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The Office's mission was radically changed by administration of Governor Scott Walker, whose signature law, 2011 Wisconsin Act 10, ended collective bargaining rights for state employees and forbid the state government from negotiating union contracts with public employee unions. In 2015, the Office of State Employment Relations was replaced by ...
During the 1930s and 1940s, the responsibilities of the commission continued to expand. By 1940, it had 500 employees. In 1967, the Highway Commission was merged with the Wisconsin Aeronautics Commission, Department of Motor Vehicles, and the Wisconsin State Patrol to form the Wisconsin Department of Transportation. [6]
Wisconsin on a map of the United States Wisconsin State Capitol An early illustration of the University of Wisconsin campus, from the 1885 edition of the Wisconsin Blue Book. The Wisconsin Idea is a public philosophy that has influenced policy and ideals in the U.S. state of Wisconsin 's education system and politics .
The 2023 Wisconsin Supreme Court election was held on Tuesday, April 4, 2023, to elect a justice to the Wisconsin Supreme Court for a ten-year term. Milwaukee County circuit judge Janet Protasiewicz defeated former Wisconsin Supreme Court justice Daniel Kelly, effectively flipping the ideological balance of the court from a conservative to liberal majority.
The Legislature of 1878 authorised $15,000 for the erection of a school building and the city supplied an 8 acres (3.2 ha) site worth $16,000 at 465 Lake Drive overlooking the Bay of Milwaukee. The school was named the Milwaukee Industrial School; but as it received inmates from every part of the state the name was changed to the Wisconsin ...
The 2025 Wisconsin elections are scheduled to be held in the U.S. state of Wisconsin on April 1, 2025. Statewide contests on the ballot will include a seat on the Wisconsin Supreme Court and an election for Superintendent of Public Instruction of Wisconsin. The election will also feature several other local and judicial elections. [1]
The Twenty-Sixth Wisconsin Legislature convened from January 8, 1873, to March 20, 1873, in regular session. Senators representing odd-numbered districts were newly elected for this session and were serving the first year of a two-year term.