Informational Memorandum 10?3 from the Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau analyzes all of the constitutional amendments submitted to the electorate since the constitution was ratified in 1848 and highlights those that may not comply with the …
Legislation & Regs
Major Bills Before the WI Legislature this Session
The Appleton Post Crescent has a nice run down of major bills passed and rejected by the Wisconsin Legislature since the beginning of the two-year session starting in January 2009. The list appears below – …
C-SPAN Video Archive Now Available Online
From Et Seq, The Harvard Law School Library Blog: Can’t get enough of Congress? Is Book TV your idea of Must-see TV? If so, you’ll be excited to learn that “virtually every minute” of C-SPAN’s …
Track Federal Register Rules and Comments Closing with GovPulse
From Novalawcity: GovPulse.us is a fantastic new app that puts “the Federal Register at your fingertips”. The front page gives you lists (with links) of comments closing and opened in the last 7 days, followed …
Justia Launches Portal to Mexican Statutes and Regulations
From beSpacific: Ley.mx is another terrific addition to the family of legal sources developed and hosted by Justia. With content available in both PDF and HTML, this straight forward, well designed site hosts a database …
More Documents Now Available on FDsys
FDsys.gov, the Government Printing Office’s replacement for the aging GPO Access website, continues to grow. It now covers the following: Congressional Bills, 103rd Congress (1993-1994) to present; BILLS 104th Congress (1995-1996) to present; CCAL Congressional …
BJS Launches Redesigned Website
From the BJS Email News service: The Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) website has been redesigned and is now available at: http://bjs.ojp.usdoj.gov. Many new features and tools have been added, and the site’s content has …
Wisconsin's Electronics Recycling Law Now in Effect
Wisconsin’s electronics recycling legislation, signed last October, went into effect on January 1st of this year. The law, Act 50, creates an electronics recycling program for certain devices used by Wisconsin households and K-12 public …
Bill Would Raise Small Claims Limit
The Wisconsin Assembly Committee on Judiciary and Ethics heard testimony Tuesday on a bill raising the dollar limit in small claims court. (Assembly Bill 524) The current dollar limit in small claims court is $5,000. …
Something Rotten at the State Capitol – Literally!
You never know what you’re going to turn up in the Odd Wisconsin Archives. I had to laugh at the story about the “cache of decaying venison and sturgeon” stored a basement room of the …