Wisconsin’s Republican Senate majority leader says it’s possible that the legislature could pass a medical marijuana legalization bill in the 2025 session, though he’s cautioning that his chamber likely will not go along with a prior proposal from Assembly GOP leadership to establish state-run dispensaries.
Republican leaders of the Legislature and the Democratic Gov. Tony Evers are again tackling the issue of marijuana legalization.
Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers is calling on lawmakers to allow citizens to propose new laws for the state ballot, including an initiative to legalize and regulate cannabis.
The governor of Wisconsin says residents of the state should be allowed to propose new laws by putting binding questions on the ballot—citing the fact that issues such as marijuana legalization enjoy sizable bipartisan support while the GOP-controlled legislature has repeatedly refused to act.
Oostburg, said Republicans could reintroduce legislation banning abortions after 14 weeks of pregnancy if current abortion state law is upheld by the Wisconsin Supreme Court.
The two opened the Lion of Judah House in March 2019 and used it as a place to openly smoke marijuana while providing church members with marijuana "sacrament."
Wisconsin is among a shrinking minority of states that do not have a recreational or medical-use marijuana program. About half of states have legalized small amounts of marijuana for ...
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Wisconsin voters will decide whether the state constitution should enshrine a voter ID law. A simple majority is needed to pass.
A former state official says the Republican-controlled Iowa Legislature and administration have “walked into a fiscal trap" and "will need a new sin tax."
Republicans have refused to give our bill a subcommittee hearing.” By Bob Sillick, Iowa Capital Dispatch Most Americans continue to support the legalization of cannabis, as the medical use of cannabis is legal in 40 states and the District of Columbia and recreational cannabis is legal in 24 states and the District of Columbia.
The top Republican in the Wisconsin Senate is promising to strip out any policy in the governor's new budget. Senate Majority Leader Devin LeMahieu was a guest on UpFront over the weekend. He said Gov.