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Legislation & Regs
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 …
Wisconsin Legislative Session Wrap-up
From today’s Wheeler Report: The Assembly adjourned about 3:45 a.m. today, ending the floor sessions scheduled for 2009. Regular sessions will resume January 19, 2010. However, legislative leaders are expected to call lawmakers back to …
LRB Launches WI Legislative Oral History Project
The Legislative Reference Bureau has begun work on the Wisconsin Legislative Oral History Project. The project will include recorded interviews with former members of the Wisconsin Legislature, conducted by John Powell, the former Capitol reporter …
Bills Would Ban Texting While Driving
Up for debate today in the Senate is a bill that would crack down on text messaging while driving. Wisconsin Senate Bill 103 would ban text messaging for drivers under the age of 18. [see …
Bill Would Require DNA Test Upon Arrest
Everyone arrested on suspicion of a serious crime in Wisconsin would be required to give a DNA sample under a bill introduced earlier this month. Wisconsin Senate Bill 336 requires law enforcement agencies to collect …
Credit Card Act To Bring Changes – Good and Bad
Channel 3000.com has a good summary of the changes consumers can expect under the new Credit Card Act of 2009. The Good: “It’s not going to be quite as easy to get into trouble as …
Wisconsin Eye No Longer Available on Time Warner Cable
From the Wisconsin State Journal: The public affairs network Wisconsin Eye said it would end its service to Time Warner customers on Monday night at midnight because the company won’t pay for it. Time Warner …