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Senate GOP Prioritizes Wealthy Tax Cuts Over Child Care Aid, While Gov. Evers Does Right by Wisconsin Families

State Republicans are once again pushing a tax scheme that will skew a majority of the benefits to the wealthiest, while completely ignoring average working families and the issues that Wisconsinites have demanded action on. 

ICYMI: Rebecca Bradley Will Speak at Extreme Right-Wing Federalist Society Conference

Rebecca Bradley has long ties to the Federalist Society, an extreme group that seeks to exert dangerous right-wing influence on courts and judicial systems nation-wide, including right here in Wisconsin.

A Better Wisconsin Together Condemns Anti-LGBTQ+ Bills Passed By Wisconsin Republicans Today

Today, Republicans in the State Assembly disregarded leading medical experts, mental health professionals, and the well-being of Wisconsinites as they passed harmful bills that target LGBTQ+ youth, put politicians in charge of personal healthcare decisions, and let legislators decide what sports Wisconsin students can play. 

Extremist Speaker Robin Vos Continues to Ignore Reality, Refuses to Take Impeachment Off the Table Despite Widespread Opposition

Republican Assembly Speaker Robin Vos confirmed today he will continue to weaponize impeachment threats against elected officials he disagrees with - despite Wisconsin voters, legal and ethics experts, former state Supreme Court justices, and even fellow Republicans voicing strong opposition to his petulant and meritless impeachment scheme against Justice Janet Protasiewicz.

A Better Wisconsin Together Statements on Senate Republicans Continuing Obstruction on Workforce Package

A variety of working parents, child care providers, and others impacted by Wisconsin’s workforce challenges spoke in favor of the bill, though it was clear that Republican committee members did not take their constituents seriously today.

Wisconsin Family Medicine Doctor Denounces GOP Attacks on Gender Affirming Care as Assembly Republicans Set to Vote on Bill Attacking LGBTQ+ Youth

As state Republicans seek to put themselves in charge of more personal healthcare decisions - this time unjustly targeting LGBTQ+ youth - A Better Wisconsin Together sat down with Wisconsin-based Family Medicine Doctor Melissa Hidde as part of a video series exploring the rise in anti-LGBTQ+ legislation, the realities of gender-affirming care, and the importance of fighting for the freedom to live authentically.

ICYMI: Vos’s Hand Picked Advisor Says Case Closed on Meritless Impeachment Threats

According to documents made public in recent news reports, former conservative Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice David Prosser has declared that there is no merit or basis to impeach the newly elected justice.

A Better Wisconsin Together Applauds Wisconsin Supreme Court Decision to Take Up Fair Maps Case

In a positive step on the path to fair legislative maps in Wisconsin, the Wisconsin Supreme Court has officially decided it will take up a case that challenges the current partisan gerrymander and seeks to ensure every Wisconsinite’s voice holds equal weight in our elections.

A Better Wisconsin Together Statements on Justice Protasiewicz Doing Her Job

In April, more than one million Wisconsinites elected Justice Janet Protasiewicz to the Wisconsin Supreme Court, and now she is doing what the people elected her to do: hear cases where our rights and freedoms are at stake

OP-ED: Public Hearings Show Overwhelming Support for LGBTQ+ Wisconsinites, Huge Opposition to Right-Wing Agenda

On October 4, state legislative committees heard public input on dangerous anti-LGBTQ bills that would put politicians in charge of personal healthcare decisions and let legislators decide what sports Wisconsin students can play.