US Senate bill to address intoxicating hemp
Navigating Hemp’s Future: Political Implications in the 2024 Farm Bill Democratic Senator Debbie Stabenow of Michigan and chair of the Senate Agriculture Committee revealed a…
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USDA delays DEA lab requirement for the third time
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) recently announced a one-year extension of the delay in enforcing its rule mandating that all hemp products sold in…
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2024 Wisconsin Election Coverage | 2025-26 Wisconsin Senate and Assembly Leadership | Leadership | News | Republicans
2025-26 Republican Assembly Leadership Elected
Assistant Majority Leader Jon Plumer (R-Lodi), who served during the 2023-24 legislative session, chose not to seek re-election in 2024, leaving a notable vacancy in…
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US Senator Wyden Introduces Legislation to Clean Up Hemp Market, Keep Products Out of Kids’ Hands
Washington, D.C. — U.S. Senator Ron Wyden, D-Ore., introduced the Cannabinoid Safety and Regulation Act (CSRA) to establish national standards to protect public health and safety and keep cannabis…
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2024 Wisconsin Election Coverage | 2025-26 Wisconsin Senate and Assembly Leadership | 2026 Wisconsin Election Coverage | Leadership | News | Republicans
2025-26 Republican Senate Leadership Elected
Senator Joan Ballweg, after being redistricted into a new Senate district, pledged to relocate and ensure the seat remained Republican. However, she was unsuccessful in…
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Educate your candidates about laced cannabis
It is election time and close to Halloween politicians say scary things about laced marijuana and try to trick you. I wrote an article awhile…
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2020 Wisconsin Election Coverage | 2024 Competitive Assembly Races | 2024 Wisconsin Election Coverage | News | Pierce County | Polling Data | St. Croix County
AD 30: Zimmerman (R) vs Page (D)
What about Assembly District 30 Update: After the primary elections the forecast for this district changed to Tilt Republican. Republican Shannon Zimmerman from River Falls…
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2024 Competitive Assembly Races | 2024 Wisconsin Election Coverage | Letters to Editor | News | Outagamie County | Winnebago County
LTE: Duane Shukoski is right for AD 53
Duane Shukoski (D-Neenah) announced his candidacy for Assembly District 53. I am happy to support and endorse his campaign. The 53rd District is an open…
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Primary Battles of the 2024 Election
Assembly Districts BOLD NAMES ARE PRIMARY WINNERS Races without links = one or more candidates have no response / not enough information for an article….
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Senate 30: Wall (D) vs Rafter (R)
The new maps placed three Republican Incumbents into this district and they all are either retired, moving to run in a different district or are…
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2024 Competitive Assembly Races | 2024 Wisconsin Election Coverage | Outagamie County | Winnebago County
AD 53: Shukoski (D) vs Kaufert (R)
The 53rd Assembly district of Wisconsin is located in eastern Wisconsin, the district comprises pars of northeast Winnebago County and southern Outagamie County. It includes…
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2024 Competitive Assembly Races | 2024 Wisconsin Election Coverage | News | Pierce County | Polling Data | St. Croix County
Is Shannon Zimmerman (R) Safe in AD30
What about Assembly District 30 Update: After the primary elections the forecast for this district changed to Tilt Republican. Republican Shannon Zimmerman from River Falls…
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2024 Wisconsin Election Coverage | Burnett County | News | Polk County | Polling Data | Primary Battle | Republicans | Wisconsin Counties
Magnafici retires, Duke and Kline announce
Republican Gae Magnafici (R-Dresser) represented Polk County and parts of Burnett and St. Croix Counties. Magnafici announced her decision to retire from the Wisconsin State…
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LRB-2858/1: relating to: medical cannabis, granting rule-making authority, and providing a penalty.
Below is the co-sponsorship memo and attached is the introduced bill. DATE: January 8, 2023 TO: All Legislators FROM: Rep. Patrick Snyder, Rep. Jon Plumer,…
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2023-24 Decriminalization Bill Co-Sponsorship Analysis
LRB 0510 (Assembly Bill 861) was circulated for co-sponsorship and is the decriminalization legislation for the 2023-24 session supposedly led by Republicans and bi-partisan in…
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Grass Routes Tour Targets
I was just glancing at the upcoming November 2023 Senator Agard (D) Grass Routes Tour locations and noticed that they are in or near Republican…
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Industrial Hemp Act of 2023 Introduced
Senators’ bill would reduce the burden on farmers growing grain and fiber hemp U.S. Senators Jon Tester (D-Mont.) and Mike Braun (R-Ind.) today introduced their…
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Public Hearings – Budget 2023-25
As always, check the Official JFC Budget Website for any changes, more information and if you are not going to testify in person, please SUBMIT…
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2023-24: Joint Finance Committee Members
The Joint Committee on Finance (or Joint Finance Committee, JFC) could be the most important committees of the Wisconsin Legislature. It is responsible for writing…
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All eyes on these Republicans in 2023
In my 2022 Election and State Assembly Candidate Coverage for the Wisconsin Cannabis Activist Network and Northern Wisconsin NORML I reported that 94% of the…
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Senators not up for election in 2022
If you are following politics and the 2022 Election coverage, you will know that only half of our Wisconsin State Senators are up for election…
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2022 Election Wisconsin State Assembly
The stages are set for the General Election on November 8th, 2022. We have documented below information about candidates feelings and actions about marijuana reform….
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Republican Primary August 9th 2022
Wisconsin Governor Race – Republican Primary August 9th, 2022 Rebecca Kleefisch, Timothy Ramthun and Tim Michels are not supporting reforming cannabis laws. Neither was Kevin…
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Senator Agard to testify against medical marijuana bill
On April 14th, 2022 Senator Melissa Agard sent out an email entitled “Important Cannabis Update”. In the email she provided some great public hearing 101…
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Will Senator Felzkowski hold a public hearing?
Competing medical marijuana bills are in session again for the close of the 2022 legislation cycle. The big question on our minds right now is…
