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Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty

Jun 9, 2020

Group wants to prevent ballot harvesting in Wisconsin

A conservative law firm asked the Wisconsin Elections Commission on Monday to outlaw the process by which outside groups, typically partisan, help to send or return large numbers of absentee ballots.

May 29, 2020

Report contends Davis-Bacon stymies competition, costs taxpayers; but authors acknowledge shortcomings

Three years since Wisconsin lawmakers repealed prevailing wage on state and local jobs in Wisconsin, critics of the policy are still debating if the state is better off without it.

May 15, 2020

Attorneys: Local stay-at-home orders on shaky legal ground

Local stay-at-home orders could be vulnerable to legal challenges after the state Supreme Court ruled that Gov. Tony Evers' statewide order went too far, attorneys warned Friday.

Mar 11, 2020

Wisconsin voter purge case appealed to state Supreme Court

A conservative law firm asked the Wisconsin Supreme Court on Wednesday to overturn an appeals court ruling that stopped the purging of more than 200,000 people from the state's voter rolls, a step that Democrats argued was intended to make it harder for their voters to cast ballots.

Wisconsin appeals court puts voter-rolls purge on hold
Jan 14, 2020

Wisconsin appeals court puts voter-rolls purge on hold

A Wisconsin appeals court on Tuesday put on hold an order calling for the immediate removal of as many as 209,000 names from the state's voter-registration rolls, handing Democrats who had fought the decision a victory in the battleground state.

Lawsuit challenges Wisconsin governor’s veto powers
Jul 31, 2019

Lawsuit challenges Wisconsin governor’s veto powers

A conservative law firm on Wednesday asked the Wisconsin Supreme Court to scale back the ability of governors to change the intent of lawmakers through partial budget vetoes — a change that would reverse more than four decades of precedent.

UW-Eau Claire has big construction plans despite budget setbacks
Jul 22, 2019

Judge rejects two challenges of TIFs in Eau Claire

An Eau Claire County judge last week tossed out two lawsuits challenging the city of Eau Claire's use of a common incentive to encourage redevelopment projects in its central city.

Apr 23, 2019

GETTING IN A TIF: Lawsuit questions Eau Claire’s use of development district

Eau Claire is faced with yet another legal challenge from familiar plaintiffs over its use of a development district after the Wisconsin Supreme Court upheld its right to pay developers cash incentives last summer.

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