Month: February 2022

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Assembly has passed a Republican-authored bill that would limit gun and ammunition manufacturers' legal liability, a move that could protect them from big payouts following a mass shooting. Under the bill approved Wednesday, no one could sue gun or ammunition manufacturers for damages relating to the lawful design, marketing or illegal use of their products. People could still sue for breach of contract or […]

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. The Republican-controlled Assembly was scheduled to take up the resolution on Wednesday but did not vote on it. The Senate initially appeared to have rejected the […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Department of Natural Resources policy board has adopted Wisconsin's first limits on so-called “forever chemicals” in drinking and surface water. The board voted 6-1 on Wednesday to set the limits for PFAS chemicals in drinking water at 70 parts per trillion and 8 ppt for most surface waters that can support fish. The board scrapped a proposal to set PFAS limits at 20 ppt in […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Assembly has passed a bipartisan proposal that would make it easier for restaurants to stop delivery services from adding them to their apps without their permission. The bill approved Wednesday would require those delivery services to remove a restaurant from its digital network within three days if the restaurant requests it. The use of third-party delivery apps like Grubhub, Uber Eats and DoorDash exploded […]

A retiring Fond  du Lac County Circuit judge is instituting  new drivers license suspension guidelines for drivers caught speeding at least 25 miles an hour over the posted limit.  Judge Peter Grimm says he is instituting the new policy to bring consistency to the length of suspension and after an unusually high number of speeding tickets  issued last year for 25 mph or higher over the posted speed.  "I think drivers […]

Fond du Lac County Highway crews were working long hours, struggling to keep up with freezing rain and sleet causing treacherous travel on area roads Monday night and Tuesday.  Highway commissioner Tom Janke says freezing rain events are much more difficult for salt crews than clearing roads of snow.  "We've had trucks literally slide down hills, in some cases they try to back up the hills,"  Janke told WFDL news.  Janke says […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Republican lawmakers are setting their sights on the University of Wisconsin System with a set of bills that look destined for vetoes but will give them talking points on the campaign trail this election year. The Senate passed a bill Tuesday that would discourage the teaching of so-called critical race theory. Other measures up for approval would allow people to sue the system if conservative speakers […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Assembly has approved a Republican-backed bill that would break up the state’s largest public school district in Milwaukee into up to eight smaller districts, a move critics say will not guarantee better outcomes for struggling students. The Assembly passed the bill on a voice vote Tuesday. It goes next to the state Senate. Even if passed by the Republican-controlled Legislature, Democratic Gov. Tony Evers […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The leader of a Wisconsin tribe has delivered a list of grievances to lawmakers during state tribes' annual legislative address ranging from climate change to discrimination. Shannon Holsey, president of the Stockbridge-Munsee Band of Mohican Indians, delivered the State of the Tribes address to a joint legislative session Tuesday. She listed concerns, starting with Republican-authored legislation she said is designed to make it harder to vote. […]