A Christmas surprise from Gov. Evers

Wisconsin legislators should move quickly to support a new bill that would allow wedding barn owners to hold a reasonable number of events without needing to get a tavern license. In 2023, Gov. Tony Evers signed a bill to initiate a massive overhaul of the state’s laws regulating beer, wine and spirits sales. Provisions of the law have been phased in since then. The final provision, implement...

Milwaukee County Judge Hannah Dugan has been convicted by a federal jury of felony obstruction for directing Eduardo Flores-Ruiz, an undocumented immigrant, toward a back exit when she learned Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents were waiting in the building. If the conviction is upheld, Dugan faces up to five years in prison. The Wisconsin Democracy Campaign issued a coalition statement ...