November 2024

Last Monday, the Wisconsin Supreme Court heard arguments for and against enforcing the state’s pre-Roe law prohibiting most abortions, known as Statute 940.04. The law was nullified by Roe v. Wade but was never revoked by the legislature or voters. After the Dobbs decision returned the abortion issue to the states, the law was immediately put back into place and abortion providers in Wisconsin ceased actively killing the unborn. The law states that it is illegal to provide an abortion and clarifies that actions taken to save the life of a mother in an emergency are exempt from the law.

The following is from https://www.hhs.gov/about/agencies/hhs-agencies-and-offices/index.html - in the order presented - and was created with copy and paste. Health and Human Services is headed up by Secretary Xavier Becerra. I offer this without comment.
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Attorney General Josh Kaul announced a $160,000 settlement with Gundersen Lutheran Administrative Services, Inc. The settlement resolves a civil environmental enforcement action against the company for alleged violations of its air pollution control permit and state air pollution control regulations for the company’s operation of a wood-fired boiler in La Crosse County, Wisconsin.

I am humbled and honored that my colleagues have once again put their trust in me to serve as president pro tempore of the Wisconsin State Senate.

I was first elected to the role in November of 2020 and succeeded Senator Howard Marklein, who is the current co-chair of the budget-writing Joint Finance Committee.

Please know that I remain committed to carrying out the duties of the position with fairness, civility and respect.