Justices reject rules fast-tracking redistricting lawsuits
TODD RICHMOND, Associated Press
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MADISON, Wis. (AP) The Wisconsin Supreme Court on Friday rejected a Republican request that all state redistricting lawsuits start in the high court.
In its order denying the request, the court recapped the arguments for and against the Republicans request, but it offered little explanation for its denial, saying only that the rule changes wouldn t help the justices weigh any redistricting challenges.
The court cautioned, though, that its denial doesn t mean it would refuse to hear an appeal from a lower court ruling or reject a request to take a case directly. The order did not say how each justice voted.
Milwaukee Bucks Executive Alex Lasry Announces Run for Ron Johnson’s Senate Seat
Alex Lasry, a 33-year-old Milwaukee Bucks executive and son of a billionaire, has announced he will run for Sen. Ron Johnson’s (R-Wis.) Senate seat in the 2022 midterm election.
Lasry, a Democrat whose first job out of college was as an aide in the Obama White House, made the announcement in a YouTube video published on Feb. 16, in which he spoke of being “inspired by President Obama’s call to action” and the need for “a new way of thinking and a new perspective” in Washington.
“What we all too often, I think, see in Washington is people talking about the problems rather than actually trying to do something about it,” Lasry says in the video, which features endorsements from local officials and activists who tout his approach and engagement.
Good morning, it’s Monday, Feb. 1, 2021. The snow covering the ground in much of the country (here in the East, more is on its way) raises a variation of the famous philosophical question about a tree falling in the forest when no one is there to hear it. This one has a more practical implication: Do kids consigned to remote schooling during a pandemic still get snow days off?
I’m not on any school board, but I covered several school districts as a young reporter, and if it were up to me I’d vote a resounding yes. It also brings to mind New York newspaperman H. Allen Smith’s timeless opening to a local weather story, altered only slightly here:
MADISON, Wis. - After President Donald Trump lost his reelection bid, most Senate Republicans, his Justice Department and the courts dismissed or disputed h
After President Donald Trump lost his reelection bid, most Senate Republicans, his Justice Department and the courts dismissed or disputed his baseless claims about a “stolen election." The GOP senator used his chairmanship of the Senate Homeland Security Committee to highlight Trump's allegations, claiming millions of Americans “have real, legitimate suspicions that this election was stolen” and worrying about “so many irregularities here.”