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Wisconsin Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen filed an appeal Monday to lift the temporary restraining order a Dane County judge placed on Gov. Scott Walker’s budget repair bill. Dane County Circuit Judge Maryann Sumi issued the restraining order Friday, preventing Secretary of State Doug La Follette from implementing the
law, which strips public employees of most of their collective bargaining rights. In the appeal, lawyers for the Department of Justice argued Sumi overreached and did not have the authority to make the ruling. “There is absolutely no authority for the broad, overreaching step taken,” lawyers wrote in the appeal. “In the interests of the administration of justice it is necessary—nay, it is imperative—that
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Van Hollen files appeal against judge’s ruling By Adam Wollner
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this court step forward and undo this inappropriate act.” The state also argued the Dane County Circuit court did not have jurisdiction over the legislators or La Follette because they have legal immunity. It also said the courts cannot block a bill before it becomes law, because doing so interferes with the legislative process. van hollen page 3
Democrat proposes change to Senate quorum rules for fiscal bills By Patrick Tricker the daily cardinal
State Sen. Timothy Cullen, D-Janesville, introduced a constitutional amendment last Tuesday that would end the quorum requirement for fiscal legislation, which would prevent
senators from fleeing the state to block legislation. Cullen, who left with 13 other Democratic senators to stop Gov. Scott Walker’s budget repair bill, said he has “no regrets” about leaving the state, but would not do it again and fears it could
set a dangerous precedent, in an interview on “UpFront with Mike Gousha,” a news show on WISN-TV. Cullen said he hopes the amendment acts as an “olive branch” to Republican senators cullen page 3 matt marheine/the daily cardinal
Fans celebrated the Wisconsin women’s hockey team and head coach Mark Johnson Monday. The Badgers defeated Boston University to win their fourth national title in six years Sunday.
Republicans voice opposition to Walker’s recycling overhaul By Ariel Shapiro the daily cardinal
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State Sen. Tim Cullen, D-Janesville, proposed an amendment to remove the requirement for a 20-person quorum for fiscal bills in the Senate, a rule Democrats used to stall Gov. Scott Walker’s budget plan.
Libyan government releases UW graduates Shadid, Addario Four New York Times journalists who went missing in Libya last week, including two UW-Madison graduates, were released today, according to The New York Times. Seif al-Islam el-Qaddafi, Libyan leader Col. Muammar elQaddafi’s son, told ABC News Friday that forces loyal to the embattled ruler captured the journalists after they entered the country illegally from Egypt. The Wisconsin alumni, Anthony Shadid and Lynsey Addario, and
their associates were released into the custody of Turkish diplomats in Libya’s capital Tripoli Monday before crossing into Tunisia, according to the Times. Shadid, a former campus editor at The Daily Cardinal, graduated from UW-Madison with degrees in journalism and political science in 1990. A two-time Pulitzer Prize winner, Shadid is the Beirut bureau chief for The New York Times. He covered the Egyptian uprising before starting work in Libya in
early March. Addario, who graduated with honors from UW-Madison in 1995, works as a freelance photojournalist for publications including The New York Times, National Geographic and Time Magazine. Addario was part of the New York Times team that won the 2009 Pulitzer Prize for international reporting and she received the MacArthur Fellowship, or “Genius Grant,” in 2009. —Kayla Johnson
Several Republicans in the legislature are taking issue with Gov. Scott Walker’s proposal to severely limit recycling programs in his biennial budget. Walker’s budget would defund local recycling programs and eliminate the mandate that requires municipalities to have recycling programs. Democrats and environmental groups have come out in force against the measure, but state Sens. Robert Cowles, R-Green Bay, and Mike Ellis, R-Neenah, and state Reps. Robin Vos, R-Rochester, and John Nygren, R-Marinette, are joining Democrats in their criticism, according to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. “After meeting with my friends and neighbors back home, I have heard many concerns with the Governor’s proposed elimination of funding for recycling programs,” Nygren said in a statement. “I believe it is important to restore this funding and require local governments to still provide this vital service to its taxpayers.” The League of Wisconsin Municipalities praised the
Republicans who came out against this provision, stressing the importance of a partnership between the state and local governments in order to make a steady recycling program a reality. “It is important to restore this funding and require local governments to still provide this vital service to taxpayers.” John Nygren state representative R-Marinette
“Recycling is entrenched in Wisconsin’s culture,” the League said. “Wisconsin municipal residents expect their municipalities to collect recyclable material. Even in the absence of a mandate to implement a recycling program, most municipalities will continue to provide such a service.” Walker said in a statement cuts like this one to local governments will be beneficial, and “overall counties, municipalities, school districts and other local governments will realize more savings than reductions in state aid.”
“…the great state University of Wisconsin should ever encourage that continual and fearless sifting and winnowing by which alone the truth can be found.”