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Charlie Mitchell, Editor
Monarch butterfly bill dies in senate committee
Bill would have designated the monarch as state butterfly By Charlie Mitchell 3 April 2024 The bill that would have designated the monarch butterfly as the official Wisconsin state butterfly died in the Senate Committee on Government Operations, left off the agenda...
Billboard bills die in committees at end of legislative session
Bills would have forced municipalities to relocate outdoor advertising signs that need to be removed to make way for highway widening projects By Charlie Mitchell April 2, 2024 Bills intended to require that outdoor advertising signs which need to be removed to...
Year End Report, December 2023
Advancing and defending the principles of Scenic Wisconsin made 2023 a busy year. Advocating to make the monarch butterfly the state butterfly, efforts to end billboard blight. Preserving scenic byways, increasing agricultural tourism and barn preservation, Scenic...
Position Statement – Opposition to 2023 Senate Bill 467 and Assembly Bill 486
Relating to outdoor advertising signs that do not conform to local ordinances and that are affected by certain transportation-related projects. 2023 Bills SB467 and AB486 would allow non-conforming billboards that need to be moved to make way for highway...
Position Statement – Support for 2023 Senate Bill 443 and Assembly Bill 446
Relating to designating the monarch butterfly as state butterfly 2023 Senate Bill 443 and Assembly Bill 446 would designate the monarch butterfly as the state butterfly in the same way that the badger is designated as state animal and the sugar maple is designated as...
“Federal appeals court upholds Madison’s billboard rules”
"A federal appeals court has rejected a lawsuit by Adams Outdoor Advertising that claimed the city of Madison’s sign ordinance is unconstitutional. The city and Adams have been battling in court over the city’s sign ordinances for decades, with the newly decided...
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