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As State Budget Bill Arrives in Legislature, There’s Still Time to do What’s Right

This week, the Wisconsin state legislature will vote on the 2023-25 biennial budget put forth by the Republican-led Joint Committee on Finance (JFC) - a budget that is a far cry from the robust, progressive budget that Governor Tony Evers proposed earlier this year. 

On First Anniversary of Devastating Dobbs Decision, A Better Wisconsin Together Calls for Immediate Action to Restore Abortion Rights

One year ago, our constitutional right to abortion was taken from us as the extreme right-wing majority on the United States Supreme Court struck down Roe v. Wade, reverting Wisconsin back to a barbaric criminal abortion ban passed in 1849. 

Juneteenth Brings Renewed Calls for Truth and Honesty in Education

We all have a part to play in dismantling white supremacy, and that means committing to confronting anti-Black racism in our communities, politics, families, schools, and social circles.

Joint Finance Committee to Vote on Child Care Counts as Republicans Already Axed Expanded Healthcare Coverage for Parents and Infants

The committee will have an opportunity to include Child Care Counts in the budget, a critical program that helps families afford quality childcare. 

Trump Indicted for Espionage, Obstruction of Justice, and More: A Better Wisconsin Together Reacts

Former-president and MAGA extremist Donald Trump has been federally indicted on seven new criminal charges. A grand jury of everyday Americans reviewed mountains of evidence and witness testimony to determine Trump should be charged with violating the Espionage Act and committing both obstruction of justice and criminal conspiracy.

Veterans’ Housing, Voting Rights, and Violence Prevention: A Look at What State Republicans Denied Wisconsinites Today

Popular state budget provisions proposed by Gov. Tony Evers like universal background checks for firearm purchases and automatic voter registration could have taken a step toward becoming law in Wisconsin today, if not for GOP members of the state budget committee earlier this year stripping those items, alongside over 500 other popular items, from the 2023-25 biennial budget.

On World Environment Day, A Better Wisconsin Together Calls For Action on PFAS

PFAS chemicals are toxic to humans, wildlife, and the environment. By imposing unnecessary restrictions on funds to combat PFAS, Republican legislators are playing politics with our lives.

OP-ED: Pride Month in Wisconsin - Letting LGBTQ+ Joy Outshine Right-Wing Attacks

This month, Wisconsinites will celebrate the progress we’ve made, while also acknowledging the many challenges we still face in the movement to ensure we all have the freedom to be ourselves and pursue our dreams - regardless of who we love or how we identify.

State Republicans Circulate Dangerous Anti-Abortion Bills

Legislative Republicans today circulated a purposely misleading bill package that would keep politicians in charge of Wisconsinites’ reproductive healthcare decisions, keep a nearly centuries old criminal abortion ban in place, and would require the state of Wisconsin to fund dangerous resource centers - not led by medical professionals - that provide pregnant people with deceptive and inaccurate medical information.

State Republicans Put Corporations over Constituents with Inaction on Lowering Prescription Drug Costs

In his 2023-25 biennial budget proposal, Gov. Evers proposed action items to lower the cost of prescription drugs by capping copays and holding pharmaceutical corporations to account, by ensuring a more transparent drug pricing system. Legislative Republicans on the Joint Committee on Finance (JFC) axed these measures, alongside more than 500 other provisions, earlier this month.