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Like many families across the state, as prices have gone up, my family’s budget has been stretched thin by  failed, Biden-Evers economic policies.  Hi, I’m Senator Rachael Cabral-Guevara, representing Wisconsin’s 19th Senate District.  Over the past 5 years, prices for

Madison – Today, State Senator Dan Knodl (R-Germantown) testified on legislation he authored, the Saving Women’s Sports Act.  Assembly Bills 377 and 378 will preserve gender-specific sports categories at the high school and collegiate level, based on the athletes’ biological

Madison is, and has been for a long time, a welcoming and supportive place for the LGBTQ+ community. In 1975 Madison became the first place in Wisconsin, and one of the earliest in the country, to ban discrimination based on

The Wisconsin LGBTQ+ Policy Coalition is a group of community organizations and local leaders dedicated to preventing the passage of anti-LGBTQ+ legislation in our state. The coalition advocates for pro-equality policies from the local to state level, from Eau Claire

JANESVILLE, WI – Marsy’s Law for Wisconsin is partnering with the Rock County District Attorney’s Office and the Wisconsin Department of Justice to conduct a “mapping exercise” in Janesville this week with the goal of helping victims better access their rights.

Green Bay, Wis. – On Monday, October 23, the Wisconsin Department of Administration and the Wisconsin Department of Military Affairs will hold the Annual Women in Cybersecurity event at the KI Convention Center and Hyatt Regency in Green Bay. Held in conjunction

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) and colleagues urged U.S. Senate and House leaders and the chair and ranking members of the U.S. Senate and House Appropriations Committees to immediately advance legislation that will provide critical and sustained security

MADISON – Today, Assembly Republicans scheduled a public hearing on Assembly Bill 456, which would ban gender-affirming care for minors. Senate Democratic Leader Melissa Agard (D-Madison) released the following statement:  “Republicans are once again inserting themselves in the private medical decisions

MADISON – Today, legislative Republicans in the State Assembly held public hearings on three bills that would harm transgender and nonbinary youth. Members of the Wisconsin Legislative LGBTQ+ Caucus submitted the attached testimony in opposition to AB 377, AB 378,

MADISON, Wis. – The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is encouraging hunters and mentors to pass on the tradition of deer hunting to Wisconsin’s next generation. The youth hunt is intended to give hunters 15 years old and younger the

WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Scott Fitzgerald (WI-05) issued the following statement following the vote on a Motion to Vacate.  “In the last 9 months, the Republican House has passed critically needed legislation to secure the border, give parents more say in their

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) and a bipartisan group of eight Minnesota and Wisconsin legislators are urging President Biden to support Minnesota and Wisconsin’s application for federal funding to rebuild the Blatnik Bridge. Wisconsin and Minnesota have applied for

Madison, WI – Today, Senator Dan Feyen (R-Fond du Lac), released the following statement after receiving a letter from Governor Evers requesting that the committee hold a public hearing and executive session on Special Session Senate Bill 1. “As I said on

MADISON – State Senator Dianne Hesselbein (D-Middleton) released the following statement after the announcement from Dane County Executive Joe Parisi that he will retire in May: “I congratulate Dane County Executive Parisi on his well-earned retirement after decades of public

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DELAFIELD, WI– The Senate Committee on Health is scheduled to hear testimony this morning on Senate Bill (SB) 328, legislation authored by Senator Mary Felzkowski (R-Irma) that aims to help lower the price of healthcare by helping consumers actually see

Wisconsin Faith Voices for Justice and the undersigned congregations, organizations, clergy, and people of faith, stand together to affirm the dignity and worth of the LGBTQ+ community and to oppose dangerous legislation that causes harm to members of the community.

MADISON, Wis. – Following the Assembly Committee on Corrections’ public hearing on Assembly Bills 180, 181, 182, and 183, Representative Shelia Stubbs released the following statement: “Our criminal justice system is broken. When we release people from incarceration back into

WASHINGTON, DC – Following a vote to vacate the speakership, Representative Derrick Van Orden released the following statement:  “Eight allegedly conservative members of the Republican Party just voted with Adam Schiff, AOC, Ilhan Omar, Rashida Tlaib, Pramila Jayapal, Eric Swalwell, and every