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MADISON – The State Assembly resumed regular floor session today to take action on various bills, including multiple pieces of legislation that aims to separate trans children and control the access that Wisconsin youth have to sports. On this bill

MADISON — The Wisconsin State Assembly today passed Assembly Bills 377, 378, and 465 — three pieces of legislation that would exclude K-12 and collegiate trans student athletes from joining sports teams consistent with their identified gender and bar all

Madison, WI – Today, the Assembly passed the “Help Not Harm Act” (AB 465), which will now go to the Senate. The Senate Committee on Health also held a public hearing on the companion bill SB 480.  Rep. Allen released

MADISON, WI – Today on the floor, Rep. Plumer voted to protect girls and women in sports and issued the following statements: “As the father of 4 daughters, I cannot sit back and watch as females in high school and college

Madison – Today, the Wisconsin Assembly took up 2 bills that exclude transgender athletes from participating in collegiate and K-12 sports. Another bill taken up today would disallow transgender youth from getting medical care. Rep. Dave Considine (D-Baraboo) issued the following statement

MADISON – Today, the Wisconsin State Assembly met in regular session to take up Republican-authored anti-trans legislation. Representative Sue Conley (D-Janesville) issued the following statement in response: “There are so many pressing issues Wisconsinites want the legislature to address-childcare, education, environment,

Madison, WI – State Representative Ty Bodden (R-Stockbridge) issued the following statement regarding his support for legislation ensuring Wisconsin college sports and athletic teams are based on the birth gender of the participants as well as prohibiting gender transition medical intervention

MADISON – Today, Republicans brought forward three bills attacking the transgender community in Wisconsin. Representative Joers released the following statement:  “I speak today for the heartbreak of Wisconsinites across our state that again must endure a hostile legislature. These bills

Madison – Representative Chanz Green (R-Grand View) issued the following statement after voting with his Republican colleagues on protecting women’s sports at the K-12 level and the University of Wisconsin and technical college level based on the birth gender of the

MADISON, Wis. — Today, Republicans in the State Assembly disregarded leading medical experts, mental health professionals, and the well-being of Wisconsinites as they passed harmful bills that target LGBTQ+ youth, put politicians in charge of personal healthcare decisions, and let legislators

MADISON – Wisconsin Conservation Voters launched a door-to-door canvass last week to spread information about the benefits available to them through President Biden’s Affordable Clean Energy Plan, the largest investment in climate in the country’s history. “We all want to

Port Washington, Wis. – Wisconsin Department of Administration Secretary Kathy Blumenfeld today formally awarded a $40,000 coastal grant to the City of Port Washington, as part of a series of visits to highlight Coastal Management Program grants and tourism investments. The awards

MILWAUKEE – Today, U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) joined Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Michael Regan and local officials in Milwaukee to announce $275 million she helped secure to clean up the Milwaukee Estuary. The funding, the largest cleanup project to

Madison – State Representative Nate Gustafson (R-Fox Crossing) today proudly voted “yes” on  Assembly Joint Resolution 82 condemning the indiscriminate massacre and grotesque acts by  Hamas, a United States-designated Foreign Terrorist Organization, upon civilians during the  Jewish holidays of Shemini

MINOCQUA, WI – In the most important legal challenge to Wisconsin’s education financing system in decades, concerned citizens, parents, and taxpayers are questioning a system that will have far-reaching consequences for public education in Wisconsin.  The case filed today focuses

MADISON — For a class assignment in fifth grade, Tanner Popp penned a letter to his future self. He would become a veterinarian, he wrote, and he would attend the University of Wisconsin–Madison. “I wanted to get into UW–Madison so

MADISON, Wis. – In case you missed it, today the Wisconsin Assembly voted unanimously to condemn “Hamas’ barbaric attack against Israel. However, three Democratic members of the Assembly, including two members of their Socialist Caucus, refused to vote to denounce the terrorism inflicted on the

MADISON – Today, the State Senate and State Assembly will be taking action on a number of anti-trans pieces of legislation. The Senate Committee on Health will be holding a public hearing, while the full Assembly will be voting on