Rep. DeSmidt: Reacts to assembly floor session

MADISON, WI – The Wisconsin State Assembly held a floor session today debating several bills targeting the transgender community. Representative Ben DeSmidt delivered his maiden speech in opposition to Assembly Bill 102.  Representative Ben DeSmidt (D-Kenosha) had the following statement:  “Today

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Rep. Rodriguez: Protecting our kids

MADISON – Rep. Jessie Rodriguez (R-Oak Creek) joined her Assembly Republican colleagues in supporting a package of bills aimed at protecting children and supporting women and girls in sports. “The Save Women’s Sports Acts for K-12 students [2025 Assembly Bill 100]

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Rep. Donovan: Votes to protect children and fairness in sports

Madison – Representative Bob Donovan (R-Greenfield) gave the following statement after the Assembly passed common-sense legislation protecting children. These bills implement needed safeguards for our children and young people to prohibit irreversible medical interventions and preserve the fairness in sports. Assembly

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Rep. Joers: Votes ‘no’ on anti-trans bills

MADISON – Today, the Wisconsin State Assembly met to vote on several bills, including four anti-transgender bills which aim to restrict the lives and freedoms of Wisconsin’s transgender residents.  Representative Alex Joers (D-Waunakee) released the following statement: “I am devastated

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Rep. August: Assembly republicans act to protect kids

Help Not Harm, Saving Women’s Sports Act among bills approved. MADISON…The State Assembly approved a package of legislation aimed at protecting children.  The bills include saving women’s sports and protecting children from harmful gender transitioning medical procedures.  Assembly Majority Leader Tyler

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Rep. Dittrich: Save Women’s Sports Act clears Assembly

Madison – Representative Barbara Dittrich (R – Oconomowoc) thanks her Assembly colleagues for passing her Save Women’s Sports Act (Assembly Bills 100 and 102) and other Dittrich bills on Thursday: “For the third consecutive session, I have authored the Save Women’s Sports

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Rep. DeSmidt: Reacts to assembly floor session

MADISON, WI – The Wisconsin State Assembly held a floor session today debating several bills targeting the transgender community. Representative Ben DeSmidt delivered his maiden speech in opposition to Assembly Bill 102.  Representative Ben DeSmidt (D-Kenosha) had the following statement:  “Today the Assembly debated several dangerous bills which instill fear and

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Rep. Rodriguez: Protecting our kids

MADISON – Rep. Jessie Rodriguez (R-Oak Creek) joined her Assembly Republican colleagues in supporting a package of bills aimed at protecting children and supporting women and girls in sports. “The Save Women’s Sports Acts for K-12 students [2025 Assembly Bill 100] and collegiate athletes [2025 Assembly Bill 102] defend Wisconsin’s female

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Rep. Donovan: Votes to protect children and fairness in sports

Madison – Representative Bob Donovan (R-Greenfield) gave the following statement after the Assembly passed common-sense legislation protecting children. These bills implement needed safeguards for our children and young people to prohibit irreversible medical interventions and preserve the fairness in sports. Assembly Bill 104 prohibits health care providers from providing or referring l…

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Rep. Joers: Votes ‘no’ on anti-trans bills

MADISON – Today, the Wisconsin State Assembly met to vote on several bills, including four anti-transgender bills which aim to restrict the lives and freedoms of Wisconsin’s transgender residents.  Representative Alex Joers (D-Waunakee) released the following statement: “I am devastated that Legislative Republicans have decided the best use of the

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Transgender Parent and Nonbinary Advocacy Caucus: Statement on bigoted bills harming LGBTQIA+ youth

Today, Senator Melissa Ratcliff, Representative Ryan Clancy, Representative Lee Snodgrass, and Representative Margaret Arney, members of the Transgender Parent and Nonbinary Advocacy Caucus (TPANAC), released the follow statement after Republicans in the Wisconsin Assembly passed four bills targeting transgender and nonbinary youth and their families. The movement toward equality and

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Rep. Nedweski: Votes to protect children and ensure fairness for female athletes

MADISON – Representative Amanda Nedweski (R-Pleasant Prairie) voted in support of several bills aimed at protecting female athletes, preserving parental rights, and preventing predatory pharmaceutical companies from exploiting young children facing mental health challenges. Rep. Nedweski issued the following statement: “I am proud to stand with women and girls in

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Rep. Omokunde: “AB103 is a direct attack on transgender students”

MADISON— This afternoon, the Wisconsin State Assembly convened for legislative floor session. Assembly Bill 103, school board policies related to changing a pupil’s legal name and pronouns, passed on party lines, 50-43. State Representative Supreme Moore Omokunde (D-Milwaukee) said: “This bill is a direct attack on transgender students. There is a

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Sen. Baldwin: Calls out Trump executive order seeking to dismantle department of education to pay for billionaire tax breaks

“I’ll fight like hell to make sure our students aren’t the ones paying for Republicans’ tax breaks for billionaires” WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) released the following statement blasting President Donald Trump’s executive order directing his Administration to attempt to dismantle and shutter the Department of Education: 

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Rep. August: Assembly republicans act to protect kids

Help Not Harm, Saving Women’s Sports Act among bills approved. MADISON…The State Assembly approved a package of legislation aimed at protecting children.  The bills include saving women’s sports and protecting children from harmful gender transitioning medical procedures.  Assembly Majority Leader Tyler August (R-Walworth) explained the legislation is not only common-sense, but

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Rep. Clancy: Denounces Speaker Vos and collaborators’ continued, hateful attacks on Wisconsin’s trans, nonbinary, and intersex communities

MADISON, Wis. – Rep. Ryan Clancy (D-19) joined the vast majority of the Democratic caucus today in rejecting bills targeting and attacking trans adults and kids. These bills would require teachers to misgender and deadname students, prevent trans kids and adults from participating in team sports, and prohibit gender affirming

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Rep. Madison: Rejects legislative Republicans’ attacks on trans Wisconsinites

MADISON – Today, Wisconsin’s Assembly passed a package of bills designed to target, attack, and dehumanize trans adults and young people in Wisconsin. Rep. Darrin Madison (D-10) voted against all four bills and supported his Democratic colleagues’ consistent, principled defense of trans, nonbinary and intersex Wisconsinites. This floor session continued

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Opportunity Wisconsin: Executive order will dismantle the Department of Education and jeopardize public education for Wisconsin kids

MADISON, Wis. –  This afternoon President Trump signed a new executive order, pushing forward a dangerous plan to further dismantle the Department of Education. This move could threaten funding for Wisconsin public schools, job training programs, and especially target educational opportunities for students with special needs. “President Trump and Republicans

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Rep. Dallman: Votes in favor of the “Save Women’s Sports Act”

MADISON, WI – State Representative Alex Dallman (R-Markesan) issued the following statement regarding the passage of legislation protecting women and girls in sports: “Biological men should not compete in women or girls’ sports, period” said Rep. Dallman. “For decades, we have protected the fairness and safety of women and girls in

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Marquette University: Biological sciences professor receives $1.37 million NSF CAREER grant to study impact of light on breathing

MILWAUKEE — Dr. Deanna Arble, assistant professor of biological sciences at Marquette University, has received a CAREER grant from the National Science Foundation with an expected value of $1.37 million to study how light affects breathing and the maintenance of blood oxygen levels. “Light has such amazing effects on physiology,”

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Rep. Dittrich: Save Women’s Sports Act clears Assembly

Madison – Representative Barbara Dittrich (R – Oconomowoc) thanks her Assembly colleagues for passing her Save Women’s Sports Act (Assembly Bills 100 and 102) and other Dittrich bills on Thursday: “For the third consecutive session, I have authored the Save Women’s Sports Act and had it pass the Assembly. This legislation is

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