Sen. Agard: Commemorates Juneteenth

MADISON – Earlier today, Governor Evers joined the Legislative Black Caucus to raise the Juneteenth Flag above the Wisconsin State Capitol and honor the federal holiday to occur on Monday, June 19.  On Juneteenth, we commemorate the ending of slavery

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Wisconsin Board for People with Developmental Disabilities: WI budget writing committee makes investments in health, community long-term care priorities important to people with disabilities

Last night the Legislature’s Joint Finance Committee (JFC) completed its work on the Department of Health Services (DHS) section of the state budget, which oversees many important disability programs and issues—including Family Care, IRIS, direct care worker wages, abuse and

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Wis. Dems: Launch TiffanyBlueprint.com to reveal Tom Tiffany’s extremist blueprint for Wisconsin

MADISON, Wis. — As Tom Tiffany continues to prepare to run for Senate by promoting his “Tiffany Blueprint” on how Republicans can win elections, the Democratic Party of Wisconsin is launching TiffanyBlueprint.com.  The site highlights how Tom Tiffany’s ‘blueprint’ for Wisconsin is an extremist, ultra-MAGA agenda that will silence our voices, cut veterans’ benefits, strip away

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Kids Forward: Wisconsin decision makers choose the wealthiest 1% over struggling children & families

Late last night, the republican-controlled Joint Finance Committee gutted the supports that struggling families across Wisconsin desperately need.  “Many of Wisconsin’s families–especially our Black and Brown families–are in crisis mode,” stated Michele Mackey, Kids Forward CEO, “On the eve of Juneteenth, decision makers chose the wealthiest 1% over everyday people.”

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Sen. Agard: Commemorates Juneteenth

MADISON – Earlier today, Governor Evers joined the Legislative Black Caucus to raise the Juneteenth Flag above the Wisconsin State Capitol and honor the federal holiday to occur on Monday, June 19.  On Juneteenth, we commemorate the ending of slavery in the United States. On June 19, 1865, Union soldiers

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Sens. Spreitzer, Carpenter, Reps. Neubauer, Snodgrass: Members of the Legislative LGBTQ+ Caucus condemn JFC motion to block gender-affirming care

MADISON – In the early morning hours of June 16, Republican legislators on the Joint Committee on Finance (JFC) passed a motion that would prevent Medicaid coverage of gender-affirming surgery or puberty-blocking drugs used for gender dysphoria or transition in the 2023-2025 state budget. Members of the Wisconsin Legislative LGBTQ+

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Rep. Vining: Blasts Republicans for abandoning Wisconsin women–again.

MADISON – Early this morning while many Wisconsinites were sleeping, Republicans on the state’s budget writing committee voted to end Governor Evers’ critical Child Care Counts program, and refused to include a very popular and needed postpartum maternal healthcare provision for Wisconsin new mothers on Medicaid. In response to this

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The Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party: Gallagher, Krishnamoorthi meet with Singapore Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan

WASHINGTON, DC – Rep. Mike Gallagher (R-WI) and Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) Chairman and Ranking Member of the Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party, met with Singapore Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan at the U.S. Capitol this week. In the meeting, the Chairman, Ranking Member and Foreign Minister discussed avenues for

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Wisconsin Board for People with Developmental Disabilities: WI budget writing committee makes investments in health, community long-term care priorities important to people with disabilities

Last night the Legislature’s Joint Finance Committee (JFC) completed its work on the Department of Health Services (DHS) section of the state budget, which oversees many important disability programs and issues—including Family Care, IRIS, direct care worker wages, abuse and neglect prevention and investigation, and other important priorities. The Committee’s

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Rep. Ratcliff: On Republican hostility to transgender Wisconsinites

“Republicans in the legislature have continued their destructive war on Wisconsin’s Transgender community by excluding gender affirming care from being paid for through Medicaid and by threatening to withhold shared revenue payments to Madison and Dane County because Dane County voted to be a Sanctuary for the Trans community. Violence

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Rep. Neubauer: GOP turns backs on Wisconsin’s children

MADISON, Wis. — In the early hours of June 16, Republicans on the Joint Finance Committee voted to end Governor Evers’ essential Child Care Counts program, which has helped child care providers and working families alike in keeping child care in Wisconsin affordable and accessible.  Rep. Neubauer released the following

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