WISCONSINREPORT.COM (05/12/2015) – In light of the announcement that the Dane County District Attorney will not charge the officer who shot, and killed, Tony Robinson in Madison, Wisconsin recently, Assembly Representative Chris Taylor vows to continue working on ways to strengthen the mandatory investigation law. The DA said it was a lawful shooting.
Read moreWISCONSINREPORT.COM (03/10/2015) – The shooting incident in Madison, Wisconsin, Friday, involving a police officer, is now the subject of an independent investigation mandated by Wisconsin law. The law was co-authored by Madison area State Assembly Representative Chris Taylor (D-Madison) in the last session of the State Legislature. Coincidentally, she says she was in the area where the Friday shooting took place.
Read moreWISCONSINREPORT.COM [WiscReport.com] (12/26/2014) An opinion issued by Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen is expected to ease the fears by some that Wisconsin was open to a legal challenge through a restriction on foreign land ownership wanted by people who believe Wisconsin farm land should remain in the hands of non-foreigners. In a memo to Assembly Speaker Robin Vos, Wisconsin Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen concluded that Wisconsin’s statute limiting the foreign ownership of farmland by nonresident aliens does not contradict the General Agreement on Trades and Services GATS. Van Hollen issued the advisory opinion at the request of Representative Vos in his role as chairman of the Assembly Committee on Organization.
Read moreWISCONSINREPORT.COM [WiscReport.com] (12/20/2014) – A proposed settlement with T-Mobile USA that will resolve an issue 50 AGs, the FTC, and FCC have with the major mobile service provider has been announced by Wisconsin Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen
Read moreWISCONSINREPORT.COM (10/10/2014) [ELECTIONS-Update] – On Oct. 9, 2014, the U.S. Supreme Court made observing the Wisconsin Voter Identification Law unnecessary in the November 4, 2014 General Election. So, even though it would have been a different kind of voting day for Wisconsin voters, it won’t be, this time around. The U.S. Supreme Court action puts a temporary hold on Wisconsin enforcing the new Voter Photo I.D. rule. However, it apparently will be in effect for future elections in Wisconsin after Nov. 4, 2014.
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