MADISON, WI – Today, Senator Van Wanggaard announced he will not be seeking reelection in Wisconsin’s 21st district.  Racine Transit Director and candidate for State Senate in the 21st district, Trevor Jung, on Sen. Wanggaard’s retirement: “With Senator Wanggaard announcing he will not seek reelection, I want to thank him for

Jacque authored legislation increases penalties to combat “brutal form of modern slavery” MADISON…Child sex traffickers would face life in prison with no chance of parole under legislation authored by Senator André Jacque (New Franken) headed to the desk of Governor Tony Evers, after passing the State Senate on a voice

MADISON – Today, State Senator Mark Spreitzer and Representative Brienne Brown introduced a package of three bills aimed at continuing the vital conversation around preserving and enhancing local journalism in Wisconsin. The legislation includes a bill to create a state tax credit for local newspaper subscriptions, a bill to establish

MADISON, Wis. – Wisconsin will mark the anniversary of the landmark Gideon v. Wainwright decision this Wednesday with a failure to approve new resources for public defenders. Lawmakers cut short a lifeline for Wisconsin’s overburdened public defense system when the bipartisan Justice for All Act (AB 514/SB 546) was excluded from

MADISON, Wis. — According to reporting from the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Tom Tiffany said in an interview that he doesn’t believe “we should be doing mail-in voting” in Wisconsin despite having voted absentee in 12 elections in the past 10 years. Tiffany’s opposition to making sure that all Wisconsin voters are heard at

 Senator Steve Nass (R-Whitewater) issued the following statement in response to the deal cut between Senate Majority Leader LeMahieu and Senate Minority Leader Hesselbein to force through two very unpopular bills demanded by well-financed special interests: “Today, the people of Wisconsin should have no lingering doubts as to how morally

Madison — Earlier today, the Wisconsin State Senate passed Assembly Bill 454, a proposal authored by State Representative Amaad Rivera-Wagner of Green Bay to expand access to homeownership for working families across Wisconsin. The bill now heads to Governor Tony Evers for signature. Developed in partnership with Habitat for Humanity and

Madison… Assembly Speaker Robin Vos (R-Rochester) released the following statement regarding the State Senator Van Wanggaard’s decision not to seek reelection: “I have known and been close friends with Van for over 25 years. Van has led a selfless career in public service, starting in law enforcement where he fought

Madison — This afternoon, on a bipartisan vote of 31-2, the State Senate passed Assembly Bill 759 (AB759).  Rep. Amaad Rivera-Wagner (D-Green Bay), a co author of the bill, applauded the final passage of the legislation, which  supports individuals enrolled in DACA in obtaining professional licenses in Wisconsin. The bill

MADISON — Gov. Tony Evers today released a statement regarding the passage of 2025 Assembly Bill (AB) 180 to support the state’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), known as FoodShare in Wisconsin, which provides food assistance to over 700,000 Wisconsinites, including 270,000 kids. The bill, which Gov. Evers and the Evers Administration have spent months urging Republican lawmakers to pass, is

Wisconsin Supreme Court candidate Maria Lazar dodged questions in a recent interview about whether the results of the 2020 presidential election should have been overturned, this follows a network of election deniers who attempted to block certification of the election, lining up behind her campaign. When directly asked in a

MADISON, Wis.- Representative Clinton Anderson joined Senator Chris Larson to introduce legislation, LRB-6565/1 to strengthen open records laws in the State Legislature. This bill would require the state legislature to have the same record retention requirements as local governments. Currently there is no requirement that Wisconsin legislators retain any of

MADISON – Senator Eric Wimberger (R-Gillett) released the following statement after the Wisconsin State Senate voted unanimously today to pass Assembly Bill 130 and Assembly Bill 131, legislation he authored with Representative Jeff Mursau (R-Crivitz) to create new programs and protections for victims of PFAS and provide $132 million to combat PFAS contamination

After months of negotiations with Republican lawmakers, Gov. Evers today celebrated the Wisconsin State Senate taking up two bipartisan bills to finally release $125 million in stalled investments to help clean up Wisconsin’s water  MADISON — Gov. Tony Evers today celebrated the Wisconsin State Senate passing two bipartisan bills that are the result of months of

MADISON, Wis. — Halfway through Women’s History Month, it is a cruel reminder to Wisconsinites that Derrick Van Orden has spent his time in Congress trying to take away women’s personal freedoms. At a time when women across the country are seeing Republicans trying to legislate their bodies, Van Orden has

Senator Van Wanggaard (R-Racine) is announcing that he will retire at the end of his term, and not seek reelection. Wanggaard is the longest serving Republican state senator and is the only Republican ever to be elected to four terms as senator in the 21st District. Wanggaard is the author of

“People with disabilities, older adults, and family caregivers are struggling to get care needs met even if they are in Family Care, IRIS, or CLTS,” said Jason Glozier, Survival Coalition Co-Chair. “Survival Coalition’s survey clearly shows our current Home and Community Based Service system supplements the unpaid work families are already