Wisconsin Senate Republicans Were Desperate To Get Democrats Back From Illinois

Why no candles, and mood music?

Newly released emails show behind the scenes discussions among Republican state Senate leaders as they tried to determine the best way to pressure Democrats to return to the Capitol last month.

The emails show members of Fitzgerald’s staff considered such moves as reducing the Democrats’ per diem payments, cutting their staff, taking away computers that Democrats are using to draw redistricting maps and even denying them a year of service in the state retirement system.