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Rep. Moore leads on bill to help pregnant women experiencing intimate partner violence
Rep. Gwen Moore (D-Wis.) has introduced the Protect Moms from Domestic Violence Act to require a variety of studies examining the effect intimate partner violence (IPV) has on maternal health outcomes and a follow-up grant program because research on adverse outcomes, she noted, tends to focus on clinical factors rather than conditions for the mother. […]
Wisconsin Senate now ranks as toss-up seat, Larson exits race to back Barnes
Wednesday was a big news day in the Democratic primary for the U.S. Senate seat currently held by Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.). Johnson has been wavering in recent weeks, going from sounding like a candidate who was definitely in the race to saying publicly that maybe he isn’t the best candidate. The Cook Political Report […]
What Gableman doesn’t say reveals truths about Wisconsin election audit
Former Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Michael Gableman sat down for his first television interview on his super-sized role in the election investigation since Speaker Robin Vos upgraded him to “special counsel” giving him the power to hire and have free rein in determining what the “Arizona-style audit” he will oversee actually does. However, in response […]
‘Big Money Behind the Big Lie’ exposes the Bradley Foundation role
Assembly Speaker Robin Vos caved to the right-wing of his Republican caucus on Friday, expanding the election review he had ordered to include a full, “forensic” dissecting of ballots in an effort to find fraud in an election that has been reviewed and found to be accurate and fair by various courts, canvasses and the […]
Speaker Vos caves on new election audit after another scolding
Last Tuesday, Speaker Robin Vos swatted aside a request for an Arizona-style forensic audit of the Wisconsin election that was being initiated by Rep. Janel Brandtjen (R-Menomonee Falls). Vos responded that he was already conducting such an audit and she should take a look at his scope statement if she had any doubts. He also […]
Federal bill protecting pregnant workers advances, without Grothman, Fitzgerald
Thirty states provide protections for pregnant workers who need basic accommodations in order to retain their jobs while staying healthy. Wisconsin is not one of them. But a federal bill that would apply nationwide passed the House on May 14 and is scheduled for a vote in the U.S. Senate’s Committee on Health, Education, Labor, […]
Wisconsin Elections Commission refutes Rep. Brandtjen
“Representative Brandtjen’s statement is factually incorrect.” Given that Rep. Janel Brandtjen (R-Menomonee Falls) has claimed that Donald Trump won the presidency in 2020 and massive fraud caused the election to be stolen from him — something she wrote in a newsletter to her constituents — the above quote is not surprising. What makes that sentence […]
Assembly veto override: So many speeches amounting to nothing
On the Assembly floor during Tuesday’s surprise session, Minority Leader Gordon Hintz remarked several times that the Republican Assembly Campaign Committee paid to fly GOP representatives back from wherever they were vacationing during summer recess just to try to override of Gov. Tony Evers’ veto of their bill immediately ending pandemic supplemental unemployment benefits. And […]
Is ALEC helping Republicans campaign in violation of its tax status?
In the 2020 election cycle, the rightwing, corporate American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) gave its 2,000-plus members “sophisticated partisan voter management and campaign software” worth more than $6 million, according to a complaint filed by the Center for Media and Democracy (CMD) and the Common Cause Wisconsin with the Wisconsin Ethics Commission on July 20. […]
Elections chair initiates a forensic Arizona-style audit in Wisconsin
Apparently Speaker Robin Vos’ hiring of former law enforcement officers to conduct an election investigation, under the direction of former Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Michael Gableman, is not sufficient for some members of his Republican legislative caucus. Rep. Janel Brandtjen (R-Menomonee Falls), who chairs the Assembly Campaign and Elections Committee, announced Monday she has decided […]
GOP donor group announces the agenda for surprise legislative session
The Legislature quietly announced Friday that it will convene in a special session Tuesday for a veto override vote — but Democratic legislators and the public were not informed of what would be on the agenda. Democrats and the public didn’t have to wait for Republicans to make an announcement, however. Tuesday morning before legislative […]
Second-term Milwaukee alderwoman jumps into U.S. Senate race
U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) has not said if he’s likely to run for reelection after saying his current term would be his last — but Democrats are lining up and campaigning against his far-right views and COVID-19 vaccine skepticism. Wisconsin can now count Milwaukee Ald. Chantia Lewis, who was first elected to the council […]