LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Benjamin Decatur The Wisconsin state Assembly approved a free speech bill Wednesday night that requires the University of Wisconsin system to discipline students who regularly interrupt speakers. The bill was prompted by dozens of free speech incidents that have swept across college campuses around the country. Conservative pundit Ben…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Henry Rodgers A Republican-sponsored bill introduced Wednesday that would make it legal for any person living or traveling in the state to carry a concealed weapon without a permit is up for discussion in the Wisconsin Senate. Republican Rep. Mary Felzkowski and Sen. David Craig co-authored the bill that…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Kevin Daley The 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals found Tuesday that a Wisconsin school district must allow a transgender student to use the bathroom corresponding to his stated gender identity. The order maintains a lower federal court’s injunction against the Kenosha Unified School District, which prohibited the district…
Blake Neff Wisconsin’s new right-to-work law, one of the signature achievements of Gov. Scott Walker, has been thrown out by a state judge who says the law violates the state constitution. Judge William Foust said in his ruling the right-to-work law, which prohibits unions from collecting dues from non-members, is an illegal “taking” of…