected, Evers says he will cut tuition for two-year UW schools by 50 percent.
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Tony Evers announces plan to cut tuition for two-year UW schools if elected governor

By Marissa Beaty | Nov. 15, 2017

Democratic gubernatorial candidate and state school superintendent Tony Evers announced plans on Wednesday to cut tuition by 50 percent at all 13 of UW’s two-year colleges if elected. The proposal would cut current tuition of $4,750 with the hope to “strengthen our UW Colleges, create a better-trained workforce and make college more accessible to all Wisconsinites,” Evers said in a statement. In total, Evers expects the plan to cost less than $20 million – an amount he says is more than feasible if current “legislative Republicans are fine with giving 11 multimillionaires $22 million in tax breaks,” referring to Gov.

State Assembly Speaker Robin Vos, R-Rochester, came under fire Wednesday only appointing white lawmakers to a task force that will access the state’s prison system.
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Black legislators decry appointments to prison task force

By Jessica Lipaz | Nov. 15, 2017

Four black Democratic legislators wrote a letter to Assembly Speaker Robin Vos, R-Rochester, in response to a new task force that will study the efficacy of Wisconsin prisons that solely consists of white men. The task force was created to analyze Wisconsin’s need for a new prison amid recent prison incidents involving overpopulation, neglect and violence. The letter, signed by Democratic representatives from Milwaukee, David Crowley, Jason Fields, David Bowen and Leon Young, requests Vos to reconsider his nominations in order to add at least one black member to the task force. “In Milwaukee County over half of African American males in their 30s have served time in state prison,” the letter said.

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