WRN Voices

By: Representative Dan Knodl – 24th Assembly District, Wisconsin State Legislature One of the most important lessons from the last several decades of criminal justice policy is surprisingly simple: communities are safest when laws are enforced consistently and wrongdoing is addressed before it escalates. In the 1990s, cities across America embraced the idea that public safety requires more than simply responding to the most serious crimes.

By WI Assembly Majority Leader Tyler August Over the past several months, Legislative Republicans and Governor Tony Evers engaged in serious conversations about how to return Wisconsin’s budget surplus to the taxpayers who sent it to Madison in the first place. Those discussions were not always easy, but they reflected something many Wisconsinites yearn for in government: compromise, practical problem-solving, and a willingness to set aside partisan differences without giving up core principles.

By Representative Dave Maxey, Chairman of Assembly Committee on Campaigns and Elections I’m disappointed. This week showed me exactly why so many Wisconsin voters have lost faith in our elections. The Green Bay City Clerk mailed out more than 150 duplicate absentee ballots to the same people. That’s not a small mistake. When voters who already sent in their ballots started getting duplicates in the mail, you’d think the clerk would have a plan to make sure those illegal ballots didn’t get counted.