JFC: Approves Mendota staffing request

MADISON, WI – Today, the Joint Committee on Finance (JFC) Co-Chairs Senator Howard Marklein (R-Spring Green) and Representative Mark Born (R-Beaver Dam) announced that the committee has lifted the objection to the Department of Health Service’s (DHS’s) request for 123.1 new

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Democracy Defense Project WI: Leaders respond to Trump shooting

WISCONSIN – Following yesterday’s shooting at President Trump’s rally, Democracy Defense Project – Wisconsin leaders JB Van Hollen and Mike Tate released the following statement condeming the violence and reasserting the orgnaization’s commitment to preventing future violence through voter education and

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Ortiz-Velez campaign: Announces 2nd list of endorsements

Milwaukee, WI – Today, State Assembly Representative Sylvia Ortiz-Velez announces her 2nd round of endorsers for her candidacy for reelection to the 8th Assembly District. Ortiz-Velez released the following statement: “It has been my honor to serve the people of the 8th

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JFC: Approves Mendota staffing request

MADISON, WI – Today, the Joint Committee on Finance (JFC) Co-Chairs Senator Howard Marklein (R-Spring Green) and Representative Mark Born (R-Beaver Dam) announced that the committee has lifted the objection to the Department of Health Service’s (DHS’s) request for 123.1 new positions to staff the expansion of the Mendota Juvenile Treatment

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DNC: Announces nearly $3 million in direct investments to Wisconsin State Party so far this cycle ahead of the MAGA National Convention

As the MAGA Republican Party prepares to officially nominate Project 2025 collaborator and 2020 election loser Donald Trump for president, the DNC announced nearly $3 million in investments into the Wisconsin Democratic Party– helping fund the best-coordinated campaign ground game and infrastructure that has ever been laid to this point in Wisconsin.

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Wisconsin Non-Partisan Unity Council: Statement on assassination attempt

The Wisconsin Non-Partisan Unity Council (led by Republican State Senator Rob Cowles, Republican  former State Senator Dale Schultz, Democratic former State Senator Tim Cullen; and Democratic  Representative Sue S. Conley) strongly condemn the attempt to assassinate former President Donald  Trump, the 2024 presumptive Republican nominee.  Violence has no place in

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Democracy Defense Project WI: Leaders respond to Trump shooting

WISCONSIN – Following yesterday’s shooting at President Trump’s rally, Democracy Defense Project – Wisconsin leaders JB Van Hollen and Mike Tate released the following statement condeming the violence and reasserting the orgnaization’s commitment to preventing future violence through voter education and civil discourse around our electoral systems: “In Wisconsin, we settle

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Republican Party of Dane County: Attempted Trump assassination

Official statement from Chairman Maly on the attempted assassination of President Trump: “The unthinkable happened today with an attempted assassination of Donald J. Trump. What started as a political rally in Butler, Pennsylvania almost ended up as a national tragedy. Prayers, and well wishes to President Trump, and his family.

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Ortiz-Velez campaign: Announces 2nd list of endorsements

Milwaukee, WI – Today, State Assembly Representative Sylvia Ortiz-Velez announces her 2nd round of endorsers for her candidacy for reelection to the 8th Assembly District. Ortiz-Velez released the following statement: “It has been my honor to serve the people of the 8th Assembly District as their representative for the past two terms

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WisDems: Wisconsin Supreme Court restores absentee ballot drop boxes, affirms voting rights of disabled Wisconsinites

MADISON, Wis. — Last week, the Wisconsin Supreme Court reinstated the use of absentee ballot drop boxes across the state, removing unnecessary barriers to voting for many disabled voters who aren’t unable to cast their ballots in-person. The Supreme Court’s decision stands in stark contrast to the Republican National Committee’s refusal to honor requests made by

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Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty: Beloit School District rescinds scholarship’s racial eligibility criterion following WILL’s legal threat 

The News: The Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty (WILL) has been notified by the School District of Beloit that it will reconfigure its “Grow Your Own Multicultural Teacher Scholarship Program” (GYO) to remove the racial eligibility criterion. The District has promised that it will not accept new applications or award

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Democratic Messaging Project: Provocative Anti Trump MAGA messages to appear across downtown Milwaukee during RNC

The Democratic Messaging Project, a grassroots political action committee working in four key swing states including Wisconsin, intends to break through the standard media landscape with bold and fearless statements challenging former President Trump and his MAGA movement.  The DMP messages will randomly pop-up across downtown Milwaukee locations during the

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Biden campaign: Local veterans launch Veterans and Military Families for Biden-Harris in Milwaukee, condemn Trump’s record of insulting and disrespecting veterans

Today, State Rep. Daniel Riemer, Democratic Party of Wisconsin Veterans Caucus Chair and Vietnam War veteran Gary Hawley, Democratic National Convention delegate and Gulf War veteran Deiadra Queary, and local veterans held a press conference to launch Veterans and Military Families for Biden-Harris, a coalition of veterans, service members and military

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