Constitutional amendments on the ballot

QUOTE OF THE DAY
“Putting anything in the constitution just makes it more difficult to undo.”

– Debra Cronmiller, executive director of the League of Women Voters of Wisconsin, who is critical of state legislators for trying to legislate by constitutional amendment instead of using the regular lawmaking process.

Wisconsin voters will decide whether three proposed constitutional amendments should be enacted when they head to the polls this fall — marking 15 times Republican lawmakers have put potential amendments to voters during the two terms of Gov. Tony Evers. Henry Redman examines the three proposals, which seek to stamp out DEI programs, curtail the governor’s partial veto powers and keep places of worship open during public health emergencies.

The upcoming G20 ministerial meeting in Milwaukee from Sept. 30 to Oct. 1 will make Wisconsin the stage for discussing global policy on everything from artificial intelligence to fuel prices. World leaders will have the opportunity to hear from working people, especially those who plan to take to the streets this week, writes Anthony Pahnke of Family Farm Defenders in a commentary.

The U.S. Department of Education’s suspension this year of a comprehensive monitoring process puts billions of K-12 dollars at heightened risk of undetected waste, fraud and abuse, according to a new report by the nonpartisan U.S. Government Accountability Office. Robbie Sequiera of Stateline reports.

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