Wisconsin Joint Committee for Review of Administrative Rules

Commissioners may meet to discuss the JCRAR vote or to take further action regarding the 2016 Commission guidelines. As with any decision, local Wisconsin employees, along with their legal counsel, can consider the recent activities of the legislative committee when planning for the next election. A Republican-controlled legislative committee will take action Monday to change the way mail-in ballots are handled in Wisconsin`s election. The move is a continuation of Republican efforts to change election laws, as they raise doubts about the results of the 2020 presidential election and the security of future elections. The […] Sen. Steve Nass (R-Whitewater) is trying to stop Wisconsin`s public universities from taking steps to protect themselves from the spread of COVID-19. With just six weeks to go until the start of the fall semester, administrators are working to promote vaccination for students as the contagious delta variant of the virus spreads across the state. Nass, the co-chair […] Upgrading to a paid subscription helps support WisconsinEye`s mission to cover the Wisconsin State Assembly, State Senate, State Supreme Court, and Governor`s Office. Ask? Contact us at [email protected] or visit our subscription FAQ for more information. a)? A person commits a crime when intentionally or knowingly damages, defaces, mutilates, or burns the flag of the United States or the State of Texas. c)? It is an exception to the application of this section that the act that would otherwise constitute a criminal offence will be in accordance with the laws of the United States or that state regarding the proper disposal of damaged flags.

Republican lawmakers and business lobbyists joined Tuesday in calling for an end to Wisconsin`s additional unemployment benefits — blaming the additional $300 weekly payments for the labor shortage, even though employers have struggled for years to find workers. The bill is the second of two steps that GOP lawmakers […] b)? In this section, ?flag? means an emblem, banner or other standard, or a copy of an emblem, standard, or banner that is an official or generally accepted representation of the flag of the United States or that state and that may be flown by personnel of any type and size. ? The term does not include the representation of a flag on any written or printed document, magazine, stationery, painting or photograph, or any clothing or jewellery. Unemployment insurance claimants may soon have to re-report on their weekly job search. The Department of Workforce Development (DWD) generally requires UI claimants to complete four „job search measures” per week to qualify for benefits. Weekly job search was suspended in Wisconsin as part of an emergency rule introduced earlier this year. To view the archived video, you need a user account. Create your free account here. Members of the Wisconsin Election Commission have yet to meet to discuss the recent WEC Joint Committee vote to review bylaws to suspend the WEC`s 2022 emergency arrangement regarding missing or false information on absentee ballot envelopes. Under Wisconsin law, the Commission`s action requires a two-thirds majority of commissioners. As Commissioners have not yet approved the withdrawal of the Commission`s separate 2016 guidance on correcting postal voting certificates on which the 2022 state of emergency was based, they remain intact as they have been since 2016. The Commission has not proposed any other direction since Wednesday`s JCRAR vote.

d)? Republican lawmakers voted Friday to remove parts of an emergency rule regulating firefighting foam containing PFAS chemicals — a move critics accuse of undermining the rule. Republicans on the Joint Committee for the Review of Administrative Rules (JCRAR) said the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) rule goes beyond the limits of the legislation. The Wisconsin Election Commission (WEC) continued to feel Republican pressure on the agency through investigations and legal maneuvers at a meeting Tuesday. The bipartisan commission, made up of three Republicans and three Democrats, has been at the center of Republican anger against conspiracy theories about the 2020 presidential election. The attacks […].