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ICYMI: New Poll Shows Wisconsin Voters Overwhelmingly Support Abortion, Access to Reproductive Healthcare

A media report on recent polling indicates that a strong majority of registered voters in the Badger State (74%) support abortion access and believe that decisions on abortion should be made by individual patients in consultation with their doctor - not politicians. The survey also shows that Wisconsin voters overwhelmingly (69%) support Planned Parenthood.

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Cost Savings for Families and Protections for Consumers Blocked by Republicans in State Legislature

These latest missed opportunities come on the heels of Republican legislative leaders’ walkout of budget discussions with Gov. Tony Evers last week.

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Wisconsin Republicans Abandon Their Jobs and Wisconsin Families

By storming out of state budget negotiations and refusing to find bipartisan compromise, Wisconsin Republicans are abandoning more than just their jobs. They’re abandoning Wisconsin families at an already uncertain time.

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A Better Wisconsin Together Releases Statement of Support for Meriter Nurses

We stand in solidarity with the nearly 1,000 SEIU Meriter Hospital nurses who are standing up for workplace and patient safety, fair wages, and more

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OP-ED: Wisconsin Republicans Leaving Veterans Behind

Wisconsin Republican Congressman Derrick Van Orden recently made headlines for saying he hopes funding continues to be cut at the Department of Veterans Affairs - and he certainly isn’t the only Wisconsin Republican attacking care for veterans in the Badger State. 

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A Better Wisconsin Together Calls on Republicans to Support Plan to Save Child Care for Working Families

Just two weeks after Republican lawmakers cut over $400 million in essential child care funding from Governor Evers’ state budget, and one week after child care providers rallied at our state Capitol demanding action, A Better Wisconsin Together is urging GOP legislators to finally do the right thing and pass child care legislation introduced today by their Democratic colleagues.

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ICYMI: Senior Senate Republican Calls for Wisconsin GOP to Skip Out on State Budget Duty

Republican State Senator Steve Nass, one of the longest tenured GOP representatives in the Wisconsin State Legislature, took petty partisan politics to a new low today by calling on his colleagues in the legislature to skip out on their jobs and not pass a state budget this year. 

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Republicans Put Politics Over People in Vote to Remove Over 600 Items from State Budget

Today, Wisconsin Republicans on the Joint Finance Committee voted to erase more than 600 items from state budget consideration, including widely popular provisions that would help working families deal with rising costs, feed hungry kids, fully fund our public schools, and ensure every household in Wisconsin has access to quality affordable health care, child care, clean water, and more. 

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Wisconsin Republicans Plot to Remove Hundreds of Popular Items From State Budget Consideration

The provisions Republicans are poised to strip would help working families in Wisconsin deal with rising costs, make childcare more affordable, lower prescription drug costs, fund our public schools while holding the line on property taxes, feed hungry kids, keep our communities safe from lead poisoning, bring more revenue into the state, and much more.

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OP-ED: Time to Find Out if Wisconsin Republicans Will Put People Over Partisan Politics

Republicans have said Governor Evers’ budget proposal is “dead on arrival” and indicated they plan to throw it out and start from scratch. Now that they’ve heard hours of public testimony from Wisconsinites saying they support the governor’s budget, will they listen?