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Madison, WI – The Board of Commissioners of Public Lands (BCPL), chaired by Secretary of State Sarah Godlewski, approved $3.4 million in financing for the City of Sun Prairie to support the expansion of the Sun Prairie Public Library. The Sun Prairie Public Library, built over 25 years ago, will

Emergency responders, education, and infrastructure maintenance are just a small sampling of the myriad of services that are organized and controlled by local government, yet few citizens can name more than one or two of the elected officials who are in charge of those decisions.  This is why the Libertarian

MADISON – Today, a Dane County Judge struck down several provisions of Act 10, the 2011 law that placed crippling restrictions on public sector employee unions in Wisconsin. Representative Lisa Subeck released the following statement in response: “Act 10 was one of the most significant attacks on workers’ rights in

Today, Dane County Circuit Court Judge Frost ruled that Act 10, which took away collective bargaining rights from Wisconsin’s public employees, is unconstitutional under the state’s equal protection clause. The decision, stemming fromAbbotsford Education Association et al. vs. Wisconsin Employment Relations Commission et al., reaffirms the right of public sector

MADISON – Dane County Judge Jacob Frost overturned Act 10 after ruling that certain provisions were unconstitutional. The decision strikes down the ban on collective bargaining among public employees. Representative Madison (D-10) issued the following statement: “Judge Frost’s ruling is a monumental victory for Wisconsin’s working class. All Wisconsinites deserve

Madison, WI – In response to today’s ruling by a Dane County judge stating Act 10 is ‘unconstitutional,’ Americans for Prosperity-Wisconsin State Director Megan Novak released the following statement: “This ruling is nothing more than judicial activism by a Governor Evers’s appointee. AFP-WI applauds Speaker Vos and Majority Leader LeMahieu for calling to quickly

MADISON – State Senator Dianne Hesselbein (D-Middleton) today applauded a decision in the effort to restore the right to collectively bargain for workers who have not had that right for 13 years.  Following a clear finding this summer that legislation (“Act 10”) stripping that right from most public employees was

MADISON, Wis. — Following a ruling by a Dane County judge today that will restore collective bargaining rights for public employees in Wisconsin, A Better Wisconsin Together is applauding the ruling as one that will help secure workplace freedoms that have been under attack by Republicans for decades.  In response to

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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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MADISON, Wis. — Democratic Party of Wisconsin Chair Ben Wikler issued the following statement on today’s restoration of bargaining rights for public employees in Wisconsin: “Today’s ruling marks an important victory for working people in Wisconsin, and affirms what’s long been clear—Scott Walker’s attack on public employees was not just a national disgrace,

MADISON – Today, County Executive Melissa Agard released the following statement after Dane County Circuit Judge Jacob Frost overturned the provisions of 2011 Act 10 which banned most collective bargaining among public employees: “When I, and countless others, protested at the Capitol in 2011 – we were standing up for

This is a victory for Wisconsin Workers MADISON, Wis. – Judge Jacob Frost, after hearing a case brought on by several unions representing public employees, overturned the ban on collective bargaining in Wisconsin known as Act 10. Judge Frost ruled that provisions of Act 10 were unconstitutional. The lawsuit argued

Wisconsin AFL-CIO President Stephanie Bloomingdale released the following statement as Judge Jacob Frost rules Scott Walker’s 2011 Act 10 unconstitutional: Nearly 14 years after Scott Walker in his own words “dropped the bomb” on Wisconsin public employees, Wisconsin workers can celebrate as the judicial branch restores collective bargaining rights to

DANE COUNTY – Earlier today, the Dane County Circuit Court ruled that a Wisconsin statute that took away the collective bargaining freedoms of tens of thousands of public service workers throughout the state–from educators and conservation wardens to sanitation workers and nurses–is unconstitutional.  Dane County Circuit Court Judge Jacob Frost