Van Wanggaard

@Vanwanggaard

Senator from 21st State Senate District. Representing parts of Racine and Milwaukee Counties.

21st State Senate District senatorwanggaard.com Joined December 2011

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No Kings? Like Hell!

@govevers just overruled elected DAs and elected judges to change sentences over their objections!

Letting killers out of jail early. Buckle up folks there's dozens more coming in the next 6 weeks

Jason Calvi @JasonCalvi 2d

Breaking: Outgoing Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers issues the state's first commutations in decades.

The 14 prisoners were convicted of these crimes:

Homicide: 10 people
Robbery, Burglary, Theft: 5 people
Drug Offenses: 1
Arson and Property Damage: 1
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Van Wanggaard @Vanwanggaard Oct 20

A link to the GOP proposal that Evers rejected that would have kept inmates in jail

mailchi.mp/09b60409f287/l…

mailchi.mp Modernizing the State’s Prison System; Saving Food Share and Ending Milwaukee's Streetcar The Governor moves forward with his plan without any input from legislature. Why the state can't fund FoodShare.

Wisconsin Right Now Verified account @wisconsin_now Oct 20

Sen. Van Wanggaard: Evers Blaming GOP for Prison Plan Cost Jump Is 'Revisionist History'

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Van Wanggaard @Vanwanggaard Sep 29

Democrats have (and will) target the Manufacturing and Agriculture Credit for elimination if they get the majority next year.

A new UW-Madison study shows why that would be a disastrous idea, especially in SE Wisconsin.

dairylandsentinel.com/uw-study-links…

dairylandsentinel.com UW Study Links Tax Credit to Wis. Border Plant Expansions A new UW-Madison report finds Wisconsin border counties sharply outpaced neighboring states in manufacturing employment after the MAC took effect.

Van Wanggaard @Vanwanggaard Sep 28

Kenosha County Judge Jodi Meier hits the nail on the head in her opposition to Dequelvin Douglas's commutation request.

"The judge who sentences a defendant is in the best position to know the appropriate sentence. It is outrageous that the governor thinks he knows better."

Van Wanggaard @Vanwanggaard Sep 28

Breaking - Late Friday afternoon, @govevers provided my office with 1,943 pages of commutation records. It's going to take some time to go through them.