WLGCC: Celebrates new members, climate progress

Madison, WI – The Wisconsin Local Government Climate Coalition (WLGCC) recently welcomed the City of Edgerton and the Village of Shorewood as our two newest members to formally join the Coalition, bringing our membership to over 20 local governments. WLGCC is

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Sen. Hesselbein: Responds to Planned Parenthood announcement

MADISON – State Senator Dianne Hesselbein (D-Middleton) released the following statement after Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin announced that they will resume abortion care services in Wisconsin starting on Monday, September 18th: “Abortion is healthcare. Today’s announcement that Planned Parenthood of

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U.S. Sen. Johnson: Announces mobile office hours

WASHINGTON – U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) announced that his staff will be available for mobile office hours at the times and locations listed below. These office hours give constituents the opportunity to meet with Sen. Johnson’s staff to request assistance

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Committee to Protect Health Care: Wisconsin doctors sound alarm: GOP attempt to impeach Justice Protasiewicz is attempt to keep abortion banned

MADISON — Months after celebrating Justice Janet Protasiewicz’s resounding win, Wisconsin physicians are expressing their opposition to legislative Republicans’ unjustifiable threat to impeach her to try to ensure their own partisan, anti-abortion agenda. Such a move would ignore the will of a record-breaking

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Sen. Roys: To protect abortion access, we must educate and empower

MADISON — Today, Planned Parenthood announced it would resume providing abortion care Monday in Wisconsin. This announcement comes after nearly 15 months of abortion being unavailable to most Wisconsinites, with Planned Parenthood choosing to suspend services following the Dobbs decision. Many Wisconsinites have been forced to travel out of state

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WLGCC: Celebrates new members, climate progress

Madison, WI – The Wisconsin Local Government Climate Coalition (WLGCC) recently welcomed the City of Edgerton and the Village of Shorewood as our two newest members to formally join the Coalition, bringing our membership to over 20 local governments. WLGCC is a coalition of local governments pursuing clean energy and climate

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Sen. Hesselbein: Responds to Planned Parenthood announcement

MADISON – State Senator Dianne Hesselbein (D-Middleton) released the following statement after Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin announced that they will resume abortion care services in Wisconsin starting on Monday, September 18th: “Abortion is healthcare. Today’s announcement that Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin will resume abortion care services on September 18th at the

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Gov. Evers: Regarding Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin resuming abortion care for patients

MADISON — Gov. Evers today released a statement regarding the decision by Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin to resume providing abortion services to patients in Wisconsin.   Over a year ago now, on June 24, 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, overturning Roe v… Please log in to access subscriber content. If you don’t have a subscription,

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WisDems: Bipartisan Iowa leaders: “The proposal currently in front of the Wisconsin Legislature cannot be accurately called the Iowa Model”

MADISON, Wis. — As the Wisconsin Assembly is set to vote on a new redistricting proposal today, which has been touted by Robin Vos and Assembly Republicans as “Iowa style redistricting,” a bipartisan group of Iowa leaders is speaking out to highlight key differences between the Wisconsin proposal and the system

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U.S. Sen. Johnson: Announces mobile office hours

WASHINGTON – U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) announced that his staff will be available for mobile office hours at the times and locations listed below. These office hours give constituents the opportunity to meet with Sen. Johnson’s staff to request assistance with a federal agency or other federal matters. Note: Staff-led mobile

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U.S. Sen. Baldwin: Leads bill to extend vital child care funding and save millions of families’ child care spots as funding cliff looms

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) joined over 100 co-sponsors in the U.S. House and Senate to introduce the Child Care Stabilization Act, legislation to extend vital federal child care funding—which is set to expire at the end of this month—and ensure that child care providers can keep their doors

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Department of Public Instruction: BadgerLink online library celebrates 25 years

The Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction is celebrating 25 years of its innovative, online library containing hundreds of thousands of resources for K-12, postsecondary, and lifelong learners being available to any Wisconsinite. BadgerLink, which originated as a collection of 4,000 periodicals and more than 40 newspapers, has grown over the past quarter

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Gov. Evers: Slams Wisconsin Republicans’ attempts to illegally fire state’s elections administrator

MADISON — Gov. Evers today slammed Wisconsin Republicans’ ongoing efforts to interfere with Wisconsin’s elections by attempting to illegally fire the state’s chief elections administrator. The move represents a continued escalation by Wisconsin Republicans in recent years to attempt to take over Wisconsin’s elections. Just two days ago, Wisconsin Republicans

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Committee to Protect Health Care: Wisconsin doctors sound alarm: GOP attempt to impeach Justice Protasiewicz is attempt to keep abortion banned

MADISON — Months after celebrating Justice Janet Protasiewicz’s resounding win, Wisconsin physicians are expressing their opposition to legislative Republicans’ unjustifiable threat to impeach her to try to ensure their own partisan, anti-abortion agenda. Such a move would ignore the will of a record-breaking number of voters who chose her to champion their values on

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Forward Latino: Condemns court decision on DACA and calls for congressional action to codify program and provide earned pathway to citizenship

Franklin, WI – Forward Latino, a national non-profit, non-partisan service and advocacy organization headquartered in Franklin, Wisconsin and with affiliates and members in 29 states condemned Wednesday’s court decision that declared the Deferred Action Childhood Arrival (DACA) program unlawful. DACA was first implemented in 2012 and has allowed children brought

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UW-Madison: New technique creates tolerance of transplanted kidneys

MADISON — Successful kidney transplants rely on the biological compatibility of the donor and recipient but still require long-term use of drugs to tamp down the recipient’s immune system and prevent donor organ rejection. Finding a method to increase compatibility can help recipients tolerate a life-saving organ transplant without the

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