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MADISON – Today’s US Supreme Court decision on affirmative action in college admissions is another step backward and a slap in the face to young people who are trying to access more opportunities than the generations before them. Senator LaTonya Johnson

MADISON – Today, the Wisconsin State Assembly convened to vote on Senate Bill 70, the executive budget act of the 2023 state legislature. The budget was amended countless times by Republicans on the Joint Finance Committee so that it is

PRAIRIE DU CHIEN, Wisc. – As Dairy Month comes to a close, Congressman Derrick Van Orden is celebrating dairy farmers and their contributions to Wisconsin and the nation at large with a new video. WATCH As a member of the House

MADISON – Today, Assembly Republicans voted to table an amendment offered by Democrats that would have repealed an 1849 ban on abortion in Wisconsin. Abortion services in Wisconsin ceased last year when the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade through its Dobbs v.

“If Congressman Tiffany had his way and the ‘Default on America Act’ was signed into law, 24,000 women, infants, and children in our state would have lost access to the food assistance programs they depend on.” BLOOMER, Wis. – In

MADISON – Today, Assembly Republicans voted against a budget amendment that would have continued funding for Child Care Counts. The Child Care Counts program was created during the pandemic to help child care providers struggling to keep their doors open

In response to the Human Rights Campaign’s recent ‘State of Emergency’ declaration for LGBTQ+ people in the United States, we write as clergy and people of faith to urge an end to political, civic, and religious hate speech against the LGBTQ+

Democrats Fight for Working Families MADISON – Ahead of today’s State Assembly vote on Wisconsin’s biennial budget, Representative Lisa Subeck criticized the proposed Republican plan advanced to the Assembly by the Republican dominated Joint Finance Committee and State Senate for

MADISON — Gov. Tony Evers signed Executive Order #206 ordering the flags of the United States and the state of Wisconsin to be flown at half-staff on Fri., June 30, 2023, in honor of Private First Class Clinton P. Koloski, who

Madison, WI – Yesterday, the Senate took procedural steps to ensure Wisconsin Elections Commission (“WEC”) Administrator Meagan Wolfe is subject to the normal confirmation process. State Sen. Duey Stroebel (R – Cedarburg) issued the following statement in response: “The confirmation

[Milwaukee, WI] – On Tuesday, July 4th, the Milwaukee Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression, Reproductive Justice Action – Milwaukee, and Freedom Road Socialist Organization will be hosting the second annual People’s Independence Day. The event will begin at 12:00PM

Chancellor Jennifer L. Mnookin shared the following message with all UW–Madison students and employees on June 29, 2023. To our campus community, Today, the United States Supreme Court ruled 6 to 3 that Harvard University’s and the University of North

MADISON, Wis. — As Milwaukee Republicans David Clarke and Scott Mayer both gear up to run for U.S. Senate, the Milwaukee County GOP is hosting ultra-MAGA election denier Kari Lake tomorrow as the keynote speaker at their summer luncheon.  Lake is a far-right, election denier who supported a near-total abortion ban when

MILWAUKEE – Judge Gwendolyn G. Connolly made the following statement today: “I want to congratulate my colleague Judge Pedro Colón on his appointment to the Court of Appeals. I respect the Governor’s decision and appreciate the opportunity to share my

Madison, Wis. – Yesterday, the Wisconsin State Senate supported working families by confirming its support for the expansion of child care benefits by passing the state budget bill.  This expansion will help address the benefits cliff in the state of