A Better Wisconsin Together is applauding bills introduced this morning by state legislative Democrats that would protect marriage equality under the Wisconsin constitution.
Tomorrow morning, a committee of the Wisconsin Senate will hold a public hearing on a Republican-authored bill that unjustly targets LGBTQ+ youth and would put elected officials in charge of deciding what sports kids in Wisconsin can play.
Amid breaking news that fake electors from Wisconsin have admitted to their role in 2020 election sabotage, A Better Wisconsin Together is calling on Wisconsin Election Commissioner Bob Spindell and Judicial Conduct Advisory Committee member Jim Troupis - who both played huge roles in what is now an admitted scheme to overturn the 2020 presidential election results in Wisconsin - to resign from their positions.
Today, Governor Tony Evers vetoed a GOP bill that would ban life-saving gender affirming care for youth in Wisconsin. The veto comes as state Republicans continue to push legislation that puts themselves in charge of personal healthcare decisions - this time unjustly targeting LGBTQ+ youth.
In a positive step toward ensuring every Wisconsinite has safe and legal access to abortion care, a Dane County Circuit Court Judge has ruled that a statute on the books from 1849 does not apply to consensual abortions.
December 2 marks Special Education Day, the anniversary of our nation’s first federal special education bill being signed into law. It’s also a great reminder that our elected leaders have an obligation to ensure our schools’ special education programs have the funding and resources needed to excel.
As unions from across the state have now filed legal action to restore their rights in the workplace - like negotiating fair pay and advocating for safety on the job - A Better Wisconsin Together stands in solidarity with their ongoing efforts to secure what should be guaranteed rights for all Wisconsin workers.
While the Wisconsin Supreme Court is a non-partisan body elected to hear cases where Wisconsinites’ rights and freedoms are at stake, it does not take much to see that Schimel’s record as a public official is riddled with right-wing partisan activism.
This morning, a committee of the Wisconsin Senate will hold a public hearing on a Republican-authored bill that interferes in the operations of local school libraries and allows legislators to broadly overstep in communication between school librarians, students, and parents.
Today, the Wisconsin Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in a case that challenges Wisconsin’s gerrymandered state legislative maps, and seeks to ensure - through fair maps - that every vote holds equal weight and politicians can be properly held accountable at the ballot box.