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GOP bill aiming to protect free speech rights from frivolous lawsuits

GOP bill aiming to protect free speech rights from frivolous lawsuits
As the Wisconsin State Legislature is scheduled to close for campaign season, the Assembly passed a Republican bill targeting lawsuits that try to stifle free speech. The Senate must now act for it to become law. PHOTO BY ANNIE PULLEY/HE BADGER PROJECT
GOP bill aiming to protect free speech rights from frivolous lawsuits
As the Wisconsin State Legislature is scheduled to close for campaign season, the Assembly passed a Republican bill targeting lawsuits that try to stifle free speech. The Senate must now act for it to become law. PHOTO BY ANNIE PULLEY/HE BADGER PROJECT

In the waning days of the state’s legislative session, GOP lawmakers advanced a bill that would discourage frivolous lawsuits that punish people for exercising their free speech rights.

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