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Madison, WI – Today, the Assembly passed AB 793, a bill that encourages college savings by increasing tax deductions for college savings accounts. “Increasing tax deductions will encourage more families to create and fund college savings accounts,” said Rep. Allen. “Adding an employer contribution incentive will help expand options for

WHAT IS IT?SB 917, authored by Senator Feyen and Representative Penterman, has just passed the Senate. The Legislature is taking the teacher shortage seriously.SB 917 would enable high-quality “teacher apprenticeships” that would minimize teachers’ student debt, increase their quality through more real-life teaching experience, and get more young people to remain in the

MADISON – In a party-line vote today, Republicans in the Wisconsin State Senate passed AJR6 a resolution to place a constitutional amendment on the ballot this November. This new legislative power is meant to undermine tools a governor has to help communities when they most need it. Government Affairs Director

Today, the Wisconsin State Senate voted to pass AJR6, a politically-motivated constitutional amendment proposal that would severely restrict the allocation of all federal funding in the state, including funds from the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) and Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA). The proposal, passed by the House last September, is

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: February 13, 2024Contact: Sam GO, Communications Director, (608) 334-0220, sam.go@wisconsin.gov MADISON, Wis. – Today, the results from the 2022 Census of Agriculture were published by the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) at the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The Census of Agriculture is taken every five years in order to aggregate

MADISON, Wis. – Today, the State Assembly voted on an amended version of SB 488. Assembly Democratic Leader Greta Neubauer (D-Racine) released the following statement:  “Legislative Republicans have shown time and time again that they cannot be trusted with legislative redistricting. We fear that Republicans are again up to their

MADISON – Assembly Bill 510, which ensures parents have rights when it comes to their child’s education and health care passed the State Senate today. The bill now heads to Governor Evers for his signature. “I’ve always said you shouldn’t have to legislate common sense, but apparently we have to

Donald Trump is “facing backlash” in Wisconsin after encouraging Russia to “do whatever the hell they want” to our NATO allies. Over 500,000 Wisconsinites identify as Polish, Finnish, or Baltic, and even “members of his own party” are speaking out in response to Trump’s latest comments threatening national security. See

Madison, WI – On Tuesday, Senator Mary Felzkowski (R-Tomahawk) upheld her constitutional duty to draw legislative district lines by voting in favor of a map proposal that Governor Evers indicated he would sign into law. “Despite the Governor’s intent of drawing sitting legislators out of their districts – including one who

MADISON, WI – Given the opportunity to feed a healthy breakfast and lunch to every child in Wisconsin schools or undermine and attack their teachers instead, Republicans chose the latter. By passing the so-called “Parent’s Bill of Rights,” a pet project of the book-banning brigade, any parent can now sue their

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 13, 2024 CONTACT: David Gwidt, dgwidt@aclu-wi.org MADISON – The ACLU of Wisconsin today condemned the state legislature’s passage of Assembly Bill 510, which mandates the forced outing, misgendering, and deadnaming of trans and nonbinary students in Wisconsin schools and imposes widespread classroom censorship of pivotal subjects like

MADISON, Wis. – Earlier today, the Wisconsin State Senate passed a bill authored by Sen. Patrick Testin (R-Stevens Point) that improves an existing investment program designed to attract more startup companies to operate in Wisconsin. Established in 2015, the Badger Fund is a public/private partnership that is the lead investor

Madison, WI – Senator Duey Stroebel (R – Cedarburg) issued the following statement in response to the passage of SB 541, SB 894, and SB 971. “In a hyper-partisan political environment where news cycles are dominated by bickering and infighting, it can be difficult to work together to get things

MADISON – A bill allowing judges to place conditions of release on juveniles charged with a crime passed the State Senate on Tuesday. Every Democrat voted against Senate Bill 836, and every Republican supported it. “I am truly shocked this was a partisan vote. This should be common sense,” said

MADISON – Senator Robert Cowles (R-Green Bay) released the following statement after Senate Bill 866, which he authored with Representative Jeff Mursau, passed the Senate on a 32-0 vote during Tuesday’s floor session period: “Since its enactment in 2010, the E-Cycle Wisconsin program has kept hundreds of millions of pounds

Madison, WI —Legislation authored by Senator Eric Wimberger (R – Green Bay) that aims to keep Wisconsin communities informed and protected from sex offenders passed the Wisconsin State Senate today, by a vote of 24 to 8. Senate Bill 874 codifies that each conviction or finding of a sex offense is counted separately,

MADISON, WI… With the Spring primary elections just days away, bipartisan legislation protecting our right to vote by preventing local officials from closing polling places at the last minute with little to no public notice heads to the Governor’s desk after passing the State Senate today. State Sen. André Jacque (R-De Pere),