In a ruling released this morning, the progressive majority on the Wisconsin Supreme Court shut down yet another power grab from Wisconsin Republicans. The decision comes after GOP lawmakers overstepped and stopped a ban on harmful conversion therapy for Wisconsin kids and blocked updates to building and construction safety codes for years on end.
This year, A Better Wisconsin Together urges all of our elected lawmakers to not only reflect on what the 4th of July holiday represents, but to take direct action and stand up for Wisconsinites in the face of these attacks on our rights and freedoms.
MADISON, Wis. — Early this morning, Governor Tony Evers signed the 2025-27 state budget. That Wisconsin now has a budget – after months of state legislative Republicans’ partisan political posturing, infighting, and multiple walkouts on negotiations – is a testament to Gov. Evers’ leadership and his commitment to doing his best to do right by […]
Republicans in the state Assembly rejected amendments to provide property tax savings, deliver lower costs for hard working Wisconsinites, support public education, clean up water pollution, support veterans and farmers, improve public safety, and more.
Republicans in the state Senate had the same one word answer when given the chance to pass a better state budget for hard working Wisconsinites today: “No.”
The Wisconsin State Supreme Court struck down efforts to use an 1849 law as a near-total abortion ban.
Ron Johnson and his fellow Republicans have taken a bad, unpopular bill and made it worse.
Today’s announcement of a budget agreement that begins to address priorities like delivering cost savings for working families, supporting public schools and child care, and investing in health care is a testament to the hard work and dedication of Governor Evers and legislative Democrats.
We stand in solidarity with UW nurses and SEIU Wisconsin in their pursuit of collective bargaining rights and the freedom to have a say in their workplace, and we applaud them for standing up and demanding their basic workplace rights be honored and recognized.
In a 5-2 ruling released this morning, the Wisconsin Supreme Court has decided that Wisconsinites deserve clean water and corporate polluters who contaminate our waterways must be held accountable under the law.