Yesterday, Senate Republicans presumably adjourned for the year, despite numerous session days remaining until April 11. Not only did Republicans end their legislative work weeks early, but they adjourned without finishing the business on the calendar.

Today, Senate Republicans rejected eight more well-qualified appointees from serving the State of Wisconsin. The total number of executive appointments rejected by the State Senate this session is now 20.

I support providing targeted tax relief to those who need breathing room in their household budgets, but the plan proposed by Republicans is fiscally irresponsible, largely benefitting those making over $100,000 and likely putting our state at a multi-billion dollar deficit in just a few years.

Abortion care is healthcare. Wisconsin Democrats will never stop fighting to protect that right for individuals throughout our state. While a recent court ruling restored abortion access in Wisconsin, this freedom continues to be threatened by Republicans and hyper-conservative groups at all levels of government.

The maps signed into law today signify a huge win for the people of Wisconsin. For more than a decade, issues that Wisconsinites cared deeply about were largely ignored because Republicans had rigged the redistricting process.

We are deeply saddened by the tragic loss of two of our Middleton-Cross Plains Area School District students. This is an incredibly sad time for the school and community. Our thoughts go to the loved ones of these children and all those impacted.

Wisconsin Republicans had an opportunity to show they weren’t extremists like their national counterparts, but they chose to double down on their anti-choice, anti-woman, and anti-freedom position.  

We will not participate in Republicans’ shady political schemes to maintain their manufactured majority. The amendment containing the maps received neither a public hearing nor a committee vote and was not made public until after today’s legislative session began. That is not how the government is supposed to work. 

Now, Wisconsin Republicans, who control the legislature and remained inactive for more than 300 days during a global pandemic, are attempting to slow this process down by passing Assembly Joint Resolution 6. The resolution would prohibit the Governor from exercising his power—a power first granted to the Governor during the Great Depression to enable the state to take full advantage of any federal funds that were made available.