MADISON – Today, the Wisconsin State Assembly voted on Republican-drawn district maps as part of the redistricting process. The redistricting process occurs every ten years, following the completion of the U.S. Census to establish the legislative and congressional district maps for the subsequent decade.   Rep. Katrina Shankland (D- Stevens Point) released the following in response:   “The people of Wisconsin deserve fair maps and competitive elections, not another decade of gerrymandered districts designed to insulate politicians from accountability. Over the years, the people of Wisconsin have been organizing to take their power back from our current gerrymandered districts and to

MADISON– Senator Robert Cowles (R-Green Bay) released the following statement after a bill he authored, 2021 Senate Bill 71, was passed by the Assembly on a voice vote during today’s floor period: “After several years of work with advocates and professionals in the field, I’m proud to see this important effort I’ve authored to create protocols and timelines for the collection and processing of sexual assault kits is now headed to its final step of the legislative process. Getting to this point has taken months of work in the drafting process with former Attorney General Brad Schimel, followed by myself

MADISON – Today, the State Assembly voted on Senate Bills 71 and 94, bills aimed at addressing the sexual assault kit backlog in Wisconsin. The bills will be sent to Governor Tony Evers’ desk to await his signature. Senator Agard released the following statement regarding the passage of the two bills: “This is a huge win for survivors across our state. I have championed legislation regarding sexual assault kits and our state’s backlog for three sessions. I have heard from victims and survivors of sexual assault. I carry their stories with me, and have promised them I will work tirelessly

MADISON — Following the passage of Republicans’ gerrymandered maps, Rep. Gordon Hintz (D-Oshkosh) released the following statement: “In 2011, after signing secrecy oaths to hide their partisan machinations from the public, Republicans passed a gerrymandered map to distort the will of the voters and guarantee a deep red legislature despite an overall purple state. Today, in 2021, Assembly Republicans doubled down on their corrupt actions and their past unconstitutional map by voting to lock in their 2011 gerrymander for another decade. “A functioning democracy putting the people first should be the goal in enacting new maps, and we know that

MADISON – Today, Rep. Mark Spreitzer (D-Beloit) released the following statement after voting against the Republican gerrymandered redistricting maps: “I was proud to vote against Robin Vos’s gerrymandered redistricting maps today. As I have since I was elected to the State Assembly, I will continue to fight for fair maps in our state.  Without fair maps, the voice of the people of Wisconsin will continue to go unheard on critical issues — such as BadgerCare expansion, investing in our roads and infrastructure, investing in our students and schools, and promoting open and honest government. “During my time on the Beloit

Madison – Today, the Wisconsin Assembly passed the proposed Republican legislative and congressional maps along party lines. The Senate passed these maps on Monday November 8th. Representative Dave Considine (D-Baraboo) released the following statement on the passage of these maps: “Today I voted against the congressional and legislative maps put forward by legislative leaders. These maps continue to disenfranchise the people of Wisconsin by deepening the gerrymandering already in place. Over the past ten years, we have seen the effects of gerrymandering on our state. The will of the people has been ignored time and time again. By rigging the maps,

MADISON – Today, the Wisconsin State Assembly voted on Republican-authored bills to redraw our legislative maps (AB 625 and AB 624). Rep. Jodi Emerson (D-Eau Claire) released the following statement in response: “These maps are yet another example of the Republican’s disconnect with our state’s voters. The majority of Wisconsinites want a non-partisan map drawing process that ensures every vote is counted equally.  People should choose their elected officials, not the other way around, and these maps prevent the people of Wisconsin from engaging in fair elections.”

[Madison, WI] – During today’s Assembly floor session, State Representative Calvin Callahan (R-Tomahawk) voted in support of Assembly Bill (AB) 682, which will help to restart the pulp and paper mills in Wisconsin Rapids and Park Falls. According to the Great Lakes Timber Professionals Association, the closure of these two mills (along with a third located in Duluth, Minnesota) has resulted in the loss of 1,300 jobs at the mills and negatively impacted 14,000 individuals and businesses who supply and service the mills. The vote on AB 682 in the Assembly Committee on Forestry, Parks, and Outdoor Recreation, prior to the floor session, was

MADISON, Wis. — Yesterday, Gov. Tony Evers traveled across Wisconsin to announce $15 million in grants to local tourism organizations as the Badger State’s tourism and entertainment industries continue to rebound from the COVID-19 pandemic. Thanks to Gov. Evers, 120 destination marketing organizations from every corner of the state are receiving grants that will help them attract more visitors to explore all that Wisconsin has to offer. Wisconsin’s tourism industry contributes over $17 billion to the state’s economy, and a new report released last week showed the industry is experiencing a strong economic rebound. Gov. Evers’ continued investment in Wisconsin tourism and bold action

MADISON— Today, the Wisconsin State Assembly passed SB 621, the GOP-introduced rigged maps. The bill cleared the Senate on a party-line vote Monday. Although this bill was panned for nine hours in public testimony, and not a single member of the public testified in favor of these maps, it still received a party-line vote in both committees and will now inevitably be vetoed by Governor Tony Evers. Below are statements from lead members of the Wisconsin Fair Maps Coalition reacting to passage of SB621:   “The people of Wisconsin deserve to have issues like safe drinking water, clean air and

[Madison, WI] – Tony Evers didn’t get the response he hoped for with his Liberal Maps Commission. In fact, before 17 Democrats including Assembly Minority Leader Gordon Hintz voted against the maps — which Senate Republicans were forced to introduce because no Democrats were interested — Democrats blasted the maps as “a perversion of justice,” a “con,” and “stealing minority representation rights.” Democrats have finally figured out what Republicans have known all along: Tony Evers’ Liberal Maps Commission has been a sham from the beginning. Evers never wanted fair maps; he wanted maps that tilted the scales in Democrats’ favor. The result was maps that failed through every