Mitchell Schmidt
State Government Reporter at Wisconsin State Journal
State government reporter with @WiStateJournal. I have a dog named Floyd & too many plaid shirts.
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1 week ago |
madison.com | Mitchell Schmidt
President Donald Trump's administration has put Dane County and the city of Madison on notice for "deliberately and shamefully obstructing" immigration enforcement efforts spearheaded by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, marking the latest escalation in the president's pledge for mass deportations nationwide.
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1 week ago |
madison.com | Mitchell Schmidt
U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson has again waded into long-debunked conspiracy theories, suggesting without evidence that someone, presumably with the government, imploded one of the buildings destroyed in the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks hours after the Twin Towers collapsed.
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1 week ago |
madison.com | Mitchell Schmidt
Wisconsin's smallest communities do not need permission from the Wisconsin Elections Commission to stop using electronic voting machines, the agency ordered this week. Under the commission's decision, Wisconsin towns, villages and municipalities still must provide at least one electronic voting machine at a polling location to accommodate voters with disabilities. But other than that, nothing prevents communities with fewer than 7,500 residents to stop using the machines.
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1 week ago |
madison.com | Mitchell Schmidt
Federal funds that took years to secure to build out Wisconsin's network of electric vehicle charging stations are now in limbo after President Donald Trump's administration earlier this year halted the allocation of the previously approved dollars.
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1 week ago |
madison.com | Mitchell Schmidt
Democratic Gov. Tony Evers should use "the full leverage" of his veto power to strike the state's next two-year spending plan if Republicans on the budget committee do not include provisions to increase spending on schools and child care, among others, a coalition of Wisconsin organizations urged Tuesday.
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Gov. Tony Evers' 400-year school spending veto upheld by Wisconsin Supreme Court https://t.co/zNcJyniTuA via @madisondotcom
ROFR is now WERA, with several new provisions. Despite those changes, the Legislature and lobbying groups remain split on the divisive power line competition bill: https://t.co/BMWL7IntLU via @madisondotcom
So far today: @elonmusk pledged $2 million to 2 Wisconsin voters. After deleting the tweet, Musk said money will instead go to 2 who signed his petition opposing "activist judges." Now @WisDOJ is seeking a court order to halt the effort: https://t.co/WH3F7bUQKo via @madisondotcom
