Wisconsin Republicans push back state convention to July

MADISON -- The Wisconsin Republican Party is pushing back its state convention to July, even as state GOP leaders are trying to overturn a stay-at-home order that runs until May 26.Republicans had originally scheduled their state convention for May 15 and May 16 in Green Bay.

Wisconsin Republicans sue governor over stay-at-home order

MADISON -- Republicans who control the Wisconsin Legislature asked the state Supreme Court on Tuesday, April 21 to block an extension of the Democratic governor's stay-at-home order, the most partisan divide yet in the fight against the coronavirus.The lawsuit came even as Vice President Mike Pence said during a tour of a Madison ventilator manufacturer that social distancing and other mitigation efforts are slowing the spread of COVID-19.The lawsuit was expected after Gov.

Wisconsin justices consider scaling back Evers' veto powers

MADISON — An attorney for a conservative law firm urged the Wisconsin Supreme Court on Monday, April 20 to rein in the governor's expansive partial veto powers, arguing the chief executive's ability to rewrite state law tramples on the separation of powers with the Legislature.The Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty filed a lawsuit last year seeking to overturn four of Democratic Gov.