MADISON – Today, the Wisconsin Supreme Court issued its ruling in Kaul v. Urmanski, striking down Wisconsin’s 1849 criminal abortion ban. After the ruling, Sen. Mark Spreitzer released the following statement:  “Today’s ruling affirms what the majority of Wisconsinites already know to be true: reproductive decisions should be made between a

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Madison, Wis. — The Office of the Commissioner of Insurance (OCI) is responsible for administering and enforcing the insurance laws of Wisconsin. This includes monitoring the financial and marketing practices of individuals and companies. Each month, OCI publishes the administrative actions it has taken against these entities. The actions are issued

Madison: Wisconsin Public Education Network, Citizen Action of Wisconsin, and WISDOM, joined by the largest union in Wisconsin, WEAC, and Wisconsin Early Childhood Education Needed (W.E.C.A.N) collectively representing tens of thousands of people across the state, came together during this budget cycle to urge Governor Evers to demand and deliver

MADISON, Wis. – Attorney General Josh Kaul announced that late Monday, Wisconsin joined a multistate lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Education for illegally cutting congressionally approved funding for mental health programs in K-12 schools.   “This funding can help keep schools safe and help students succeed,” said AG Kaul.

State Set to Make History MADISON, WIS. – Wisconsin Early Childhood Association (WECA) applauds Gov. Tony Evers and legislative leadership for prioritizing bipartisanship that will result in ongoing direct payments to child care programs and a first-time investment of state general purpose revenue (GPR) into child care programs in the

Madison, WI- Representative Paul Tittl (R-Manitowoc) and Senate Majority Leader Devin LeMahieu (R- Oostburg) have secured $500,000 in the legislature’s version of 2025-2027 State Budget to restore the USS Cobia. These dollars will provide a portion of the funding necessary for the restoration of the USS Cobia, a WWII submarine

MADISON, WI – Today, the Wisconsin Assembly’s Joint Finance Committee considered and approved the 2025-27 Wisconsin State Budget on a 12-4 party line vote, sending the budget to the full Assembly tomorrow. Representative Madison (D-10) issued the following statement: “Tomorrow, we will be presented with a budget that’s the result

MADISON, Wis. — Today, Devin Remiker, at the conclusion of his first day as Chair of the Democratic Party of Wisconsin, released the following statement:  “The ladder to the American Dream has been pulled up rung by rung while Republicans lecture us to pull ourselves up by the bootstraps— when they already

This morning the U.S. Senate passed a reckless budget bill that would make the deepest cuts in history to people’s food assistance and health care, which includes BadgerCare, all to pay for extreme tax breaks for the nation’s wealthiest households and corporations.  “It shouldn’t be a surprise that these cuts are incredibly unpopular among