TODAY: Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and Sens. Cory Booker (D-NJ) and Ron Wyden (D-OR), along with other Democratic senators, filed a bill to federally legalize and tax marijuana while creating programs to aid people harmed by criminalization.
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NEW: Wisconsin Senate Majority Leader Devin LeMahieu is not seeking re-election:
"The time has come for a new chapter in my life. I am looking forward to spending more time with my wife in our new Madison-area home..."
Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers tells Congress to block the federal recriminalization of hemp THC products, saying the need for action is "further intensified by the fact that Wisconsin has not enacted legislation legalizing medical or recreational marijuana."
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Wisconsin Senators Approve GOP-Led Medical Marijuana Bill As Democrats Push Broader Recreational Legalization: The Senate Health Committee on Thursday passed the medical cannabis legislation sponsored by the Republican Senate president.
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Wisconsin Democratic lawmakers announced a new marijuana legalization bill that they said will promote personal freedom, protect public safety, further racial justice and abide by the will of the voters.
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New: After 7 weeks of being dark, the @WisconsinEye is back up today. Comes as JCLO votes on a proposal to provide the public affairs network $50k to resume operations this month.
See more in today's PM Update.
It is with profound sadness that we share the passing of Bobby Weir. We send him off the way he sent so many of us on our way: with a farewell that isn’t an ending, but a blessing. A reward for a life worth livin'. https://t.co/2qdBbh80v1
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As drinking trends change, @StorytellerRyan was joined by Republican State Rep. @sweak1 to discuss proposed regulations on the alternative, THC-based drinks.
Watch the full "In Focus" interview, here: https://t.co/8BvX4iz2LK
Speaker Vos, on medical marijuana, says Assembly Republicans "are not there."
Vos goes on to say President Trump reclassifying marijuana "was wrong."
"The only positive that is gonna come out of it is, perhaps, we will now be able to do some medical research."
JUST NOW: The Senate defeated an amendment from Sen. Rand Paul to remove provisions to recriminalize hemp products from a spending bill, voting to table it on a motion made by Sen. Mitch McConnell.
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WI Assembly Committee on State Affairs to hold Public Hearing on AB606 regulation of hemp-derived cannabinoid products, and AB503 definition of hemp, Tuesday Nov. 4th. https://t.co/6S7Je2XMJ5
The Wisconsin Senate Health Committee held a hearing on a medical cannabis legalization bill sponsored by the Senate president and other Republican lawmakers—taking testimony from patients and other advocates.
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The Wisconsin Senate Health Committee has scheduled a hearing on a bill to legalize medical cannabis that is sponsored by the chamber's Republican president and other GOP lawmakers.
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Wisconsin Assembly Speaker Robin Vos (R) said "there's the hope to try to find a consensus" to pass medical cannabis legalization legislation��but he argued that a new bill from the GOP Senate president is "way too broad and way too wide-ranging."
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Gubernatorial candidate @DavidCrowleyWI joined Wisconsin's Afternoon News with @JohnMercure and @juliafello to discuss issues affecting Milwaukee and Wisconsin. He shared his thoughts on marijuana legalization, his goals if he is elected, and much more.
Listen to Wisconsin's Afternoon News here: https://t.co/xkxzWjK43P