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MADISON, WI – Today, after last-minute negotiations between Senate Democratic Minority Leader Hesselbein (D-Middleton), Governor Evers, and Republican Leadership, the 2025-27 biennial budget bill was passed out of the State Senate on a bipartisan vote. Senator Dassler-Alfheim (D-Appleton) voted in

MADISON, Wis. — Republicans in the state Senate had the same one word answer when given the chance to pass a better state budget for hard working Wisconsinites today: “No.” Majority Republicans rejected 25 budget amendments to provide property tax

Madison, WI – State Senator Dan Feyen (R-Fond du Lac) released the following statement after Wisconsin State Senate passed the 2025-2027 State Biennial Budget: “With a divided state government as we currently have, it’s obvious that no one will get everything they

Madison, Wis. — Today, the Wisconsin State Senate voted to adopt a budget for the next two years. State Senator Rachael Cabral-Guevara (R-Fox Crossing) released the following statement. “No budget is perfect, but the one I voted for today will ensure

MADISON, WI… State Sen. André Jacque (R-New Franken) today voted for the bipartisan 2025-27 state budget, which includes several initiatives he has long championed in the Legislature for Northeast Wisconsin. “While no one gets everything they want in budget negotiations,

Madison, WI- Today, Wisconsin Senate President Mary Felzkowski voted “no” on the 2025-27 Wisconsin Biennial Budget. This budget is balanced on the back of the federal government that is $36 trillion in debt, using a little-known gimmick: the Hospital Assessment

It’s a day that ends in “y,” which means Derrick Van Orden is full of shit.  After starting the day by ranting about how he and other Washington Republicans poised to rubber stamp Medicaid cuts are “not a bunch of

MADISON, WI – This morning, SB 283 was signed into law as 2025 Wisconsin Act 14. This legislation establishes a program to provide law enforcement and fire protective services with hearing protection devices. As the Assembly author of this legislation, Representative

MADISON – Today, the Wisconsin State Legislature will complete its work on the state’s 2025-2027 biennial budget. Representative Lisa Subeck (D-Madison) released the following statement in advance of the Assembly vote: “While Wisconsinites await what may very well be the most

MADISON, WIS. – Raising Wisconsin is pleased child care programs will receive one more year of direct payments and the child care sector will receive a first-time, historic investment of state revenue in the 2025-27 state budget. The bipartisan agreement

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Scott Fitzgerald (WI-05) introduced two pieces of legislation aimed at declaring U.S. companies independent from burdensome foreign regulations, particularly targeting the European Union’s (EU) Digital Markets Act (DMA) and Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD). Protect U.S.

Senator Steve Nass (R-Whitewater) issued the following statement in regards to the 2025-27 biennial budget vote today and some key reasons that he will be voting NO: “The Vos-Evers budget deal can only be described as on orgy of spending

The Wisconsin Catholic Conference, the public policy voice of Wisconsin’s bishops, decries the failure of the Wisconsin Supreme Court to protect the most vulnerable in its decision that Wisconsin Statute 940.04, the state’s abortion ban, is unenforceable due to implied

The Embrace Them Both Coalition denounces the Wisconsin Supreme Court decision in Kaul v. Urmanksi, which finds that Wisconsin’s abortion ban has been impliedly repealed and is now unenforceable. Today’s decision is a failure for women, for preborn children, for

MADISON–The Wisconsin Supreme Court released its decision today invalidating Wisconsin’s 1849 abortion ban. Representative Robyn Vining (D-Wauwatosa) released the following statement:  “Every Wisconsinite deserves access to high-quality and affordable healthcare. Abortion is a decision to be made by a patient and

MADISON, WI – This morning, the liberal majority on the Supreme Court of Wisconsin ruled that Wisconsin Statute 940.04 does not ban abortions in Wisconsin. Representative Brent Jacobson (R – Mosinee) offered the following statement: “As a father to two beautiful

MADISON- This morning, the Wisconsin Supreme Court struck down an abortion-banning law from 1849. Since the overturn of Roe v. Wade in 2022, the 147-year-old Wisconsin law has limited access to abortions within the state. In response, Representative Andrew Hysell (D-48) released

Senator Dianne Hesselbein (D-Middleton), the Democratic Senate Leader, released the following statement on the Wisconsin Supreme Court’s decision invalidating the 1849 near-total ban on abortion. “This is a hard won and important victory. It preserves access to abortion in Wisconsin

MADISON, Wis. – Today, the Wisconsin Supreme court announced their decision in Kaul vs Urmanski. This case challenged an 1849 provision in the Wisconsin constitution that had been interpreted as a criminal abortion ban. Representative Miresse (D-Stevens Point) released the following statement

Both potential governor candidates – who have failed statewide elections already – have a history of being anti-choice MADISON, Wis. —  Today, the Wisconsin Supreme Court invalidated the 1849 abortion ban Republicans have been so eager to uphold and enforce. But the