The following is a slightly edited version of an announcement posted by Jaye Alderson, March 6, 2019, in Political Publications, Special Event on the Ripon College website.
Brian Hagedorn, who is running for the Wisconsin Supreme Court, will speak at Ripon College, on Monday, March 11.
His talk will begin at 4:30 p.m. in Kresge Little Theatre, East Hall. It is free and open to the public.
Ripon College Republicans is [sic] hosting Hagedorn’s talk.
Hagedorn is running for the State Supreme Court in the election on April 2. His opponent is Judge Lisa Neubauer.
Hagedorn is a judge of the Wisconsin Court of Appeals, serving in the court’s Waukesha-based District II since Aug. 1, 2015.
Hagedorn served as chief legal counsel to Gov. Scott Walker for almost five years, where he managed litigation in partnership with the attorney general, served as the top ethics officer for the administration, advised on legal policy issues, oversaw judicial and district attorney appointments, and provided legal analysis on proposed legislation.Walker appointed him to the bench in 2015 and won election to a new six-year term in April 2017. He was appointed by the Wisconsin Supreme Court to serve on the Wisconsin Judicial Commission, which oversees enforcement of the judicial code of ethics.
He also has served as an assistant attorney general at the Wisconsin Department of Justice, a law clerk for Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Michael Gableman, and as an attorney in private practice for a Milwaukee law firm.
Gov. Tony Evers is proposing that property tax bills to show how money is being spent on voucher schools. Currently, property tax bills do not break out this spending. Supporters of Evers’ plan say that public schools are being hurt by the movement of funds from public schools to the voucher schools and as a result, public education suffers from a funding deficiency.
In his first state budget, Gov. Tony Evers plans to undo expansions of private school vouchers and independent charter schools passed by Republicans in the last decade. As expected, Republicans in the state legislature say they’ll block all the measures Evers wants.
On Monday, Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers joined other governors in ordering national guard troops stationed along the country’s southern border to come back to Wisconsin. Evers’ action immediately and drew criticism from Republicans who obviously expected the announcement and were prepared to launch an attack on Evers’ action.
In an article in the Journal Sentinel, Evers says, “We have to create a more flexible opportunity for all of our municipalities to access resources so they can thrive. If it’s property-tax related, it really constrains our cities,” the Democratic governor said. “So we’ll be looking to increase shared revenue, but we’re also looking to provide some flexibility to our municipalities, including Milwaukee.”
Evers comments came after the Wisconsin Policy Forum released a study that asks if it is time for municipalities to have access to new funding sources.
This is one of those legal issues that most people are not aware of, until it hits them in the face. In some states–in this case, Indiana–police can seize assets of someone convicted of a crime, even if the value of the seized assets are significantly greater than the crime’s nominal penalties. Or as this article points out, a crime takes place on your property without your knowledge and without your involvement and yet the state takes your home. If you are interested in criminal justice, you need to read this article from Slate.
So what will it cost for Gov. Evers’s plan to ensure that residents of Wisconsin have safe drinking water? One estimate suggests the price tag will top $70 million and according to an article in The Wisconsin State Journal, Evers plans to borrow the funds. Borrowing would come from bonds issued by the state agriculture department and the Department of Natural Resources.
The following is a slightly edited version of an announcement posted by Jaye Alderson, March 6, 2019, in Political Publications, Special Event on the Ripon College website.
