Following a public hearing yesterday on state Republicans’ newest abortion ban proposal, which resulted in hours of testimony from Wisconsinites expressing their support for abortion rights and strong opposition to the bill, the GOP-controlled Assembly Committee on Health Aging and Long-Term Care will decide today if the bill can continue to advance toward becoming law.
GOP state legislators will simultaneously hold action today on a bill that would put politicians in charge of making reproductive healthcare decisions for Wisconsinites.
Assembly Republicans today passed Assembly Bill 510, a bad faith bill that seeks to censor what Wisconsin students can learn and talk about at school, with a specific target against issues that impact LGBTQ+ students and other marginalized groups.
A review of Schimel’s most recent campaign finance report reveals roughly 65% of his expenditures have gone for things like reimbursing himself for mileage, meals, and phone bills and to pay for tickets to an array of right-wing events and a golf outing.
Today, Republicans in the Wisconsin State Senate advanced a tax scheme that experts have warned would skew a majority of the benefits to the wealthiest, while completely ignoring average working families and the issues that Wisconsinites have demanded action on.
This year, A Better Wisconsin Together continues to call for our elected leaders to not just honor Dr. King’s memory and legacy with words, but also with action.
Following a Wisconsin Supreme Court ruling last month that the state’s current GOP-drawn legislative maps are unconstitutional, today marks the deadline for parties in the case to submit map options that meet Wisconsin’s constitutional requirements.
Assembly Bill 510 encourages parents to take legal action against teachers and schools for simply doing their jobs and, according to media reports and records obtained by A Better Wisconsin Together, the extremist right-wing law firm Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty was intimately involved in writing and advancing the bill.
As we mark the third anniversary of the events that unfolded on January 6, the political violence unleashed by the MAGA faction that day continues to reverberate in Wisconsin, and not just in election denial or efforts to derail holding insurrectionists accountable. Their extremism extends to policies denying people bodily autonomy, intimidating educators from teaching our real history, and putting corporate profits before our well being.
As 2023 comes to a close, Wisconsinites are at the end of a year marked by historic progress on important issues like abortion access, fair maps, and more - but it was also a year marked by GOP obstruction and skewed priorities on issues that matter to Wisconsinites.
“This Ruling Affirms That the Current Gerrymandered Legislative Maps Do Not Meet the Constitutional Standards Required To Guarantee an Accurate and Representative Reflection of the Diverse Voices Across Wisconsin.”
Today, President Joe Biden visited Milwaukee to celebrate the economic, climate, and clean water strides happening in Wisconsin, many of them made possible by Biden Administration investments like the CHIPS Act, Inflation Reduction Act, and Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.
From affordable child care and paid family leave, to abortion care, fully funded public schools, clean water and marijuana legalization, Wisconsinites want leaders who deliver on the issues that matter most to us. But as we look back on the year that was, we see time and again the Republican controlled legislature not only ignored the issues that matter to Wisconsin families, but obstructed action from Gov. Evers and legislative Democrats to deliver real solutions to issues facing our families and communities.
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.
While the deal passed by Congress and signed by President Biden is a critical reprieve for the thousands of families, the funding is only extended for a few short months, at which point MAGA politicians like Tiffany and Gallagher could once again vote against the well-being of Wisconsinites.
Two years ago today, President Biden signed the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, making historic investments in Wisconsin’s roads, bridges, and transportation infrastructure, expanding rural access to high speed internet, tackling climate change, and protecting access to clean water.
Republicans in the state legislature continued their obstruction on issues that matter to Wisconsinites.
Republicans on stage couldn’t seem to agree on anything, except that they all are out of step with the needs and concerns of everyday Americans.
In a stunning display of skewed priorities, the Wisconsin State Legislature will take action today on GOP bills that would undermine access to higher education for students of color, remove protections for marginalized students at Wisconsin universities, and enshrine into our state constitution discriminatory anti-voter laws that unjustly target voters of color, rural voters, voters with disabilities, and other marginalized voters across Wisconsin.
Election Hero Day is an important moment to recognize every person who makes our elections possible, and all they do to protect our freedom to vote.
On November 1, Democratic state legislators introduced the Reproductive Freedom Act - a bill package that aims to restore, protect, and expand reproductive rights in Wisconsin.
Governor Tony Evers and Attorney General Josh Kaul have filed legal action against the GOP controlled state legislature amid ongoing failures to fulfill their duty of representing the best interests of Wisconsinites, and their continued efforts to disregard proper policy procedures as a means to push their divisive and unpopular policies.
Republicans in the legislature had a chance to do what’s right for Wisconsin’s workforce, for voters, and for our economy, but instead turned their back on average hardworking families in favor of advancing their own partisan interests.