Month: November 2017

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Assembly Speaker Robin Vos says the Senate must take lead on a bill cracking down on sanctuary cities.  Vos told reporters Tuesday that the Assembly will only take up the proposal if it first passes the Senate. The Assembly passed it last session, only to see it die in the Senate.  It's not clear if the measure sponsored by Sen. Steve Nass, of Whitewater, has […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Assembly Speaker Robin Vos says there's still no consensus among Republicans who control the Legislature over which approach to take toward restricting research using fetal tissue obtained from abortions.  Vos told reporters Tuesday that there is no consensus either in the Assembly or Senate over which approach to take. A Senate committee is holding a hearing Thursday on competing bills.  One would ban the use […]