Dec 6, 2024 | Wisconsin Voices Blog
What Happened: In July, as Wisconsinites prepared for the Fourth of July celebration, Dane County Judge Jacob Frost issued a decision in Abbotsford Education Association vs. WERC, another challenge to 2011 Act 10. In denying the Legislature’s motion to dismiss, the...
Aug 29, 2024 | Wisconsin Voices Blog
Democrats lose effort to kick Green Party candidate off ballot What Happened: In a surprising decision, Monday afternoon the Wisconsin Supreme Court denied the DNC’s petition for original action, which was attempting to kick the Green Party presidential candidate off...
Aug 29, 2024 | Education, Wisconsin Voices Blog
What Happened: This week a Dane County Judge upheld Governor Evers’ partial veto of legislation that created a new phonics-based literacy program in Wisconsin. While the Legislature created the program in one bill, it relied on a separate bill to direct $50 million in...
Aug 15, 2024 | Wisconsin Voices Blog
What Happened: On Wednesday the Wisconsin Deputy Operations Director for the DNC filed a complaint with the Wisconsin Elections Commission against the Wisconsin Green Party, challenging the Green Party’s placement of its presidential candidate on the November ballot. ...
Jul 12, 2024 | Wisconsin Voices Blog
What Happened: On the eve of July 4th, Dane County Circuit Court Judge Jacob Frost, a Governor Walker recall signer, issued a decision in the most recent challenge to Act 10, denying the Legislature’s Motion to Dismiss. The Court rejected the Legislature’s argument...
Jul 11, 2024 | Wisconsin Voices Blog
What Happened: On July 5 the Wisconsin Supreme Court overturned its own 2022 Teigen decision that held the use of ballot dropboxes was inconsistent with state statute. Writing for the majority, Justice Ann Walsh Bradley held as follows: “We conclude that Wis. Stat. §...
