COMMITTEE WARNS REPUBLICAN-BACKED AUDIT COULD EXACERBATE DELAYS IN LICENSE PROCESSING MODERNIZATION EFFORTS

Proposed audit likely to divert staffing resources from license and credential processing, potentially delay processing times, slow agency modernization efforts

AUDIT DEMS RAISE CONCERNS ABOUT DSPS AUDIT

We write today to raise concerns about the potential day-to-day consequences of your plan to conduct a professional license processing audit at the Department of Safety and Professional Services (DSPS).

DEMS REQUEST AN AUDIT OF GABLEMAN INVESTIGATION

We write today to formally request an audit of the Office of Special Counsel as created by the Wisconsin State Assembly Committee on Assembly Organization Ballot 21-06 ~ Authorization to designate special counsel, dated August 27, 2021.

AT TEN, CREDIT CONTINUES TO COST MORE, DELIVER LESS TO TAXPAYERS AND WORKERS

Look who’s ten! Dropped into the 2011 State Budget without public hearing or discussion (and providing a cautionary tale for the budget ahead), the manufacturing tax credit took effect in 2013 and is alive and well—and an abject failure.

PROPERTY TAXES FOR VOUCHER SCHOOLS DESERVE SAME SCRUTINY AS OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS

PUBLIC SCHOOLS This fall, Wisconsin voters weighed in on record requests for school referendums. The vast majority were approved, showing again the dedication our friends and neighbors have to supporting students in Wisconsin’s public schools.

HESSELBEIN REACTS TO NEW SURPLUS PROJECTIONS

Thanks to Governor Evers’ leadership, our state now finds itself in a stronger financial position than anyone could have predicted. These new projections make it clear we can answer the governor’s calls for improvements in public safety, middle class tax relief, and investments in our public schools

SENATOR HESSELBEIN MARKS THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF ROE V. WADE

This week we should have been celebrating the 50th anniversary of a landmark Supreme Court case that stated that women have the fundamental right to make choices about their bodies. It stated that the decision whether to continue or end a pregnancy belongs to the person, not the politicians.

MORE FOR MILLIONAIRES THAN FOR THE MIDDLE CLASS PLAN TAKES CENTER STAGE

This week my Republican colleagues held a vote on a hasty, last-minute resolution to put an advisory referendum on the ballot asking Wisconsinites about current law. NOT, of course, the current law in our state that drew overwhelming concern from voters last fall.

SEN. HESSELBEIN AND DEMOCRATS PUSH TO RESTORE ROE AND REPRODUCTVE FREEDOM

We believe every single Wisconsinite should have the right to consult their family, their faith, and their doctor to make a reproductive healthcare decision that is right for them. There is no place for partisan politicians in that process.

WHY MEDICAID EXPANSION MATTERS

We hear Republican leaders claim it is a new day for Wisconsin, and I hope this is true. I hope this is a new day, and that we, as a legislative body, will seize the opportunities available to improve the lives of our citizens.