Ten Terrible Things About Tom Tiffany
Longtime right-wing politician, current U.S. Representative, and now Wisconsin gubernatorial wanna-be Tom Tiffany has said a lot of unseemly things and cast many bad votes over the years.
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Wisconsin Republicans Must Heed “Wakeup Call” to Fully Fund Our Public Schools
Wisconsin’s public schools are ranked among the best in the nation academically, but due to chronic underfunding by Wisconsin Republicans, have been forced at record rates to ask voters to increase their own property taxes so that classrooms can keep the lights on.
ICYMI: Tariffs Supported by Wisconsin Republicans are Harming Wisconsin Economy, Farmers
These newest tariff revelations come on the heels of prior reporting that Trump’s tariffs are increasing prices in Wisconsin on everything from gas, groceries, clothes, and school supplies, to beer and even Friday night fish fries.
OP-ED: Wisconsin Republicans Should Stand with Voters to Protect Mail and Absentee Balloting. After All, They Do It Too.
Standing up for voting by mail and early, in-person should be easy for the current Republican legislative majority. After all, most of them do it too - since 2018, over 93 percent of Republicans currently serving in the Wisconsin state legislature have voted by mail or early, in-person at least once.
On Labor Day, A Better Wisconsin Together Denounces GOP Attacks on Labor, Calls for Lawmakers to Support Workers’ Rights
In honor of Labor Day, A Better Wisconsin Together is calling on all of our elected lawmakers to support, protect, and expand workers’ rights amid continued attacks from the Trump Administration and MAGA Republicans.
Rebecca Bradley Announces She Won’t Seek Election in 2026, Admits Her Right-Wing Extremism Not Fit for State Supreme Court
Right-wing Justice Rebecca Bradley confirmed long simmering speculation that she did not believe she could win re-election to the state Supreme Court.
JD Vance, Derrick Van Orden to Continue Spreading Lies About Their ‘Billionaire Buddy Bill’ in Wisconsin Today
As JD Vance visits MAGA Republican Congressman Derrick Van Orden’s district in western Wisconsin today to spread lies about their Billionaire Buddy Bill, A Better Wisconsin Together is setting the record straight on how the bill will harm our local Wisconsin communities.
ICYMI: Rebecca Bradley, the Wisconsin State Supreme Court’s Extreme, Right-Wing Junket Justice
As detailed in a news report today, since getting her political crony appointment to the state high court, Bradley has taken over $52,000 in junkets to luxury resorts funded by right-wing legal advocacy groups and foundations.
No Evidence Rep. Bob Donovan Cleared Questionable Use of Campaign Funds to Pay His Housing Expenses
Did Rep. Bob Donovan (R-Greenfield) get sign-off from state ethics regulators or other legal approval before paying himself thousands of dollars in campaign funds to help cover his housing costs? Based on a request made to his state legislative office by A Better Wisconsin Together under the state open records law, the answer appears to be “no.”
On Its 90th Birthday, A Better Wisconsin Together Calls on Lawmakers to Protect Social Security Amid Attacks from Trump and Wisconsin Republicans
Under the MAGA Republican budget bill, 62 million retirees will be negatively impacted and roughly 20% of people will not receive their promised social security benefits.
Oops, He Did It Again: Rep. Bob Donovan’s Campaign Finance Scam Not His First, Just His Latest Ethically Questionable Episode
Rep. Bob Donovan’s Campaign Finance Scam Not His First, Just His Latest Ethically Questionable Episode
Rep. Bob Donovan’s Campaign Finance Coverup Raises the Question: Where’d the Money Go?
A recent media report uncovered Donovan has paid himself nearly $6,000 from his campaign to offset his housing costs.
ICYMI: State Representative Bob Donovan Busted for Shady Housing Scam
Bob Donovan’s campaign finance reports revealed he paid himself $850 every month for what he called “staff lodging” after renting an apartment.
A Better Wisconsin Together Thanks Governor Evers for Years of Serving Wisconsin, Standing up for Our Rights and Freedoms
Through his commitment to making the everyday lives of Wisconsinites better - whether it was repairing miles of roads and bridges or always standing up for safe and legal abortion care and the rights and freedoms of LGBTQ+ youth - Governor Evers has made sure Wisconsin is set up for success, no matter what comes next.
ICYMI: New York Based Crypto Bros Make Million Dollar Transaction With Contributions to Right-Wing Wisconsin Politician Bill Berrien
According to the latest state campaign finance reports, the political action committee (PAC) of recently announced right-wing Wisconsin gubernatorial candidate Bill Berrien received $1 million in contributions from the Winklevoss brothers of New York. The right-wing twin brothers made millions in a lawsuit alleging they were the original inventors of what is now Facebook and subsequently set themselves up in the cryptocurrency business.
A Better Wisconsin Together Reacts to Wisconsin Supreme Court Shutting Down Another GOP Power Grab
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.
A Better Wisconsin Together Releases 4th of July Statement Demanding Lawmakers Stand Up For Our Freedoms
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.
Governor Evers Fighting for Families and Standing Up to Republican Extremism Delivers Compromise State Budget
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 […]
Wisconsinites Want Lower Costs, Property Tax Savings, Support for Public Schools. Assembly Republicans Do Not.
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.
‘No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, and No’
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.”
Wisconsin Supreme Court Protects Abortion Rights, Affirms Wisconsinites’ Freedom to Make Own Medical Decisions
The Wisconsin State Supreme Court struck down efforts to use an 1849 law as a near-total abortion ban.
Ron Johnson Joins Senate GOP in Making Republicans’ Big Bad Budget Bill Even Worse
Ron Johnson and his fellow Republicans have taken a bad, unpopular bill and made it worse.
A Better Wisconsin Together Releases Statement on 2025-27 State Budget Agreement
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.
A Better Wisconsin Together Releases Statement of Support for UW Nurses, SEIU Wisconsin
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.
Wisconsin Supreme Court Rules to Protect Clean Water, Hold Polluters Accountable
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.
Wisconsin Republicans Failing to Do Most Pressing Job – Pass a State Budget
With one just week to go until the end of the state’s fiscal year and the deadline to pass a new state budget, Republican state lawmakers have no scheduled meetings for the budget writing Joint Committee on Finance and no action scheduled in either the Senate or Assembly to debate or vote on a state budget bill. The lack of legislative action comes on the heels of Senate Republicans walking out of budget talks with Gov. Tony Evers for a second time late last week.
Support for Abortion Rights Remains Strong in Wisconsin on Third Anniversary of MAGA U.S. Supreme Court Justices Overturning Roe v. Wade
On the third anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court decision that overturned Roe v. Wade, and as polling continues to show that a majority of Wisconsin voters support safe and legal abortion care, A Better Wisconsin Together is urging Wisconsin Republicans to listen to their constituents and end their relentless attacks on our reproductive rights once and for all.
On Juneteenth, Wisconsin Lawmakers Must Stand Up Against MAGA Efforts to Erase Black History
As we celebrate today, we also are reminded that the work is not done. From attempts to ban the Juneteenth flag from being flown in Wisconsin and censor what can be taught in our public schools, to scrubbing Black history from government websites and signing an executive order attacking the Museum of African American History, Trump and his Republican allies in Wisconsin are blatantly trying to erase Black history, undo the progress made, and stifle the progress yet to come.
Senate Republicans Seek to Stifle Wisconsinites’ Fundamental Freedom to Speak Out
Instead of respecting our fundamental freedom to voice our opinions or doing their job to pass a state budget, Republicans in the state Senate are looking to use our government as a weapon against their fellow Wisconsinites.
Wisconsin State Supreme Court Issues Unanimous Rebuke of Republican Power Grab
The Wisconsin Supreme Court today unanimously struck down part of a partisan Republican power grab adopted by the state legislature in their unprecedented post-election sore loser session in December 2018. Today’s action by the state high court reverses the earlier decision authored by right-wing Appeals Court Judge Maria Lazar, and joined by Judge Shelley Grogan, to uphold the GOP’s actions.
And Then There Were Two: Second State Senate Republican Calls for Budget Boycott
In a social media post yesterday, Republican state Senator and former state Senate President Chris Kapenga expressed both his opposition to a budget plan being crafted by his fellow Republicans and his preference to go without any state budget for the next two years. Kapenga joins his colleague Sen. Steve Nass, one of the longest currently serving legislative Republicans, in calling for a budget boycott.
A Better Wisconsin Together Releases Statement on Tragic News of Minnesota State Lawmakers Targeted by Apparent Political Violence
We are heartbroken for the families and loved ones of the victims of the targeted, apparently politically motivated violence that occurred in Minnesota. The loss of life is tragic and we condemn the abhorrent violence directed at public servants.