Thank you, State Journal, for supporting Downtown Madison, especially as the Madison City Council will soon vote on the mayor’s plan to bring …
I urge the Madison City Council to reject a proposed amendment that is likely to kill bus rapid transit (BRT) and the transit network redesign.
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Maine voters passed the nation’s first “right to food” constitutional amendment on Tuesday.
Donald Trump is looking to regain access to his infamous Twitter account and he's seeking assistance from a federal judge to do so. Source by:…
Republican lawmakers in Wisconsin have introduced a plan to end elections for three state constitutional offices and let governors fill the po…
One of the amendments centers on the proposed Reindahl Imagination Center at Reindahl Park, envisioned as a library with additional community services.
Dear Editor: I write this in support of James Madison and James Madison (Memorial) High School.
We are going through a constitutional crisis. In their wisdom, the Founders gave us a process to amend the Constitution. We should be electing…
The true meaning of our U.S. Constitution’s Second Amendment has been misinterpreted by the general public and by the Supreme Court in this la…
The letter to the editor "Founders favored right to bear arms" in last Tuesday's newspaper claimed the U.S. Constitution protects the right to…
Support for Washington D.C. statehood grew during the pandemic according to a life-long resident and statehood advocate who is cautiously opti…
"The Wisconsin state Legislature has such a rule. It keeps legislation clean and relational to the intent of the original bill."
The Dane County Board of Supervisors begins budget deliberations Nov. 9.
Committee members ultimately adopted 20 amendments to the 2021 executive budget that would reduce spending in proposal by $76,207.
The 25th Amendment was never invoked after President Ronald Reagan was shot in 1981. Reagan did temporarily transfer power to Vice President George H. W. Bush while undergoing surgery to remove a polyp from his colon in 1985, but he said at the time he wasn't formally invoking the 25th Amendment. While he said he was "mindful" of it, he didn't believe "that the drafters of this Amendment intended its application to situations such as the instant one." Bush was acting president for eight hours according to a book on the amendment by John D. Feerick.
Yes, presidents have temporarily relinquished power but not all invoked the 25th Amendment. Previous transfers of power have generally been brief and happened when the president was undergoing a medical procedure.
Not only is this drastic amendment unwise, but it is completely unnecessary in Wisconsin.
Marsy's Law, a proposed amendment to the Wisconsin Constitution, would grant additional rights and protections to victims of crime. It will be…
“Students are not asking for violations of free expression to go unchecked,” said one. “We are asking for a policy that truly protects students’ rights to (hear) a speaker without infringing on our rights to protest that same speaker.”
The Second Amendment to the Constitution reads: "A well-regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the p…
The proposed constitutional amendment comes after Democratic Gov. Tony Evers used his veto power to increase K-12 spending in the current state budget.
Several of Wisconsin's GOP legislators recently introduced a state constitutional amendment that would limit the governor's partial veto power.
The final budget vote will be in October.
On the morning of June 10, 1919, the state of Wisconsin made history by becoming the first state to officially ratify the 19th Amendment. The …
The mayor supports an amendment to deliver $5.7 million for flood mitigation but opposes other proposed budget changes.