By Cassandra Lans Last week the Government Accountability Board (GAB) certified the recall election against Scott Walker, and following that announcement Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett announced that he would again run against Walker. On Tuesday, April 3, 2012 Barrett was re-elected as Mayor and Common Council president Willie Hines, Jr. was re-elected as Alderman for [...]

Voter suppression law thrown out Senator Lena C. Taylor (DMilwaukee) applauded the historic decision rendered in Wisconsin’s Circuit Court system yesterday to permanently block the Voter Suppression (Voter ID) law from being enforced. Judge Richard Niess acted in a case field by the League of Women Voters that alleged the law violated the right to [...]

By Kathy Quirk The University of Wisconsin- Milwaukee received approval Tuesday, Nov. 22, from Wisconsin’s Government Accountability Board to proceed with a plan to issue separate student identification cards that can be used for voting. The cards will be issued, starting in January, to students who request them to comply with new a state law [...]